Saturday, March 31, 2018

1949,2007 MI-63 Blossomland Bridge over St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor, MI

If you are here because of "1904 CSX+CP+Amtrak/PM Bridge over St. Joseph River in Benton Harbor, MI," then you need to go there.


This 713' (217m) long bridge has a main span of 164' (50m). [HistoricBridges]

HistoricBridges notes that this is a "Scherzer Rolling Lift design of bascule bridge."

2010 Photo by Bob Morgan via BridgeHunter

2018 Photo by Steve Conro via BridgeHunter
[Steve took a series of photos of the leaves going up.]

St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Shipping News posted for photos with the comment: "The Calumet | July 9th."
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The swing bridge in the background is the Amtrak/Pere Marquette Bridge.
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