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Kent Trail - Grand River Bridge
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Kent Trail - Grand River Bridge
Former New York Central Railroad
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
BH Photo #294588
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Grand River on Kent Trail (formerly LS&MS RR)
- Location
- Kent County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1894; fixed in place 1907; railroad was abandoned 1975
- Railroads
- - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad (LS&MS)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Hopewell Indian Mounds Railroad Bridge
LS&MS Grand River Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.93771, -85.72285 (decimal degrees)
42°56'16" N, 85°43'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/604204/4754689 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Grand Rapids West
- Inventory number
- BH 52084 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 7, 2021: Photo imported by Dave King
- February 8, 2021: New photo from Jen Savage
- October 25, 2019: New photo from Jen Savage
- October 21, 2019: New photo from Jen Savage
- November 20, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- September 19, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- April 17, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks
Sources
- Frank Hicks
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Douglas Butler
- Jen Savage - reoracer [at] gmail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
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