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General Information

Completion: 1957
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Double-leaf bascule bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Material: Steel bridge

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Saginaw River
Coordinates: 43° 35' 46.71" N    83° 53' 37.44" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 56.39 m
total length 260.3 m
deck width 17.01 m

Materials

bascule span steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a drawbridge located in Bay City, Michigan. It carries State Highway M-25 over the Saginaw River. Its location is just south of Wenona Park (on the east side of the river), and Veteran's Park (on the west side).

History

The Veterans Memorial Bridge opened in 1957, the same year as the Mackinac Bridge. It was also Bay City's first four-lane bridge. The bridge was built to carry a rerouted section of M-25 (which was also concurrent with U.S. Route 23 Business (US 23 Bus.) up until 1960) over the Saginaw River. These route designations previously crossed the river a short distance north on the Third Street Bridge. Despite the reroute, the Third Street Bridge would remain in service until its collapse in 1976 and would be physically replaced by the Liberty Bridge.

The Veterans Memorial Bridge was temporarily closed to road traffic on July 7, 2012, for the Bay City Fireworks Festival. Over 5,000 shells were launched from the surface of the bridge in celebration of Independence Day.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Veterans Memorial Bridge (Bay City%2C Michigan)" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20033013
  • Published on:
    03/11/2007
  • Last updated on:
    06/04/2021
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