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Oxford Street Trail - Grand River Bridge

Kent County, Michigan

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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Grand River on Oxford Street Trail (formerly Michigan Railway)
Location
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1914
Builder
- Toledo Bridge & Crane Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Railroads
- Grand Rapids, Holland & Chicago Railway (GRH&C)
- Grand Rapids, Holland & Lake Michigan Rapid Railway (GRH&LM)
- Interurban
- Michigan Railway Co.
- Michigan United Railway (MUR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- United Light & Railways (UL&R)
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.95340, -85.68648   (decimal degrees)
42°57'12" N, 85°41'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/607144/4756477 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Grand Rapids West
Inventory number
BH 52086 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1914 (818)
Built during 1910s (9,715)
Deck girder (5,837)
Gauntlet/Gantlet Tracked (11)
Girder (10,387)
Grand Rapids, Holland & Chicago Railway (2)
Grand Rapids, Holland & Lake Michigan Rapid Railway (2)
Grand Rapids, Michigan (14)
Have street view (27,143)
Interurban (915)
Kent County, Michigan (32)
Michigan (1,162)
Michigan Railway Co. (3)
 Michigan United Railway (7)
Movable (3,007)
New York Central Railroad (902)
One-lane traffic (7,619)
Open to pedestrians (4,285)
Pedestrian Movable Bridges (34)
Plate girder (8,056)
Rail-to-trail (1,576)
Railroad (15,697)
Swing (1,476)
Toledo Bridge & Crane Co. (8)
United Light & Railways (27)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • March 27, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • April 8, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Interurban", "New York Central Railroad", "Gauntlet/Gantlet Tracked"
  • April 17, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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