Bridge: Kalamazoo River Bridge, Parchment, MI - (GTW)
This simple steel beam railroad bridge is about 300' long and rests on three stone piers. The rails rest on 8" steel crossmembers. The bridge was built in 1903. [LPM] As of 2018, the bridge appears intact but their is no rail line on either end.
42.320534, -85.573762
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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