- City:
- Bay City, MI
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
“This new double-leaf bascule bridge at Lafayette Street crosses the East Channel of the Saginaw River to middle ground from whence a nine-span, concrete-arched girder bridge without a draw crosses West Channel, both bridges being included in this project. They replace an old truss bridge which had been posted for not more than 1 1/2 tons load and thus eliminate a bottle neck in traffic. The double-leaf bascule bridge is 447 feet long, providing a 150 foot clear channel, and the girder bridge is 522 feet long. The project was completed in March 1939 at a construction cost of $550,925 and a project cost of $603,360.”
P.W.A. Docket No. MI [W]1400
Source notes
C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 61.
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $603,360.00 |
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