| Key Facts |
| Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Construction Date / Builder or Contractor |
| Cleveland Street Bridge | Cleveland Street Over Grand River | Ionia: Ionia County, Michigan | Metal Stringer, Stationary | 1931 By: Lovering-Longbotham Company |
| Technical Facts |
| Structure Length | Roadway Width | Main Spans | Approach Spans |
| 0 Feet (0 Meters) | 0 Feet (0 Meters) | 1 | None |
This bridge is similar to the Center Road Bridge. This bridge is of comparable length to the Center Road Bridge, and also because the architectural details are similar, they make a good comparison.
The concrete piers for this Cleveland Street Bridge are quite detailed, morso than in other examples of this standard plan bridge type, which was built in Michigan in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Also, the railings have interesting design where they are separated at each pier. When you take a portal view of this bridge from a distance, you can see that this bridge has the slightest arch to the deck.
This bridge, which is posted for a 49 ton weight limit, is five spans in length, and was built by contractor Lovering and Longbotham Company according the the plaque on the bridge. Plaques identified this bridge as a "Trunk Line Bridge" built in 1931. A visit to MichiganHighways.org clears up any confusion. It turns out that M-21 used to be Riverside Drive and ran south of the Grand River, rather than Bluewater Highway north of the river. The transition from the south side to the north side was gradually done over a period of years. Obviously, this means that at some point during this time M-21 would have to cross the river to connect the south to the north. This bridge must have been built at a time when this split was in progress. This bridge was likely a Trunk Line Bridge only for a little while.
