F Drive North Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River at F Drive North, Marshall, Calhoun County, MI

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TITLE:
F Drive North Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River at F Drive North, Marshall, Calhoun County, MI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,13-MARSH,14-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 14 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-33

Building/structure dates: 1905 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1982 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91002053

Significance: The F Drive North Bridge (County Park Bridge) is one of a very few early metal through truss highway bridges remaining in the south-central part of Michigan. It was manufactured by the Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York, a company no longer operating.

SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Calhoun County--Marshall
metal truss bridges
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
County Park Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mi0251

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF WEST ELEVATION OF BRIDGE (ON F DRIVE NORTH)
2. VIEW OF EAST ELEVATION OF BRIDGE (ON F DRIVE NORTH)
3. VIEW OF NORTH ELEVATION OF BRIDGE (ON BANK)
4. VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION OF BRIDGE (IN RIVER)
5. DETAIL VIEW OF ROAD-BED
6. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE
7. DETAIL VIEW OF CONNECTION AT FOOTING
8. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTH FOOTING
9. DETAIL VIEW OF VERTICAL MEMBER
10. DETAIL VIEW OF TOP OF TRUSS
11. DETAIL VIEW OF VERTICAL AND STRINGER CONNECTION
12. DETAIL VIEW OF VERTICAL AND TOP CONNECTION
13. FRONTAL VIEW OF MANUFACTURERS PLAQUE
14. BACK VIEW OF MANUFACTURERS PLAQUE

CONTROL #:
MI0251

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