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Au Sable River Bridge

Iosco County, Michigan

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Bridge & Dam. Au Sable River, Mio, Michigan

1934 postcard image provided by David Shedlock

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BH Photo #419535

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Street Views 

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Au Sable River on Old M-65
Location
Mio, Iosco County, Michigan
History
Built 1931; bypassed 2003
Design
Two-span Parker pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 119.8 ft.
Total length: 319.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.45422, -83.67517   (decimal degrees)
44°27'15" N, 83°40'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/287161/4925804 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Loud Dam
Inventory numbers
MINBI 35135012000B020 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
BH 20075 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1931 (936)
Built during 1930s (11,767)
Have street view (27,060)
Iosco County, Michigan (3)
Michigan (1,146)
Mio, Michigan (2)
Open to pedestrians (4,249)
 Owned by state (16,041)
Parker pony truss (383)
Parker truss (1,683)
Pony truss (16,239)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,408)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
Truss (32,945)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 29, 2019: New Street View added by Mike Kerkau
  • March 19, 2018: New photo from David Shedlock

Sources 

  • David Shedlock
  • Mike Kerkau - mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Au Sable River Bridge
Posted September 30, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hmmm. Looks like that would have been where M-72 and M-33 run concurrently north out of Mio:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6596653,-84.1290791,3a,75y,3...

Au Sable River Bridge
Posted September 30, 2019, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The photo posted is of a bridge once located at Mio, Michigan which no longer exists today. This webpage is referencing the pony truss. Photodocumentation is available here: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=t...

Au Sable River Bridge
Posted September 29, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Photo shows a through truss.

Au Sable River Bridge
Posted September 29, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

I vaguely remember going across this once sometime in the mid-90s as a kid. Definitely seems like there were more trees on the north side than there are now.

Took a family drive past it again just yesterday. We didn't stop here, but it did make for a real nice view as we went by.

On another note, it's kind of funny how the one photo on the bridge is from March 2017 while the StreetView for re-aligned M-65 has but one option, from 2008.

Au Sable River Bridge
Posted March 19, 2018, by Dhdh (mailservernoreply [at] jacksonmi [dot] gov)

Still exists. Is part of trail program now.