Swan Creek Bridge

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File:Vernier Street-Swan Creek Bridge

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Overview: Concrete curved chord through girder bridge over Swan Creek on Vernier Street
Location: Fair Haven, St. Clair County, Michigan
Status: Removed but not replaced
History: Built 1922; Demolished Summer 2014
Builder: - J.E. Mason of Michigan City, Michigan
Design: Concrete curved chord through girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 49.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2000
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.68056, -82.65778 (decimal degrees)
42°40'50" N, 82°39'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/364177/4726674 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: New Baltimore
Average daily traffic (as of 1994): 305
Inventory numbers: NRHP 00000011 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
MINEW 10181 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 59917 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2013): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 16.8 (out of 100)
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Swan Creek Bridge

Posted July 8, 2016, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Well, the demolition of this rare bridge was a surprise. If only it was a bridge with a lid...