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The East River Road–North Hickory Canal Bridge is a bridge located on East River Road over the North Hickory Canal, connecting
In the early part of the 20th century, the East River Road bridge over the North Hickory Canal was a timber structure. In 1944, the Wayne County Road Commission formulated plans to widen and straighten the southern section of road, moving it to the west. The original bridge was replaced with this structure, completed in 1945.
East River Road Bridge
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Grosse Ile, Michigan
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with Hickory Island
Hickory Island is an inhabited island in the Detroit River. It is in Wayne County, in southeast Michigan. Its coordinates are , and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as in 1980.
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to the south. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 2000.
History
In the early part of the 20th century, the East River Road bridge over the North Hickory Canal was a timber structure. In 1944, the Wayne County Road Commission formulated plans to widen and straighten the southern section of road, moving it to the west. The original bridge was replaced with this structure, completed in 1945.
Description
The East River Road–North Hickory Canal Bridge is long with a main span length of . The bridge is continuous concrete slab bridge. Wayne County used this type of bridge in the years during and afterWorld War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, presumably because of the difficulty of obtaining steel during these years. The bridge has solid concrete parapet railings embedded with a pebble aggregate and trimmed with a horizontal line. The ends of the railings curve to follow the perpendicular wing walls. The piles of the bridge are octagonal, part of the road commission's continuous experimentation with bridge design.
See also
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External links
East River Road Bridge
from HistoricBridges.org: Multiple photographs of the bridge {{DEFAULTSORT:East River Road-North Hickory Canal Bridge Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Bridges completed in 1945 Bridges in Wayne County, Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Michigan Concrete bridges in the United States 1945 establishments in Michigan