Davison Freeway, Third Avenue Bridge, Spanning Davisoun Freeway, Highland Park, Wayne County, MI

Significance: One of four identical single-span bridges designed to carry major north-south arterial streets over the Davison Limited Highway, built to speed crosstown traffic through Highland Park. The others were at Second Avenue, John R. Street, and Brush Street. The hinged, reinforced concrete, rigid-framed bridge design permitted maximum underclearance without raising the grade of the street above. The steel reinforcing bars were bent on site, instead of in fabricating shops.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1568

Survey number: HAER MI-103-C

Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

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