Macomb Street Bridge

Photo

1887 photo

Courtesy of Monroe In History

BH Photo #444858

This photo from 1887 shows damage from ice, not sure if the spans were repaired or replaced.

Overview: Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over River Raisin on Macomb Street
Location: Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built ca. 1868 by Simon de Graff
Builders: - Simon de Graff of Syracuse, New York (Builder)
- Squire Whipple of Albany, New York (Designer)
Design: (2)9-panel, Bowstring through trusses-Wrought & Cast Iron
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.91643, -83.39409 (decimal degrees)
41°54'59" N, 83°23'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/301461/4643269 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 84703 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Macomb Street Bridge

Posted March 21, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thanks Dana! It looks as though Mr. de Graff was very active in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan in the late 1860's!

Macomb Street Bridge

Posted March 20, 2019, by Dana and Kay Klein

Nice find Tony!