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Bill Nicholls Trail - Middle Firesteel River Bridge

Ontonagon County, Michigan

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Middle Firesteel River on Bill Nicholls Trail
Location
Ontonagon County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Railroad
- Copper Range Railroad (COPR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 397.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.78554, -89.00957   (decimal degrees)
46°47'08" N, 89°00'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/346612/5183293 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Greenland
Inventory number
BH 70052 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,412)
Built 1899 (431)
Built during 1890s (3,197)
Copper Range Railroad (6)
Deck girder (6,308)
Girder (11,179)
Michigan (1,390)
Ontonagon County, Michigan (13)
 Open (40,970)
Owned by county (21,616)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (247)
Plate girder (8,733)
Rail-to-trail (1,657)
Railroad (16,463)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,425)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,513)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added builder
  • November 19, 2015: Added by John Marvig

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