1922 West Jefferson Avenue Bridge over Rouge River at Detroit, MI

(Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

This is in an industrial area so it is hard to find elevation views of this bridge. But I can tell from a street view that it is a Chicago-style pony truss trunnion bridge.

Street View

It is the only pony truss bascule bridge left in Michigan. "In 2013, the bridge was lowered onto a freighter prematurely causing severe damage to the center of the bridge. It was closed for years before being repaired and reopened. The center section (originally riveted) was replaced with a bolted replica, matching the original design, except for the use of bolts." [HistoricBridges]

The allision explains why a satellite caught some extensive construction being done on the bridge. It does not explain why an image with it up was merged with an image of it down.

Satellite

Jonathan Konopka posted
Seen here is the Kaye E. Barker passing the West Jefferson Avenue Bridge in Detroit, MI. The bridge is a bascule bridge that was built in 1922 and crosses the Rouge River. Photo credit belongs to Andrew Russell.

The above photo shows the laker going upriver. Andrew also caught it going downriver.

4 of 12 photos Andrew Dean Detroit posted with the comment: "It was a beautiful and calm Sunday morning on the Rouge River. Kaye E. Barker just finished unloading at Cliffs and was exiting the Rouge River."

Andrew Russell shared

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Note the blast furnace of the steel plant above the left leaf and the silos of Peerless Cement at the top of the right leaf. So this is a downbound view.

Andrew Dean Detroit posted
Whitefish Bay getting a G-Tug asssit out of the Rouge River, Jefferson Bridge shown open for them to pass through.

Carson Last posted
Bridges: The Algoma Niagara arriving Stern first under the Jefferson Street Bridge in the Rouge! To unload Salt! (2/15/24)
Joe Yanoschik: I find it interesting they're coming into the Rouge River to unload salt when there's quite an extensive salt mining operation about a mile away. Go figure, carrying coal to Newcastle.

The video from the above photo shoot.

4:00 video @ 3:27

Bonus: I need to research that power plant since it is obviously still operational.

4:00 video @ 3:01

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jonathan's post
On May 12, 2013 the Herbert C. Jackson allided with the bridge because the bridgetender lowered the bridge way too soon. She was legally intoxicated. The damage to the ship was $5,000 and to the bridge was $50 million. Repairs could not even start until 2015. I've read about bridges being lowered on ships before they got all the way pass the bridge, but this is the first time I've seen a bridge lowered before the ship even got to the bridge.
https://historicbridges.org/other/jefferson/report.pdf via
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=other/jefferson/

1 of 8 photos posted by Interlake Steamship Company
Incredible images of our M/V Kaye E. Barker and M/V Herbert C. Jackson meeting on the Rouge River yesterday! We can't pick our favorite, how about you?
📸: Andrew Dean Detroit
[It looks like about half of the deck for the Gordie Howe Bridge has been built.]