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TITLE:
Monroe Street Bridge, Spanning River Raisin at Monroe Street, Monroe, Monroe County, MI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,58-MONRO,3-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 26   (4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 17 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
W.H. Knapp Company

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-35

Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1970 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1984 subsequent work

Significance: The Monroe Street Bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete cantilever girder bridge, a design developed in the late 1910s as an alternative to standard concrete arch bridge designs. The bridge was a key component of a major upgrading of the US-25 (later M-125) highway linking Detroit to Toledo. The builder, the W.H. Knapp Co., built several concrete bridges in Monroe County in the 1920s.

SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Monroe County--Monroe
pedestrian bridges
concrete girder bridges
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
State M-50, M-125 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.mi0253

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW NORTH, ACROSS DECK OF BRIDGE
2. VIEW SOUTH, ACROSS DECK OF BRIDGE
3. LONG SHOT, LOOKING SOUTH
4. LONG SHOT, WEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST
5. WEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST
6. EAST ELEVATION, RIVER LEVEL, LOOKING WEST
7. EAST ELEVATION, ROVER LEVEL, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. DETAIL OF PIERS AND GIRDERS, LOOKING SOUTH
9. NORTHWEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
10. CONCRETE RAILING AT SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
11. DETAIL, INTERMEDIATE PILASTER AND SPINDLES, EAST RAILING, LOOKING EAST
12. DETAIL, PIER PILASTER, FLOWER BOX, AND SPINDLES, EAST RAILING, LOOKING EAST
13. DETAIL, BRIDGE NAMEPLATE, RAILING ON SOUTHEAST ABUTMENT, LOOKING DOWN
14. Photocopy of photograph (original print in the collection of Carl F. Cramer, St., Monroe, MI, reproduced with the owner's permission), Spring 1928 PIER CONSTRUCTION, SHOWING COFFER DAM AND FORMWORK, WITH STEEL TRUSS BRIDGE AND ITS STONE PIERS. THE OLD BRIDGE, WITH STREETCAR ON IT, HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVED OFF ITS ORIGINAL PIER. LOOKING NORTHEAST
15. Photocopy of Photograph (original negative in the State of Michigan Archives, Lansing, MI), photograph by E.H.H., May 4, 1928 SOUTH ABUTMENT AND PIER NO. 1 AND 2, SHOWING STEEL REINFORCING RODS AND CONSTRUCTION OF PIER FORMWORK, LOOKING SOUTH
16. Photocopy of Photograph (original negative in the State of Michigan Archives, Lansing, MI), photograph by E.H.H., May 4, 1928 NORTH ABUTMENT AND PIER NO. 3 AND 4, SHOWING COFFER DAM AND FINISHED PIERS, LOOKING NORTH
17. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the collection of Carl F. Cramer, St., Monroe, MI), photograph by Charles Hill, July 5, 1928 ERECTION OF SUPERSTRUCTURE FORMWORK FOR THE CENTER BELT OR SEGMENT, SHOWING FALSEWORK DETAILS, LOOKING NORTHEAST
18. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the collection of Carl F. Cramer, Sr., Monroe, MI), photograph by Charles Hill, July 16, 1928 POURING OF CONCRETE FOR SUPERSTRUCTURE, CENTER BELT OR SEGMENT, WITH TRACKED RAIL SYSTEM VISIBLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FORMWORK AND CONCRETE MIXERS IN BACKGROUND, LOOKING NORTH
19. Photocopy of Photograph (original negative in State of Michigan Archives, Lansing, MI), photograph by E.H.H., July 23, 1928 ERECTION OF FORMWORK FOR SUPERSTRUCTURE, WESTERN BELT OR SEGMENT, WITH CAPS OF PIERS VISIBLE IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING NORTH
20. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the collection of Carl F. Cramer, St., Monroe, MI), photograph by Charles Hill, July 20, 1928 MONROE STREET SOUTH OF THE RIVER RAISIN, SHOWING THE RECENTLY-WIDENED STREET AND TROLLEY TRACK OVER THE STEEL BRIDGE, WITH THE ENDPOST OF THE OLD STEEL BRIDGE VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT, LOOKING SOUTH
21. Photocopy of Photograph (original print in the collection of the Monroe Evening News, Monroe, MI), photographer unknown, ca. 1930 BRIDGE OPEN TO TRAFFIC, LOOKING NORTH
22. Photocopy of Original Drawing (original in the State of Michigan Record Center) WEST ELEVATION
23. Photocopy of Original Drawing (original in the State of Michigan Record Center) PLAN, SIDE ELEVATION, AND SECTIONAL PLAN FOR PIERS 1, 2, AND 3
24. Photocopy of Original Drawing (original in the State of Michigan Record Center) SECTIONS OF TYPICAL GIRDERS
25. Photocopy of Original Drawing (original in the State of Michigan Record Center) FALSEWORK DETAILS, TYPICAL HALF ELEVATION OF AN INTERIOR RIB, SECTION NEAR END OF SPAN, AND SECTION NEAR PIER
26. Photocopy of Original Drawing (original in the State of Michigan Record Center) ELEVATION, COMBINED LIGHT AND TROLLEY STANDARD AND DETAIL OF CAST IRON MANHOLE COVER

CONTROL #:
MI0253

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