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Stancer Road Bridge

Branch County, Michigan

Photos 

Photo taken by John Berry in May 2011

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BH Photo #199079

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over North Coldwater River on Stancer Road
Location
Branch County, Michigan
Status
Closed
History
Built 1888 by the Massillon Bridge Co.
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
Design
6-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1999
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.02139, -85.09056   (decimal degrees)
42°01'17" N, 85°05'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/658085/4653914 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Burlington
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
108
Inventory numbers
NRHP 99001608 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
MINBI 12316H00011B020 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 01178 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 19983 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 15.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (7,574)
Branch County, Michigan (20)
Built 1888 (218)
Built during 1880s (1,994)
Closed (2,666)
Massillon Bridge Co. (141)
Michigan (1,125)
NR-listed (2,961)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
 Owned by county (20,789)
Pratt through truss (5,400)
Pratt truss (9,310)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,434)
Through truss (15,089)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,588)
Truss (32,817)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • March 2, 2014: New photo from Jack Schmidt
  • May 14, 2011: New photos from John Berry

Sources 

  • John Berry - jberry3479 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Stancer Road Bridge
Posted December 27, 2018, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Mike: This bridge I believe was closed sometime this year, I am not sure of the exact date. I did confirm with the Branch County Road Commission that it is closed "indefinitely" so we can assume that it is not going to be fixed "in-house" by the county, so its probably either going to be left closed, or perhaps the county will apply for Local Bridge Program funding from MDOT.

Stancer Road Bridge
Posted December 27, 2018, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

Nathan,

I saw that this bridge is now closed...when did that happen? (I tried Googling and came up empty.)

In any case, with this now closed, I double-checked...it appears that this would've been the last through truss still open to vehicle traffic that also sits in a completely rural area in all of Michigan, all the rest would seem to be in either small towns (Portland), cities (Midland, Grand Rapids), or else otherwise aren't that far out of a town (the two in Washtenaw).