Grand River Avenue Bridge, Spanning Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Grand River Avenue, Novi, Oakland County, MI

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Significance: This is the sixth longest concrete "camelback" girder bridge left in Michigan. It created a grade separation for Grand River Avenue, which at the time of construction was part of US Route 16 linking Detroit with Grand Haven, Michigan, on Lake Michigan.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1551

Survey number: HAER MI-48

Building/structure dates: 2004 Demolished

Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

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1969 - 1980

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