Michigan's Bridges: Blue Water Bridges across the St. Clair River (3)

August 2011 (42.999 Degrees, -82.424 Degrees) Blue Water Bridges

The new tied arch bridge was designed by Modjeski and Masters and Buckland and Taylor and completed in 1997. The tied arch was chosen because it closely resembled the existing bridge while having the advantages of less expense and easier construction.

Tied arches are typically brought to the site on floating cranes and set onto the back spans. However, in this case towers were built and supported the main span with cables while it was being assembled.

Michigan's Bridges: Blue Water Bridges across the St. Clair River (3) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.