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The US 31–Island Lake Outlet Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Charlevoix in the U.S. state of Michigan.The bridge carries U.S. Highway 31 (known locally as Bridge Street) across Island Lake Outlet (also known as the Pine River Channel) that ultimately connects Lake Charlevoix to Lake Michigan.
MDOT maintains a listing of the historic bridges in the state; along US 31, the department has listed four structures. [105] In downtown Charlevoix, the US-31–Island Lake Outlet Bridge carries the highway over a channel dredged between Lake Michigan and Round Lake that also connects to Lake Charlevoix. Built from 1947 through 1949, it is the ...
U.S. Route 31 or U.S. Highway 31 (US 31) is a major north–south U.S. highway connecting southern Alabama to northern Michigan. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with US 90 / US 98 in Spanish Fort, Alabama .
Prior to the construction of the current span, US 31 spanned the river in Hart on a bridge that had become a significant bottleneck by the early 1950s. In 1954, a replacement structure was designed by the Michigan State Highway Department. The bridge was designated as a Federal Aid project and the contract for construction was awarded to Gene ...
Ocqueoc Township, Michigan Presque Isle: Spandrel arch Parke Lane Road–Thorofare Canal Bridge ... US 31–Pentwater River Bridge: 1955 1999-12-20 Weare Township ...
The Blossomland Bridge over the St. Joseph River is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The span is a Scherzer rolling-lift bascule, a type of moveable bridge. The bridge was built as part of a 1940s plan to relocate US 31 through St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Those plans were delayed by World War II. The bridge ...
A tractor-trailer in the greater Lansing, Michigan area was just 300 feet away from arriving at a Gault auto dealership to drop off four cars when it plowed into the Front Street Railroad Bridge ...
The Blossomland Bridge is the middle of the three bridges. Image is undated, but predates November 2004. Detail of one of the bridge's concrete piers. Traffic congestion between St. Joseph and Benton Harbor prompted the state highway department to relocate U.S. Route 31, now M-63. The route included a moveable span that exacerbated the problem ...