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North Park Bridge
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MI-47-1
Photo by Matthew Houch, November 1990, for HAER
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #121248
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Grand River on North Park Street in Grand Rapids
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Build 1903; Altered 1933; Replaced 1991
- Builder
- - New Jersey Bridge Co.
- Design
- "The North Park Bridge is the second longest through Pratt truss bridge of its kind in Michigan. It has been officially determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by the Michigan Bureau of History.
"This historic documentation was undertaken in November 1990 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Fedral Highway Administration, Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Michigan Department of Transportation and the City of Walker, Michigan as a mitigative measure prior to the demolition replacement of the bridge."
Patricia A. Fisher, Environmental Scientist
WW Engineering & Science
Grand Rapids, Michigan
` - Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 116.0 ft.
Total length: 580.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.02306, -85.66250 (decimal degrees)
43°01'23" N, 85°39'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/608977/4764243 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cedar Springs SW
- Inventory number
- BH 37180 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER MI-47 - North Park Bridge
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Geoff Hubbs
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