Rating:
20208
{90}%
2 votes
Gugel Bridge
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Photo taken by Janis Ford 2/21/09
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BH Photo #216559
Description
Built in 1904, this 204-foot-long bridge carried the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike over the Cass River in Bridgeport Township. By around 1919 the pike, which became the well-traveled Dixie Highway, required a more substantial crossing and this bridge was replaced and relocated to this site. The bridge closed in 1979. William 'Tiny' Zehnder had the structure restored as a pedestrian bridge in 2004. The Gugel Bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [From Michmarkers.com]
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Cass River on Beyer Road
- Location
- Saginaw County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1904
- Builder
- - Joliet Bridge & Iron Co. of Joliet, Illinois
- Design
- Main span: Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Approach: Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 141.7 ft.
Total length: 205.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 2000
- Also called
- Cass River Bridge
Beyer Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.32911, -83.77635 (decimal degrees)
43°19'45" N, 83°46'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/274910/4801106 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Birch Run North
- Inventory numbers
- MINBI 73311H00038B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
NRHP 00000217 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 20208 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 6, 2020: Updated by Mike Kerkau: Builder
- October 10, 2014: New photo from Janis Ford
- February 25, 2014: New photos from James Baughn
- February 24, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King