DTS = Detroit Toledo Shoreline, which was jointly owned by Wabash and GTW.
This is an Abt Bascule bridge. The Port Huron posting has more information on this type of bridge.
This was the first Abt Bascule bridge that was built. [Historic Bridges presentation, p34]
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| Street View, Aug 2019 |
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| Peter commented on his share Here's a more-recent photograph of the same bridge, looking downstream toward the I-75 bridge (Jimmy Nagy photo). |
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| Andrew Dean Detroit posted CSL Assiniboine unloading at St. Mary’s in Detroit. Rouge River 10-1-2021 |
And a view with the span up.
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| Andrew Dean Detroit posted A shot of Lee A. Tregurtha heading up the Rouge River to Cliffs Dearborn. At 826 feet Lee is the longest freighter to traverse the Rouge. |
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| Photo from Bridge Hunter |
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| Peter Dudley shared Railroaders know this bascule bridge as Wabash Bridge, currently owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). The view is south (downstream), looking toward the Fisher Freeway (I-75) / Rouge River Bridge (Scott Hocking photo, 2017). Ken Borg That bascule bridge is one of eight that was built to this design and one of three that are in Michigan. Scott Hocking posted toward old Rouge River RR bascule bridge (North) and I-75 overpass |
A photo taken from Herbert C. Jackson after it delivered ore to Cliffs Steel.
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| 1 of 10 photos posted by Andrew Dean Detroit Jackson stops as a train rolls over the NS Bridge |
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| 1 of 10 photos posted by Andrew Dean Detroit Train on NS Bridge- Sea Eagle II / St Mary’s cement II beyond the bridge. |
Craig Hensley Photography posted three photos with the comment:
Yesterday I was lucky enough to capture a Norfolk Southern manifest train crossing the second of the two bascule style bridges that span the Rouge River. Built for the Wabash, Detroit Toledo Shoreline (DTSL) (jointly owned by GTW and N&W prior to the 1980's) and PRR in 1921 by the American Bridge Company, it replaced an older style swing bridge due to the Rouge being widened for Ford's Rouge Complex. The bridge brings NS over the Rouge between Delray and Oakwood Yard, and is manned 24/7 by a bridge operator.
Craig Hensley Photography posted two photos with the comment:
Tech: DJI Mavic Air 2s
Symbol: NS 176
Engines: NS 9768 (GE C40-9W) NS 7657 (GE ES40DC)
Date: 6/30/21 7p
Location: Detroit, Michigan
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| 1 The view is downstream, toward the Fisher Freeway (I-75) / Rouge River Bridge. |
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| 2 Heading east toward recently-closed CSX Delray Tower. |
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Craig Hensley Photography posted two photos with the comment:
As I sit here drinking coffee and preparing to head to another baseball tournament, I thought I would share a couple more shots of the Interlake Steamship Company's M/V Hon. James L Oberstar that I grabbed on Friday. Two unique perspectives here that I really like. A shot of the bridges being open to allow the ship to traverse the river. In all the times that I've been down that way, I've never seen the bridges up. I also love a good top-down perspective of the Fort Street bridge being up.
Have a fantastic Sunday!
Tech: DJI Mavic Air2s
Ship: M/V Hon. James L Oberstar
Date: 5/21/21 @ 845p
Location Rouge River, Detroit, Michigan
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| Craig Hensley Photography posted The CSX OCS (Office Car Special) traveled to Detroit with the CSX executives on board to inspect Michigan operations. Here's my take of CSX 1 & 2 and the rest of the executive consist. It sure was a pretty sharp looking train! Tech: DJI Mavic Air 2s + Canon 5D Mark III + Canon 70-200mm f2.8 is ii Symbol: CSX P001 Date: 8/25/21 Location: Delray Junction, Detroit, Michigan Craig Hensley Photography shared |
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| 1 of 10 photos posted by Andrew Dean Detroit A series of tight squeezes. Lee A Tregurtha traverses out of the Rouge River. Lee is the longest ship to pass through the Rouge, it’s amazing to see the ship slip down between another ship in such tight quarters. |
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| 1 of 12 photos posted by Andrew Dean Detroit Some pictures from the day Iver Bright was Towed out of the Rouge, something about a slow rolling ship getting led by tugs. Detroit, MI [That is the Fort Street Bridge that has a train on it.] |
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| 1 of 3 drone photos posted by Craig Hensley Photography Big Ship. Narrow Spaces. The Kaye E Barker was making her way up the Rouge River while I was out and about in Detroit. I cruised over to the Carbon Athletic club and launched the drone to grab a few shots. I thought the perspective going under I-75 and through the tight squeeze of the lifted NS bridge was pretty neat. M/V Kaye E Barker - Detroit, MI - April 2024 |
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| Marine Historical Society of Detroit posted J.F. Schoellkopf sailing for Erie Sand before getting the green hull. MHSD Douglas Butler shared A raising Abt Railroad Bascule Bridge Detroit, MI. |
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