Built 1947 NRHP Reference # 00000118 Area 3,600 m² | Architectural style concrete slab Opened 1947 Added to NRHP 18 February 2000 | |
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Location Ferry Street over Thorofare Canal, Grosse Ile, Michigan Architect Wayne County Road Commission MPS Highway Bridges of Michigan MPS Similar Gibraltar Road‑Waterway Canal Bri, Jefferson Avenue‑Huron River and, Wyandotte Odd Fellows T, Henry Ford Square House, Lincoln Park Post Office | ||
The Ferry Street Bridge or Ferry Street–Thorofare Canal bridge is a bridge located at Ferry Street over the Thorofare Canal in Grosse Ile, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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History
In 1947, the Wayne County Road Commission replaced the 85-foot (26 m) Pratt truss bridge that had previously spanned the Thorofare Canal with the current structure.
Description
The Ferry Street Bridge has a main span length of 26 feet (7.9 m), a structure length of 95 feet (29 m), a roadway width of 36 feet (11 m), and a structure width of 28 feet (8.5 m). The railings are solid concrete, and marble plates mounted at the northeast and southeast corners of the bridge note that the bridge is Job 413 of the Wayne County Road Commission. Three bents with square concrete posts support the bridge. The bridge is a continuous concrete slab, used by the road commission during World War II and immediately after, presumably due to the difficulty of obtaining steel. The bridge is considered a good representative example of this type of bridge, retaining high integrity.