St. Joseph River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over St. Joseph River on Sterling Road
- Location
- Hillsdale County, Michigan
- Status
- Relocated to Lenawee County for use in a park
- History
- Built 1897; relocated 2002
- Builder
- - Toledo Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio [also known as Smith Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Pinned Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 79.7 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Sterling Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.01444, -84.72083 (decimal degrees)
42°00'52" N, 84°43'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/688717/4653892 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mosherville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 74
- Inventory numbers
- MINBI 30319H00006B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
BH 20052 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 100 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Related Bridges
- Sterling Road Bridge (Parts reused in) - Fully relocated, not just in part
Comments
So the site I cite is in error. I've never seen anything like this before....
The builder is a simple matter of math. Despite a discrepancy of when this bridge was built (some sources including the modern plaque on the bridge list 1893, others suggest 1897 and I do not know which is correct), the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio was SOLD to new interests ca. 1890 who purchased the company and changed its name to Toledo Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio. This bridge was built in 1897. Thus, it is impossible for it to have been built by the Smith Bridge Company. I even included an 1893 advertisement on my page for this bridge indicating that Toledo Bridge Company was a successor to Smith Bridge Company. So even if the earlier date is the correct one, we know for a fact that Smith Bridge Company was gone by then.
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=t...
Toledo comes from Nathan: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=t...
How about its page for its re-use in Lenawee County?
MDOT's page also has that given, as does Historic Bridges.
Clark, I do not, and Honestly I don't remember how the builder was added. Please adjust as needed
http://www.douglascoulter.com/BridgeSigns/smith_bridge.html shows this as built by Smith Bridge Co of Toledo. Do we have another source showing the Toledo Bridge Co as builder?
Mike, thank you. I wanted to link them but was unsure how to phrase it.
I linked this page with the one for its present listing in Lenawee County - I would have selected an option for a full relocation from the drop-down menu if I could have; however, there isn't one. Similarly, there isn't such an option listed on the drop-down for a bridge's current status, either. Any chance those can be accounted for?
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mi/hillsdale/30319H00006B010/
Yes CV, Mr. Coulter was good at swiping bridge plaques, but not so much at accurate documentation.