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Custer Road Bridge

Sanilac County, Michigan
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MI-96-1

All HAER photos taken by Dietrich Floeter, June 1995.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Black River I/C Drain on Custer Road near Carsonville
Location
Sanilac County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1905; Replaced 1996
Design
"With a main span of 27.52m (90.3 feet), this is among the longest known surviving Warren pony truss bridges in Michigan, since only fifteen percent of the total exceed eighty feet."

--Historic American Engineering Record Report, ca. 1995
Dimensions
Span length: 90.3 ft.
Total length: 90.3 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.45345, -82.73870   (decimal degrees)
43°27'12" N, 82°44'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/359326/4812639 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Carsonville
Inventory number
BH 37120 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,246)
HAER documented (781)
Lost (10,356)
Lost 1996 (375)
Lost during 1990s (3,217)
Michigan (609)
Owned by county (16,484)
 Pony truss (13,215)
Replaced by new bridge (7,131)
Sanilac County, Michigan (9)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,794)
Truss (23,565)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • HAER MI-96 - Custer Road Bridge, Spanning Black River Drain, Carsonville vicinity, Sanilac County, MI

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