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Coordinates: 43°0′38″N 83°41′58″W / 43.01056°N 83.69944°W / 43.01056; -83.69944
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West Second Street–Swartz Creek Bridge
The bridge in September 2014
West Second Street–Swartz Creek Bridge is located in Michigan
West Second Street–Swartz Creek Bridge
LocationWest Second Street over Swartz Creek, Flint, Michigan
Coordinates43°0′38″N 83°41′58″W / 43.01056°N 83.69944°W / 43.01056; -83.69944
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1919 (1919)
Built byPrice Bros. Construction Co.
ArchitectFlint City Engineer's Office
Architectural styleLuten arch bridge, Other
MPSHighway Bridges of Michigan MPS
NRHP reference No.99001512[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1999

The West Second Street–Swartz Creek Bridge in Flint, Michigan, carries West Second Street over Swartz Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

History

The West Second Street Bridge was engineered in 1919 by the Flint City Engineer's Office under a royalty agreement with Daniel B. Luten, where the bridge utilized Luten's patented arch design.[2] The Illinois Bridge Company of Chicago, a licensee for Luten, provided design assistance. The city solicited bids to construct the bridge, and awarded the construction contract to Price Brothers Construction Company of Lansing, Michigan, which underbid the Illinois Bridge Company. Work started on the bridge in the summer of 1919, and was completed in early 1920. It has continued to carry vehicular traffic since.[3]

Description

The West Second Street Bridge is a 70-foot Luten arch bridge. The roadway is asphalt, flanked by cantilevered concrete sidewalks. The bridge is heavily skewed across the creek. Massive concrete abutments support the elliptical filled arch. It has a corbeled arch ring, and cast concrete balusters lining the bridge.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "W. Second St./Swartz Creek Bridge". Michigan Dept. of Transportation.
  3. ^ a b Clayton B. Fraser (November 1998), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: West Second Street–Swartz Creek Bridge
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