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Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge
Wadhams Road Bridge.png
Original bridge plans
Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge is located in Michigan
Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge
Location in Michigan
Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge is located in the United States
Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge
Location in the United States
Location Wadhams Rd. over Pine River, Saint Clair Township, Michigan
Area less than one acre
Built 1928 (1928)
Built by Walter Toebe and Company
Architect Michigan State Highway Department
Architectural style Concrete through girder
Demolished 2007
MPS Highway Bridges of Michigan MPS
NRHP reference No. 00000014
Added to NRHP January 28, 2000

The Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge was a bridge carrying Wadhams Road over the Pine River in Saint Clair Township, Michigan. It was one of the few remaining multiple-span, curved-chord through girder bridges, a type unique to Michigan. The bridge was demolished in 2007.

History

This bridge was a joint product of the Michigan State Highway Department and the St. Clair County Road Commission, with each party paying half. The State Highway Department solicited bids to construct this bridge in mid-1927. They awarded the contract to Walter Toebe and Company of Shingleton, Michigan, for $37,679 (equivalent to $476 thousand in 2021 ), with an additional cost for cement of $2,791 (equivalent to $35,000 in 2021 ). The total cost of the project was $47,971 (equivalent to $606 thousand in 2021 ).

Description

Wadhams Road–Pine River Bridge
Replacement bridge, 2012

The Wadhams Road Bridge was 150 feet (46 m) long, and consisted of two 70-foot (21 m) curved chord, concrete through-girder spans. The bridge was 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and carried a 22-foot-wide (6.7 m) roadway with concrete girders on each side, serving as railings. Each girder contained five openings, with a row of 14 recessed square panels below. The bridge sat on a solid concrete pier with slightly pointed cutwaters on each end.

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