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Comstock Road Bridge

Comstock Road Bridge

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Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Comstock Road Bridge Comstock Road Over Silver Creek Rural: St. Clair County, Michigan Metal Stringer, Stationary 1939 By: Unknown
Technical Facts
Structure Length Roadway Width Main Spans Approach Spans
60 Feet (18.2 Meters) 20 Feet (6.1 Meters) 2 None

This bridge is a good example of a steel stringer bridge type built in the late 1930s and early 1940s. This particular example was built in 1939. It is, like the Jeddo Road Bridge significant as a bridge built with the aid of Depression-related funding. This bridge was kept off of the official government historic bridge lists however, perhaps because it is missing a builder plaque. They were a highly utilitarian design of bridge, and more noteworthy for their historic value than their aesthetic value.

This bridge's steel beams were repainted by the St. Clair County Road Commission in recent years, although no paint was applied to the railings.

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