Location: Dead River Railroad Trestle, Negaunee, MI - (LSI)

The LS&I bridge over the Dead River was rebuilt in 1916, replacing an original timber trestle built in 1896. The old trestle was made of timber and the increasing weights of locomotives and ore cars required a safer bridge. The 1916 structure is 565' long, stands 104' above the base of the center pier, and consists of nine steel girder spans and one reinforced concrete girder span resting on eight steel piers, two concrete piers, and concrete abutments. The spans vary in length from 30' to 116'. The bridge is still used today. [UPM]

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1949. The Schneider lumber mill and huge stocks of logs and lumber were destroyed Sunday by fire. The flames leaped across the 500-foot-wide Dead River and damaged properties of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming railroad before they were brought under control eight hours later. Total loss was estimated at well over $100,000. [LSJ-1949-0614]