List of covered bridges in Michigan
This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Michigan.
| Name | Location | Built | Length | Type | Spans | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 feet (22 m) | 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 feet (38 m) | 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 feet (9.8 m) | 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 feet (30 m) | 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 feet (86 m) | 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 feet (33 m) | 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 | 120 feet (37 m) | Brown truss | Flat River | listed with both the Michigan Historic Register & National Register of Historic Places. Burned down due to arson July 7, 2013[2] Construction of a replica bridge approved in July, 2016. At that time, no timeline has been presented. [3] |
| Zehnder's Holz Brucke | Frankenmuth Saginaw County 43°19′30″N 83°44′22″W / 43.32500°N 83.73944°W |
1979 | 239 feet (73 m) | Towne's Lattice | Cass River | Open to vehicle traffic. |
References
- ↑ Historical Ken. "Passion for the Past". passionforthepast.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Karen Bota. "Sheriff: Whites Bridge fire declared arson". Ionia Sentinel. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "White's Bridge replica gets go-ahead to rebuild". WOOD-TV. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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