Main Street-Muskegon River Bridge (Replacement)

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Overview: Stringer bridge over Muskegon River on Us-10
Location: Evart, Osceola County, Michigan
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1934; rehabilitated 1991
Design: Stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 180.1 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.90099, -85.25449 (decimal degrees)
43°54'04" N, 85°15'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/640178/4862357 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 4,700
Inventory numbers: MINEW 08582 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 83573 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 97.7 (out of 100)
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Posted September 1, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

They didn't start constructing prestressed concrete bridges until near the end of the 1950s, did they?

Because with that in mind, I'm thinking this is one of those spans where the "repair" is really a replacement.