East Cass Street Bridge

Photos

MI-69-1

Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, September 1992, for HAER

BH Photo #120730

Only bridge in Albion that withstood the flood of 1908.

Overview: Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Kalamazoo River on E. Cass Street in Albion
Location: Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1896; opened December 15, 1896; Alterations 1954; Replaced 1996
Builders: - Keepers & Thacher of Detroit, Michigan
- Robert Dunn & Co. of Detroit, Michigan
Design: "The East Cass Street Bridge is a rare example of a stone arch highway bridge, a type seldom used in Michigan because of the availability of cheap timber. The structure is also uncommon because it has three spans. The East Cass Street Bridge is the only bridge to survive the disastrous flood of 1908 which resulted from the destruction of the dams upstream at Homer, Michigan.

"This documentation was undertakend in April, 1993, in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Michigan Department of Transportation as a mitigative measure prior to the replacement of the bridge"
--Henry M. Stuart, Project Engineer
Wrightman and Associates, Inc., St. Joseph, Michigan
Dimensions: Span length: 143.8 ft.
Total length: 143.8 ft.
Deck width: 29.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.24528, -84.75194 (decimal degrees)
42°14'43" N, 84°45'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/685466/4679456 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Southwest Albion
Inventory number: BH 37145 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER MI-69 - East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun County, MI
THE CASS STREET BRIDGE - Historical Albion Michigan
Paul Plassman