Pine Island Drive Bridge
N 43° 07.508 W 085° 39.042
16T E 609756 N 4775595
Small shoulder for parking next to the marker to the north of bridge.
Waymark Code: WMNW1X
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2015
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The Pine Island Drive Bridge is a rare Michigan example of a reinforced concrete rainbow arch bridge. A type of through arch design. this bridge, built between 1922 and 1924, replaced a steel truss bridge. The low river banks at the crossing of the Rouge River required the supporting trusses to be raised above the bed of the one-hundred-foot span, giving the bridge its unusual form. Designed by Michigan State Highway Department bridge engineer Charles Melick, PE, and constructed by Zeeland contractor Peter Brill, it was described at the time as "beautiful in line" and built by a "master bridge engineer."
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: L2241
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
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website: Not listed
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