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Cleveland Street Bridge

Cleveland Street Bridge

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Learn about historic curved-chord through girder bridges.

Visit MichiganHighways.org's page for the highway this bridge once served.

Most Recent Visit To Bridge: April 28, 2006

Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Cleveland Street Bridge Cleveland Street Over Crockery Creek Rural: Ottawa County, Michigan Concrete 90 Foot Plan Curved Chord Through Girder, Stationary 1923 By: Price Brothers
Technical Facts
Structure Length Roadway Width Main Spans Approach Spans
90 Feet (27.4 Meters) 23 Feet (7 Meters) 1 None

This bridge was built in 1923 to serve as a trunkline bridge for what was in 1923 M-16. This would become US-16 in 1926. This route was later retired with the completion of I-96 in 1962, which also had retired this bridge as a trunkline bridge.

This bridge is on the same former trunkline route as the Berlin Fair Drive Bridge. This particular bridge was built by the Price Brothers of Lansing, Michigan. This bridge appeared to be in excellent condition, and is an excellent example of a rare structure type designed in Michigan and built only in Michigan and Ontario. Its significance is even greater when its 90 foot size is considered. The 90 foot plan, designed by the Michigan State Highway Department represents the largest size that this bridge type came in. Longer crossing would require multiple spans. The 90 foot plans are the most impressive, since their arch is tall, and pierced openings are present on the girders.

The 2006 National Bridge Inventory shows the bridge in amazingly excellent condition despite no major work on the structure since its construction. This particularly excellent condition means that this bridge does not really even need a restoration, but should instead be maintained, perhaps with a protective concrete paint to ward off salt damage.

Detailed Technical Facts From nationalbridges.com Database

Owned and maintained by: County Highway Agency

Functional Classification: Rural Major Collector
Service On Bridge: Highway
Service Under Bridge: Waterway
Lanes On Structure: 2

Structure Length: 27.4 m
Bridge Roadway Width: 7 m
Operating Rating: 32.7 Metric Tons
Number of Spans in Main Unit: 1 Span
Material Design: Concrete
Design Construction: Arch - Thru

Deck Condition: Satisfactory Condition
Superstructure Condition: Satisfactory Condition
Substructure Condition: Satisfactory Condition
Scour: Scour evaluation has not been made
Bridge Railing: Does not meet currently acceptable standards.

Structural Evaluation: Equal to present minimum criteria
Water Adequacy Evaluation: Equal to present desirable criteria

Average Daily Traffic: 4358
Year of Average Daily Traffic: 2004
Sufficiency Rating: 75.2 %

Historic Significance Rating (HSR)

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