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Military Street Bascule Bridge (New)

St. Clair County, Michigan

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Photo taken by Kristy

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Overview
Deck girder bridge over Black River on Military Street (Business I-69 + I-94)
Location
Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1991
Builder
- Detroit Bridge & Steel Works of River Rouge, Michigan
Design
Deck girder bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 99.7 ft.
Total length: 147.0 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.97569, -82.42409   (decimal degrees)
42°58'32" N, 82°25'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/383878/4759098 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Port Huron
Inventory numbers
MINEW 09956 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 61383 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,097)
Built 1991 (89)
Built during 1990s (781)
Deck girder (6,349)
Detroit Bridge & Steel Works (1)
Girder (11,246)
Have street view (29,338)
Michigan (1,407)
Modern (2,681)
 Movable (3,139)
Open (41,023)
Owned by city (6,121)
Port Huron, Michigan (15)
Scherzer-type rolling lift (70)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,693)
St. Clair County, Michigan (32)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,270)

Update Log 

  • August 31, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • August 31, 2015: New photo from Luke
  • June 15, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Military Street Bascule Bridge (New)
Posted December 23, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

One interesting thing is that if you look at the latest StreetView for this (updated to May of this year) and turn towards the 7th Street bridge, you'll see that bridge raised.