Willow Run Expressway Bridge No. R02, Spanning Conrail Railway, westbound, at US-12, Ypsilanti vicinity, Washtenaw County, MI

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15 data pages
2 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Willow Run Expressway Bridge No. R02, Spanning Conrail Railway, westbound, at US-12, Ypsilanti vicinity, Washtenaw County, MI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,81-YPSI.V,1B-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 14 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-97-B

Significance: This pair of bridges created a grade separation between the Willow Run Expressway and a railroad line serving the Willow Run Bomber plant (1942). The Willow Run Expressway, the first substantial limited-access highway in Michigan, along with its continuation, the Detroit Industrial Expressway, enabled vast numbers of workers living in Detroit to commute to the Willow Run plant. This is one of only two highway-railroad grade separations to survive from the original expressway system.

SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Washtenaw County--Ypsilanti vicinity
vehicular bridges
concrete bridges

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.mi0607

CONTROL #:
MI0607

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