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Glenlord Road Bridge

Glenlord Road Bridge

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Most Recent Visit To Bridge: Spring 2007

Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Glenlord Road Bridge Glenlord Road Over I-94 Lincoln Township: Berrien County, Michigan Concrete Curved T-Beam, Stationary 1960 By: Unknown
Technical Facts
Structure Length Roadway Width Minimum Vertical Underclearance Main Spans Approach Spans
342 Feet (104.2 Meters) 26 Feet (7.9 Meters) 17 Feet (5.23 Meters) Over Highway 4 None

Many of the curved t-beams have a very slight arch to the deck, but this bridge is perfectly flat, likely having something to do with the natural topography that helped to create the vertical clearance for the bridge without the need for a dirt approach to be constructed.

The curved t-beam was a design that Michigan built a number of on its freeways. They are unusually beautiful examples of expressway bridges. The number of curved t-beams in Michigan that retain railings with no alterations is decreasing, increasing the significance of bridges that have unmodified railings.

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