Rating:
52051
{57}%
1 vote
NS - Rouge River Bridge (N)
Description
This bridge is the first bascule bridge constructed with the counterweight that goes the opposite direction.
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Rouge River on Norfolk Southern RR (formerly Wabash RR)
- Location
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1922
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Design
- Warren through truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 162.0 ft.
Total length: 291.0 ft.
- Also called
- Wabash - Rouge River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.28737, -83.13980 (decimal degrees)
42°17'15" N, 83°08'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/323582/4683899 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Dearborn
- Inventory number
- BH 52051 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 6, 2020: New photos from Douglas Butler
- September 15, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- January 26, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 21, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 5, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- March 10, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- December 8, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- October 31, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 29, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 25, 2014: New photo from James Holzmeier
- October 24, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 29, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- July 28, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 24, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 19, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- August 18, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
- December 20, 2012: New photo from Nathan Holth
- April 12, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks