1909 Main Street Bridge - Eagle River MI
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kJfishman
N 47° 24.821 W 088° 17.873
16T E 402092 N 5251953
This historic bridge is a 1909 Pratt Pony Truss bridge in Eagle River Michigan. It was built for automobiles but today it serves only as a pedestrian bridge today. The bridge connects W. Main Street with E. Main Street spanning the Eagle River.
Waymark Code: WMR820
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2016
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This historic bridge is a 1909 Pratt Pony Truss bridge in Eagle River Michigan. It was built for automobiles but today it serves only as a pedestrian bridge today. The bridge connects W. Main Street with E. Main Street spanning the Eagle River.
The "Main Street Bridge Project" is collecting donations to help maintain this bridge.
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Facts
Overview
Pony truss bridge over Eagle River on West Main in Eagle River
Location
Keweenaw County, Michigan
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1909 by the Joliet Bridge and Iron Co.
Builder
- Joliet Bridge & Iron Co. of Joliet, Illinois
Design
Pratt Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.7 ft.
Total length: 91.9 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Also called
West Main Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.41386, -88.29793 (decimal degrees)
47°24'50" N, 88°17'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/402088/5251972 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Phoenix
Inventory numbers
MINBI 42304A19011B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 05268 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 20098 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.0 (out of 100)