Thursday, April 21, 2022

1909 State Street + 1949,1989 Blossomland Bridges over St. Joseph River in St. Joseph, MI

1909: (Bridge Hunter

David Daruszka posted
Found postcard in discarded photo album.
Dennis DeBruler: It looks like the 1909 swing bride,
which was replaced by the 1949 Scherzer rolling-lift bridge

1910 Postcard via BridgeHunter-1909

Update: you can skip the street views below, someone has posted a photo of the bridge.
Jonathan Konopka posted
This is the Blossomland Bridge in St. Joseph, Michigan. It is a bascule bridge that was built in 1948 and carries Michigan State Route 63 over the St. Joseph River.
 
1 of 10 photos posted by Michael Moran

Street View

Street View

When I realized that the control tower was missing in all of the above views, I added this roadside view. I included part of the deck to show that it sill has a metal grate. The swing bridge in the background is the Amtrak/PM Bridge.
Street View


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