| Key Facts |
| Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Construction Date / Builder or Contractor |
| Belle Isle Bridge
MacArthur Bridge | East Grand Boulevard Over Detroit River | Detroit: Wayne County, Michigan | Concrete Deck Arch, Stationary | 1923 By: Unknown |
| Technical Facts |
| Rehabilitation Dates | Structure Length | Roadway Width | Main Spans | Approach Spans |
| 1984-1985, 1998 | 2356 Feet (718 Meters) | 61 Feet (18.6 Meters) | 19 | None |
This is the very long multi-span concrete arch bridge that gives people access to Belle Isle. There is an interesting guardrail design on this bridge. The interesting guardrails are for the pedestrians, traffic is kept at bay via modern New Jersey barriers, which MDOT mentions were added in 1985. Obviously, this bridge goes over the side of the Detroit River that freighters do not use, which accounts for why a low-clearance bridge was built here.
Information and Findings From MDOT
This monumental structure consists of nineteen spans, with a total
length of 2,356 feet. It features cantilevered arches, allegedly only
the second example of a bridge of this type in the United States when it
opened. The city of Detroit completed a major rehabilitation of this
bridge in 1984-1985, at a cost of $11.4 million. The project included
repairs to the arches, an entirely new deck and road surface, and the
installation of "New Jersey barriers" between the roadway and sidewalk.
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