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M-50–Sandstone Creek Bridge

Coordinates: 42°22′23″N 84°32′42″W / 42.37306°N 84.54500°W / 42.37306; -84.54500 (M-50--Sandstone Creek Bridge)
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M-50–Sandstone Creek Bridge
LocationM-50 over Sandstone Creek, Tompkins Township, Michigan
Coordinates42°22′23″N 84°32′42″W / 42.37306°N 84.54500°W / 42.37306; -84.54500 (M-50--Sandstone Creek Bridge)
AreaLess than one acre
Built1927 (1927)
Built byW Toebe & Co.
ArchitectMichigan State Highway Department
Architectural styleSteel deck plate girder
MPSHighway Bridges of Michigan MPS
NRHP reference No.99001674[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 2000

The M-50–Sandstone Creek Bridge, also known as th Tompkins Bridge, is a road bridge carrying M-50 over Sandstone Creek in Tompkins Township, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

History

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In the early 1900s, what was then Clinton Road followed the route of what is now M-50. The road was incorporated into the Michigan State Trunkline Highway System in the 1910s, with a 62-foot (19 m), pin-connected, Pratt pony truss bridge carrying the road over Sandstone Creek. In the 1920s, this bridge was deemed inadequate, and in 1927 the Michigan State Highway Department contracted with Walter Toebe and Company of Shingleton, Michigan, to construct a replacement bridge. The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee was hired to deliver the structural steel. Modern metal guardrails were later added along the inner faces of the railings, but the bridge still carries traffic along M-50.[2]

Description

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The M-50–Sandstone Creek Bridge is a steel deck, plate girder bridge with a 65-foot (20 m) span. It has a 36.4-foot-wide (11.1 m) concrete deck with a two-lane, 30-foot-wide (9.1 m) roadway. The deck is supported by nine concrete-encased plate girders. The bridge has concrete parapet railings, ornamented with recessed panels along the inner and outer faces. Modern metal guardrails are bolted along the inner railing faces. It has a substructure of concrete abutments and wingwalls.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Rounds, Shawn P.; Roise, Charlene K. (January 1998). "National Register Of Historic Registration Form: M-50–Sandstone Creek Bridge". Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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