Rice Creek Bridge

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Photo taken by John Berry in May 2011

BH Photo #198786

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Rice Creek on 21 Mile Road
Location: Calhoun County, Michigan
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1885; Replaced 2018-19
Builder: - Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, half-hip Pratt tony truss
Dimensions: Span length: 59.7 ft.
Total length: 59.7 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.29500, -84.88722 (decimal degrees)
42°17'42" N, 84°53'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/674168/4684692 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Marshall
Average daily traffic (as of 1994): 77
Inventory numbers: MINBI 13315H00020B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 01372 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 19994 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.5 (out of 100)
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Rice Creek Bridge

Posted December 28, 2018, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

Unfortunately, this too is undergoing replacement...