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Dix Road Bridge (Old)

Wayne County, Michigan

Photos 

Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection Dix Avenue Bridge Detroit MI Top

Photo taken by The Strauss Bascule Bridge Company

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #384840

Map 

Street View 

Description 

The bridge was replaced with a double leaf simple trunnion type known now as Dix Avenue.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Rouge River on Dix Road
Location
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1913, Replaced 1927
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Warren through truss Heel Trunnion type
Dimensions
Total length: 112.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.29661, -83.15080   (decimal degrees)
42°17'48" N, 83°09'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/322701/4684949 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dearborn
Inventory number
BH 57946 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,084)
Built 1913 (902)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Detroit, Michigan (35)
Have street view (28,893)
Lost (28,442)
Lost 1927 (81)
Lost during 1920s (636)
Machinery Counterweight Bridge Tower (40)
Michigan (1,390)
 Movable (3,114)
Replaced by new bridge (19,344)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule (54)
Through truss (16,756)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,375)
Truss (35,429)
Warren through truss (1,704)
Warren truss (7,000)
Wayne County, Michigan (91)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • October 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 11, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped
  • September 11, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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