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Key Facts |
| Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Construction Date / Builder or Contractor |
| Hickory Island Road Bridge
| Hickory Island Road Over Rifle River | Rural: Arenac County, Michigan | Truss Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary | 0 By: Unknown |
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Technical Facts |
| Structure Length | Roadway Width | Main Spans | Approach Spans |
| 128 Feet (39 Meters) | 17 Feet (5.2 Meters) | 1 | None |
This is a beautiful eight panel pin connected through truss. The construction date given in the inventory and on MDOT's website is 1920, which is not realistic for a pin connected through truss with an old-style Carnegie stamp on the steel and is undoubtedly incorrect. This bridge would likely date to earlier than 1910. This bridge features v-lacing on the vertical members. The portal bracing is a lattice design. The lattice guardrails that remain on this bridge are rather large, in fact they are huge in terms of height for a truss bridge of this design. They may have been added some time later after the bridge was built, perhaps in the 1910s or 1920s. Lightweight pole railings or something small like that might have originally served this bridge, which may have been the reason for upgrading to these larger lattice railings.
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Information and Findings From MDOT