Division Avenue–Plaster Creek Bridge
Division Avenue–Plaster Creek Bridge | ||
MPS Highway Bridges of Michigan MPS | | |
NRHP reference No. | 99001523[1] | |
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Added to NRHP | December 17, 1999 |
The Division Avenue–Plaster Creek Bridge was a historic bridge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, carrying Division Avenue over Plaster Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1] The bridge was demolished and replaced in 2007.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Plaster_Creek_Bridge.jpg/220px-Plaster_Creek_Bridge.jpg)
History
In 1913, the state of Michigan authorized the designation of a
Description
The Division Avenue Bridge was a 50-foot long, 43-foot wide spandrel arch bridge. It had an asphalt-surfaced roadway that with concrete sidewalks on each side. Standard steel rails lined the outside of the bridge. The arch was elliptical, and ended in massive concrete abutments on each end of the bridge. It had a tapered arch ring cast integrally into the plain-faced concrete walls.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Division Avenue–Plaster Creek Bridge". Historic Bridges. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- ^ a b "Division Avenue–Plaster Creek Bridge". MDOT. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
External links
Media related to Division Avenue–Plaster Creek Bridge (1914) at Wikimedia Commons
- Image gallery from Historic Bridges