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Oakwood Avenue Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Whipple through truss bridge over Shiawassee River on Oakwood Avenue
- Location
- Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built ca. 1880's by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company; now open for pedestrians only.
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- 9-panel, pinned Whipple through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.99185, -84.15987 (decimal degrees)
42°59'31" N, 84°09'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/731531/4763824 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Owosso South
- Inventory number
- BH 65515 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 18, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
- April 21, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Preserved"
- April 21, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- January 16, 2015: Added by Jim Allen
Sources
- Jim Allen
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Oakwood Avenue Bridge
You're welcome George! That has tripped up many people on this site!
Oakwood Avenue Bridge
Okay,Tony.Thanks for explaining that.
Oakwood Avenue Bridge
George, that is a patent date... Not a build date. Given that I figure a ca. 1880 gives a bit of range.
Oakwood Avenue Bridge
Picture #4 says 1876 for the build date,not 1880.
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I can believe that,Tony.Now I don't feel so bad.LOL!