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13 b&w photos
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8 data pages
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TITLE:
Morton's Highway Crossing, Spanning Amtrak on "O" Avenue, Oshtemo vicinity, Kalamazoo County, MI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,39-OSHT.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-44

Significance: This is the oldest of only three concrete through arch bridges known to survive in Michigan and is one of the oldest concrete bridges of any type left in the state. The structure was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1986.

SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Kalamazoo County--Oshtemo vicinity
concrete arch bridges
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
"O" Avenue Bridge
Bridge 154.23

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.mi0263

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW OF NORTH ELEVATION
2. VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION
3. VIEW OF WEST ELEVATION
4. DETAIL VIEW OF TRAFFIC BED
5. DETAIL VIEW OF SIDE OF BRIDGE FROM ROAD GRADE
6. DETAIL VIEW OF ARCH, LOOKING NORTHEAST
7. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. DETAIL VIEW OF EAST PIER
9. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING CONNECTION OF ARCH TO PIER, SOUTHEAST END
10. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING INSIDE OF WEST SPAN ENCLOSURE, LOOKING EAST
11. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING INSIDE OF WEST SPAN ENCLOSURE, LOOKING WEST
12. PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN
13. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

CONTROL #:
MI0263

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