Dix Avenue Drawbridge, Dearborn, MI - Moving Bridges on Waymarking.com

During the early-1920's, the Rouge River was dredged to give Great Lakes freighters access to Ford Motor Company's expanding Rouge manufacturing complex. In addition to dredging the river, three drawbridges had to be built to accomodate the large freighters. The Dix Avenue bridge, built by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. in 1926, is 222 feet long.

Bridge Type: Drawbridge (Bascule Bridge) Built: 01/01/1926 Span: 222 Pedestrian Traffic: yes Bicycle Traffic: yes Vehicular Traffic: yes Railway Traffic: no

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Date Logged Log User Rating   07/16/2013 The D Zone visited it