I have focused so much on the railroad bridges, that I have ignored the road bridge. This photo taught me that the road bridge is significant in its own right. Before this bridge was built, vehicles had to use a ferry.
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| MightyMac.org - The Mackinac Bridge & Straits of Mackinac posted The International Bridge at Sault Ste Marie opened 59 years ago today, October 31, 1962. Philip Fish: I had the opportunity to inspect this bridge, it is one of the best maintained bridges I have ever encountered. Hats off to the International Bridge Authority, they do a great job!! Aileen Seguino: How long is this bridge? just curious MightyMac.org - The Mackinac Bridge & Straits of Mackinac: 5 miles [HistoricBridges puts the length at 2.76 miles. That is more believable.] |
This is the best overview I have seen. This is also a good view of the Soo Locks before the two old locks are replaced by one big lock.
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| safe_image for Lakes Superior and Michigan-Huron were wetter than average in December. |
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| Chippewa County Historical Society posted This picture from 1963 features the fairly new International Bridge, but what caught my eye is the railroad roundhouse at the bottom, left of center. A roundhouse was used to store, maintain, or reverse direction of locomotives. This was back when trains were a major means of transport for goods and people to and from Sault Ste. Marie. We can see the multiple railroad tracks and cars sitting south of the canal. Follow the track north over the canal and you see where it splits, with the left track crossing over to Canada, and the right track, for passenger trains, heading toward Union Station on Portage. Materna neg. #1883.4 Post by Collette Coullard |
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| Marc D Smith commented on the above post A different angle of the bridge taken a couple years ago. |
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| Aug 2018 Photo by Jann Mayer via BridgeHunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) |
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| Aug 2018 Photo by Jann Mayer via BridgeHunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) |
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| Michigan Nut Photography posted The International Bridge spans the St. Mary’s River and carries international traffic between Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Thanks for sharing folks. |
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| Bob Gilreath commented on the above post They also have a bridge walk each year. Great walk with great views. |
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| Bridges Now and Then posted Construction over the St. Mary's Rapids on the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge linking Michigan and Ontario, c. 1961. (Sudbury News) James Torgeson shared Dean F Harmon: Massman Construction Co. of Kansas City, MO according to Wikipedia. James Torgeson Author Admin +3 Dean F Harmon I was hoping to get some clues from the bridge's official website, but the construction photo galleries don't appear to be working: https://www.saultbridge.com/.../international-bridge.../ |
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| I Love Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan posted |
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| DeBruler-soo-locks, cropped |
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Another view of the Canadian side.
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| Group participant posted As the sun rises on Algoma steel! The international bridge to Sault Michigan in the background. [The post is anonymous because the photo is evidently from an employee.] |
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One advantage of road bridges is that it is generally easy to get a portal view.
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| Street View, Jun 2012 |
Since it is a double-arch bridge, it is more interesting from the road level than most bridges.
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This is where the two arches meet.
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We can also get a view of the controlling works for the St. Marys River. Part of the Algoma Steel Works is in the right background and in the left background we see a ship headed to the Soo Locks. And CN is doing some maintenance work on the railroad bridge.
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| Bridges Now and Then posted Bridge deck construction on the Canadian approach to the Sault Ste Marie International Bridge, c. early 1960s. (Sudbury .com) |
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