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! Confirmed demolition date within one year or an especially historic bridge that is threatened with demolition at any level.
X The bridge has been confirmed demolished or collapsed.
S The bridge has been dismantled or moved to an offsite location and is not currently available for public viewing.
L Most or all of the original bridge material has been demolished and replaced, including historically significant elements, but some original parts of the bridge remain.
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Total Bridges Found: 29

 Bridge Name HSR Rating Facility Carried / Feature Intersected LocationStructure Type Structure DimensionsConstruction Date / Builder or Contractor DescriptionThumbnail
Cone Road Private Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Private Drive Over Cone Road Drain Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This example of a stringer bridge with lattice railing serves a driveway.Click to visit page.
Day Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Day Road Over Saline River Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Total Length: 59.7 ft
Main Span Length: 58.7 ft
Roadway Width: 21 ft
Main Spans: 1
1937 By: Unknown This is a deck plate girder which uses rolled beams instead of built-up beams.Click to visit page.
Dunbar Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Dunbar Road Over I-75 Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed Total Length: 236 ft
Main Span Length: 70 ft
Roadway Width: 26 ft
Main Spans: 4
1955 By: W. H. Knapp Company of Monroe, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department One of two curved t-beam expressway overpasses in Michigan listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Click to visit page.
Dundee Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Ann Arbor Railroad) Over River Raisin Dundee: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 250 ft
Main Span Length: 120 ft
Roadway Width: 12 ft
Main Spans: 1
1922 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York This through truss also has some plate girder approaches, and the main truss span is supported by unusual caissons.Click to visit page.
S Half Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Half Road Over North Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 41 ft
Main Span Length: 36.7 ft
Roadway Width: 14 ft
Main Spans: 1
1910 By: Unknown This small rural pony truss was not just tucked in the trees... it had a tree growing through a part of it!Click to visit page.
Hurd Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Hurd Road Over I-75 Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed Total Length: 252 ft
Main Span Length: 74.2 ft
Roadway Width: 26 ft
Main Spans: 4
1954 By: W. H. Harvie and Michigan State Highway Department One of several remaining curved t-beams on this section of freeway that are the oldest of their kind in the state.Click to visit page.
I-75 River Raisin Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. I-75 Over River Raisin Monroe: Monroe County, Michigan Metal Deck Girder, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed Total Length: 930.2 ft
Main Span Length: 157.8 ft
Roadway Width: 109 ft
Main Spans: 3
1955 By: Walter Toebe Company and Michigan State Highway Department This relatively long plate girder bridge is significant as a large bridge on an early freeway.Click to visit page.
James Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. James Road Over Stony Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 82 ft
Main Span Length: 67 ft
Roadway Width: 15.7 ft
Main Spans: 1
1920 By: Unknown A shallow, simple arch has been abandoned for many years and has badly deteriorated over the years.Click to visit page.
Jefferson Avenue Bridge
Jefferson Avenue - Harbin Drive Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Jefferson Avenue Over Huron River Rural: Wayne County, Michigan and Monroe County, Michigan Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed Total Length: 165 ft
Main Span Length: 54.8 ft
Roadway Width: 36 ft
Main Spans: 1
1931 By: W. J. Anschutz of Saginaw, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department This bridge and the Harbin Drive bridge are joined together to form the appearance of a single bridge.Click to visit page.
S Kimpton Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Kimpton Road Over South Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 38.7 ft
Main Span Length: 36.7 ft
Roadway Width: 15.4 ft
Main Spans: 1
By: Unknown This is a very attractive half-hip pin connected Pratt pony truss with high clearance above the creek.Click to visit page.
M-50 Railroad Overpass
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Canadian National) Over M-50 Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Total Length: 62 ft
Main Span Length: 62 ft
Main Spans: 1
1926 By: Unknown One of three concrete encased deck plate girder overpasses on this stretch of railroad in Monroe and Lenawee Counties.Click to visit page.
X Macomb Street Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Macomb Street Over River Raisin Monroe: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed Total Length: 230 ft
Main Span Length: 94.2 ft
Roadway Width: 42 ft
Main Spans: 3
1952 By: Unknown An uncommon example of a curved t-beam bridge which crosses a waterway.Click to visit page.
Milan Oakville Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Milan Oakville Road Over US-23 Milan: Monroe County, Michigan and Washtenaw County, Michigan Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed Total Length: 143 ft
Main Span Length: 79.7 ft
Roadway Width: 28 ft
Main Spans: 3
1950 By: Johnson-Greene Company and Michigan State Highway Department This overpass predates the freeway it crosses and is also noted for its good historic integrity.Click to visit page.
S Monk Road North Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Monk Road Over Middle Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 34.8 ft
Main Span Length: 32.8 ft
Roadway Width: 15.7 ft
Main Spans: 1
By: Unknown This is a very short pony truss, one of several small truss bridges from Monroe County.Click to visit page.
S Monk Road South Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Monk Road Over South Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 46 ft
Main Span Length: 44 ft
Roadway Width: 15.7 ft
Main Spans: 1
By: Unknown This is one of the longest and oldest of the Monroe County highway truss bridge collection.Click to visit page.
Monroe Canadian National Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Canadian National) Over River Raisin Monroe: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 420 ft
Main Span Length: 130 ft
Roadway Width: 24 ft
Main Spans: 3
1912 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York Sitting next to the Norfolk Southern Bridge, this bridge is itself an impressive three-span through truss bridge.Click to visit page.
Monroe CSX Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (CSX) Over River Raisin Monroe: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 330 ft
Main Span Length: 165 ft
Roadway Width: 30 ft
Main Spans: 2
1911 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York Resting on 1896 stone abutments, this is an impressive two-span through railroad truss with attractive portal bracing.Click to visit page.
Monroe Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over River Raisin Monroe: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 353 ft
Roadway Width: 15 ft
Main Spans: 3
1910 By: Unknown This spectacular bridge is not only impressive to the eye, it is also a rare pinned Baltimore truss.Click to visit page.
Nadeau Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Nadeau Road Over I-75 Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed Total Length: 262.8 ft
Main Span Length: 77.8 ft
Roadway Width: 26 ft
Main Spans: 4
1954 By: Louis Caravaglia and Michigan State Highway Department One of several remaining curved t-beams on this section of freeway that are the oldest of their kind in the state.Click to visit page.
North Custer Road Railroad Overpass
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Canadian National) Over North Custer Road Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Total Length: 61.4 ft
Main Span Length: 47 ft
Main Spans: 1
1925 By: Unknown One of three concrete encased deck plate girder overpasses on this stretch of railroad in Monroe and Lenawee Counties.Click to visit page.
! Oelke Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Oelke Road Over North Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 4 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 51.8 ft
Main Span Length: 51.8 ft
Roadway Width: 13.5 ft
Main Spans: 1
1899 By: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York This is the oldest and largest of the Monroe County pony trusses, and retains original pole guardrails.Click to visit page.
Old Telegraph Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Abandoned Alignment of US-24 (Telegraph Road) Over Stony Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Through Girder, Fixed Main Spans: 2 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department This abandoned bridge likely has an interesting history and is an extremely rare multi-span concrete through girder.Click to visit page.
Ottawa Lake Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Ottawa Lake Road Over Ottawa Lake Drain Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Through Girder, Fixed Total Length: 30.8 ft
Main Span Length: 30 ft
Roadway Width: 21 ft
Main Spans: 1
By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department A small example of a concrete straight chord through girder in Michigan in decent condition.Click to visit page.
Pherdon Road Private Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Private Access Over South Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 3 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Bedstead Pony Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown This extremely unusual bridge has inclined end posts riveted to vertical beams that support the truss like a bedstead.Click to visit page.
Ready Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Ready Road Over I-75 Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed Total Length: 302.8 ft
Main Span Length: 90 ft
Roadway Width: 26 ft
Main Spans: 4
1956 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department One of several remaining curved t-beams on this section of freeway that are the oldest of their kind in the state.Click to visit page.
Rockwood Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Huron River Rockwood: Wayne County, Michigan and Monroe County, Michigan Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed Main Spans: 1 By: Unknown A nice railroad through truss with unusual portal bracing and deck plate girder approaches.Click to visit page.
S Sherman Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Sherman Road Over North Branch Macon Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 40 ft
Main Span Length: 37.7 ft
Roadway Width: 13.5 ft
Main Spans: 1
By: Unknown One of several abandoned small pony truss bridges in the county, this bridge is noted for its wooden railing.Click to visit page.
Sigler Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Sigler Road Over I-75 Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed Total Length: 261.8 ft
Main Span Length: 77.8 ft
Roadway Width: 26 ft
Main Spans: 4
1954 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department This is an unmodified example of a historic curved t-beam, an old example that actually predates the official Interstate system.Click to visit page.
X U.S. Turnpike Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. U.S. Turnpike Over Mouillee Creek Rural: Monroe County, Michigan Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed Total Length: 45 ft
Main Span Length: 43 ft
Roadway Width: 35.8 ft
Main Spans: 1
1927 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department This is an early example of a late 1920s and 1930s bridge that carries a lot of truck traffic.Click to visit page.

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