I've seen truss rods under wood boxcars, but this is the first time I have seen them under a bridge. The truss rods are the reason I added the "bridgeRare" label to these notes.
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| Bridges Now and Then posted Geddes Bridge, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June, 1976. (Ann Arbor District Library) Steve William Lindsey: Sad how this played out. |
It is a model, but this is the best photo I found showing truss rods on a boxcar.
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This bridge connected Geddes Avenue with Geddes Road before the Huron Parkway was built.
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| 1965/67 Ann Arbor East Quad @ 24,000 |
The Huron Parkway was built by 1973.
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| 1973/74 Ann Arbor East Quad @ 24,000 |
The replacement bridge:
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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
The Ann Arbor Council approved $94,000 to replace the bridge. Of that, $4,815 was for destroying the existing bridge, and $4,345 was for contingencies. Even though the Parks Supt. George Owers recommended saving the old bridge for use as a pedestrian bridge, the council would not approve an additional $4,686 to dismantle the bridge instead of destroying it. [AAnews_May_1976]
Some citizens tried to raise the $4,686, but they obviously failed. [AAnews_Jun_1976]
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