List of covered bridges in Michigan
Appearance
This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Michigan. These covered bridges may be listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as Michigan State Historic Sites.
Name | Location | Built | Length (ft) | Length (m) | Type | Spans | Notes |
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Ackley covered bridge | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Wayne County 42°18′12.90″N 83°14′2.68″W / 42.3035833°N 83.2340778°W |
1832 | 72 | 22 | Queen post | artificial stream | Originally spanned Enlow Fork along the Greene–Washington county line in Southwestern Pennsylvania and removed to Greenfield Village in 1937.[1] |
Ada Covered Bridge | Ada, Kent County 42°57′8.92″N 85°29′10.77″W / 42.9524778°N 85.4863250°W |
1867 rebuilt 1980 |
125 | 38 | Brown truss | Thornapple River | Listed on both the Michigan Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places |
Augusta Covered Bridge | Augusta, Kalamazoo County 42°20′16″N 85°21′06″W / 42.33778°N 85.35167°W |
1973 | 32 | 9.8 | Queen post | Augusta Creek | |
Fallasburg Covered Bridge | Vergennes Township, Kent County 42°58′51″N 85°19′38″W / 42.98083°N 85.32722°W |
1871 | 100 | 30 | Brown truss | Flat River | Open to vehicle traffic; listed on both the Michigan Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places |
Langley Covered Bridge | Centreville, St. Joseph County 41°58′2″N 85°31′41″W / 41.96722°N 85.52806°W |
1887 | 282 | 86 | Howe truss | St. Joseph River | Open to vehicle traffic; listed on both the Michigan Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places |
Nichols Covered Bridge | Kal-Haven Trail, South Haven, Van Buren County 42°25′04″N 86°15′01″W / 42.41778°N 86.25028°W |
1988 (1870) |
108 | 33 | Long truss | Black River | Built upon a former Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad trestle bridge |
Whites Bridge | Keene Township, Ionia County 43°00′54.47″N 85°17′56.87″W / 43.0151306°N 85.2991306°W |
1869, rebuilt 2020 | 120 | 37 | Brown truss | Flat River | Listed with both the Michigan Historic Register and National Register of Historic Places; burned down due to arson on July 7, 2013;[2] construction of a replica bridge approved in July 2016[3] and completed in 2020[4] |
Zehnder's Holz Brucke | Frankenmuth, Saginaw County 43°19′30″N 83°44′22″W / 43.32500°N 83.73944°W |
1979 | 239 | 73 | Towne's Lattice | Cass River | Open to vehicle traffic |
References
[edit]- ^ Historical Ken (February 19, 2013). "The 1832 Ackley Covered Bridge". Passion for the Past. Retrieved January 17, 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ Bota, Karen (July 23, 2013). "Sheriff: Whites Bridge Fire Declared Arson". Ionia Sentinel-Standard. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ 24 Hour News 8 Web Staff (July 7, 2016). "White's Bridge Replica Gets Go-Ahead to Rebuild". Grand Rapids: WOOD-TV. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. ISBN 978-0-578-30263-8.
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