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Pere Marquette Railroad Bridge

St. Clair County, Michigan
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View from the north

Note the christmas ornament on the top

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in February 2008

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Black River on Pere Marquette Railroad (abandoned)
Location
Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan
Status
Closed to all traffic; the yacht club that owns the bridge plans to demolish it as of December 2011
History
Built 1931
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 173.0 ft.
Total length: 234.0 ft.
Also called
Port Huron Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.97376, -82.42029   (decimal degrees)
42°58'26" N, 82°25'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/384184/4758879 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Port Huron
Inventory number
BH 52076 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

8-panel truss (238)
Abt Bascule Bridge (8)
American Bridge Co. (449)
Bascule (559)
Built 1931 (573)
Built during 1930s (8,552)
CSX Railroad (581)
Closed (2,074)
Have street view (9,909)
Michigan (609)
Movable (1,356)
Owned privately (544)
 Pere Marquette Railroad (11)
Port Huron, Michigan (5)
Railroad (4,084)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,957)
St. Clair County, Michigan (16)
Through truss (9,212)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,791)
Truss (23,578)
Warren through truss (928)
Warren through truss with all verticals (145)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • October 5, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
  • October 4, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
  • April 17, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Fixed category to use pre-existing "Abt Bascule Bridge" category.
  • April 17, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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