New Richmond Swing Bridge

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Fifty-Seventh Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Manlius Township, Michigan
Coordinates:	42°39′5.47″N 86°6′25.17″W / 42.6515194, -86.1069917Coordinates: 42°39′5.47″N 86°6′25.17″W / 42.6515194, -86.1069917
Built/Founded:	1879
Architect:	Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Co.
Architectural style(s):	Other
Added to NRHP:	April 01, 1998
NRHP Reference#:	98000273 ^[1]
Governing body:	Local

The New Richmond Swing Bridge, also known as The Fifty-Seventh Street Bridge, is a one lane swing bridge in Michigan. Located in Allegan County's Manlius Township, it carries 57th Avenue over the Kalamazoo River. The name New Richmond comes from a former mining town in the area of the same name.

It was built in 1879 at a time when the Kalamazoo River was navagable from Lake Michigan.

The bridge's four spans reach 429 feet. A manually operated swing span was in use as late as the 1925. It is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in the state of Michigan and the state's lngest pony truss bridge. It is also believed to be the oldest surviving highway swing bridge in the United States.

Closed to vehicular traffic in 1997 for safety reasons, the bridge is now used for pedestrians to access parkland on both sides of the river.

On April 1, 1998 the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places as structure #98000273.

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^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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