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Spruce Street Bridge, East Spruce Street, 500 Block, spanning Power Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

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Spruce Street Bridge, East Spruce Street, 500 Block, spanning Power Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

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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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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pittsburg Testing Laboratory, Limited
New Castle Bridge Company
Condron, T L
Lawrie, J A
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Location

Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)46.49530, -84.34532
Google Map of 46.4952996, -84.3453169
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