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Avoca Trail - Mill Creek Bridge

St. Clair County, Michigan

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Avoca Trail - Mill Creek Bridge

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Mill Creek Railroad Bridge

The Mill Creek Railroad Bridge was built in the late 1800’s and is now used as pedestrian bridge on the Wadhams to Avoca Trail.

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Overview
Fishbelly Pratt deck truss bridge over Mill Creek on Wadhams to Avoca Trail (formerly Pere Marquette RR)
Location
St. Clair County, Michigan
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Builder
- Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O; CO)
- Pere Marquette Railway (PM)
Design
Pratt deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 640.0 ft.
Also called
Pere Marquette - Mill Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.04265, -82.67145   (decimal degrees)
43°02'34" N, 82°40'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/363855/4766906 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Avoca
Inventory number
BH 52075 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

CSX Railroad (1,772)
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (217)
Deck girder (6,348)
Deck truss (1,951)
Detroit Bridge & Iron Works (74)
Fishbelly Deck Truss (11)
Girder (11,243)
Michigan (1,407)
Open to pedestrians (4,605)
 Pere Marquette Railway (42)
Plate girder (8,788)
Pratt deck truss (413)
Pratt truss (10,430)
Rail-to-trail (1,660)
Railroad (16,559)
St. Clair County, Michigan (32)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,102)
Truss (36,146)

Update Log 

  • January 23, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 30, 2018: New video from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • April 17, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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