Spruce Street Bridge, East Spruce Street, 500 Block, spanning Power Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI
Summary
Significance: The bridge is typical of the eye-bar truss construction used extensively at the beginning of the twentieth century. This design provided a flat deck suspended from the camel-back arch. Both vertical and horizontal structural members were joined through use of the eye-bar pin connection.
Survey number: HAER MI-5
Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction
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Tags
steel truss bridges
civil engineering
transportation
water power
vehicular bridges
sault sainte marie mich
spruce
bridge
spruce street bridge
east spruce street
power
power canal
sault
ste
sault ste
marie
chippewa
chippewa county
michigan
t l condron
historic american engineering record
j a lawrie
new castle bridge company
limited pittsburg testing laboratory
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pittsburg Testing Laboratory, Limited
New Castle Bridge Company
Condron, T L
Lawrie, J A
Location
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)
,
46.49530, -84.34532
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html