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Oelke Road Bridge

Monroe County, Michigan
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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Pony truss bridge over North Macon Creek on Oelke Road
Location
Monroe County, Michigan
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1899
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Inventory numbers
MINBI 58311H00041B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
BH 20167 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2000)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1978)
51

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1899 (169)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Closed (2,071)
Michigan (609)
Monroe County, Michigan (22)
Owned by county (16,489)
 Pony truss (13,217)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Structurally deficient (16,680)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,574)
Wooden deck (5,398)

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Oelke Road Bridge
Posted May 15, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge is NOT on private property since the county road commission maintains its right-of-way ownership. However, the bridge is severely deteriorated at the endposts to the point that we decided that removal for storage and restoration was too dangerous to attempt given our process for removing a truss bridge intact. It may be possible to salvage some parts of the bridge for research, education, and restoration work if and when the bridge collapses.

Oelke Road Bridge
Posted April 5, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

No access without a short hike on private property 3/28/09