- City:
- Ada, MI
- Site Type:
- Archaeology and History, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“The Ada Covered Bridge is a 125-foot (38 m) span Brown truss covered bridge erected in 1867 in Ada, Michigan, United States. Carrying Bronson Street across the Thornapple River, it is located just south of where the Thornapple enters the Grand River, in turn just south of M-21. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places…
In 1941 the Kent County Road Commission and the Works Progress Administration made extensive restorations, re-roofing the bridge with new protective creosote shingles and replacing many of its decayed underlying supports with new beams. The Road Commission purchased a nearby barn to supply wood for replacement of badly deteriorated elements.”
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Paul Chandler
The bridge was burned by arsonists in 1979. The bridge now standing is a replica.