The Waltz Road – Huron River Bridge is an automobile bridge located on Waltz Road spanning the Huron River in Huron Township, Michigan

Huron Charter Township, Michigan

Huron Charter Township is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,879 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 2000.

History

The Waltz Road – Huron River Bridge was constructed in 1924 by the Wayne County Road Commission at a cost of $65,000. The bridge replaced a previous footbridge that had been erected over the Huron River to allow local children to attend school. The substructure was built by Swingle & Robinson, contractors from Wyandotte, Michigan

Wyandotte, Michigan

Wyandotte is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 25,883 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 7.6% from 2000. Wyandotte is located in southeastern Michigan, approximately south of Detroit on the Detroit River, and is part of the collection of communities known as...

, and the superstructure by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Company from Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

Description

The entire bridge is 207 feet (63.1 m) long, with a span length of 100 feet (30.5 m) and a width of 27 feet (8.2 m). The span consists of two identical seven-panel, camelback Pratt pony trusses. Sidewalks are attached to the outside of each truss; the railings were originally concrete balustrades with urn-shaped spindles, but these have been replaced with angles with bar spindles. Solid concrete parapet

Parapet

A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a...

s line the approaces at each end of the bridge.

External links

• New Boston Bridge, "Waltz Road Bridge" from HistoricBridges.org: Multiple photographs of the bridge