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This bridge is one of the first pre-stressed concrete bridges designed and built by the Michigan State Highway Department. For this reason, the bridge is considered formally eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Lamar Pipe and Tile Company of Grand Rapids, acquired in 1954 by American-Marietta Company, played a major role in introducing pre-stressed concrete to Michigan, and they fabricated many of the early box beams in Michigan.
Despite being one of the most popular bridge materials used in construction today, pre-stressed concrete differs from steel in the sense that it is much difficult to repair when deteriorated. Once the pre-stressed tension tendons inside the beams are exposed to moisture and begin to deteriorate, there are few reliable methods of repair. This bridge sadly illustrates this problem and is thus slated for demolition and replacement.
Interestingly, at the local level, Barry County also constructed a pre-stressed concrete bridge in 1956 as well.
Above: 1956 Advertisement in Engineering News-Record for America-Marietta Company who owned Lamar Pipe and Tile Company of Grand Rapids.
Above: 1958 Advertisement in Engineering News-Record for another early pre-stressed concrete bridge in Michigan with beams fabricated by Lamar Pipe and Tile Company of Grand Rapids.
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