Michigan's Bridges: 133rd Avenue Bridge at the Historic Bridge Park

August 2011 ( 42.291 Degrees, -85.115 Degrees) 133rd Avenue Bridge

The 133rd Avenue Bridge was originally over the Rabbit River near the town of Hopkins in Allegan County, Michigan.  It's a four-panel half-hip pin-connected Pratt steel truss according to Habbs Haer's Website. The half-hip type of Pratt truss is one that has sloping ends that don't extend for a full panel. This style of truss was briefly popular for the last decade on the 19th century in the U.S.  It is only 64 ft long and 14 ft wide and it was the first bridge brought to the park and restored according to the Bridge Hunter's Website. More information on the history of this bridge can be found on the Michigan DOT Website.

Michigan's Bridges: 133rd Avenue Bridge at the Historic Bridge Park by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.