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
Tags
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
Copyright info
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