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CN - Raisin River Bridge

Monroe County, Michigan

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DTI - Raisin River Bridge

Photo taken by SD Nowakowski

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BH Photo #462003

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete slab bridge over Raisin River on Canadian National Railway
Location
Monroe County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1926
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (DTI)
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
Design
Concrete slab
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 335.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.96739, -83.58832   (decimal degrees)
41°58'03" N, 83°35'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/285524/4649396 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 6 S., R. 7 E., Sec. 15
Inventory number
BH 87373 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1926 (812)
Built during 1920s (10,322)
Canadian National Railway (576)
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (33)
Grand Trunk Western Railroad (28)
Malinta Cutoff (16)
Michigan (1,428)
Monroe County, Michigan (44)
 Open (41,199)
Owned by railroad (13,723)
Railroad (16,663)
River Raisin (54)
Slab (2,260)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,545)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,601)

Update Log 

  • August 25, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added category "Malinta Cutoff"
  • January 27, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added build date from rrshs.org
  • January 25, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added railroad information
  • December 6, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Paul Plassman
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Comments 

DTI - Raisin River Bridge
Posted December 14, 2019, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Clark is correct, this clearly is NOT a concrete arch bridge.

DTI - Raisin River Bridge
Posted December 7, 2019, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

The tops of columns are sometimes flared to reduce the stress concentration at the corner. This looks like a slab resting on flared columns.

DTI - Raisin River Bridge
Posted December 6, 2019, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I’ve never seen one like this. It doesn’t look like a true arch, but what is it? A slab with decorative piers?