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East River Road – North Hickory Canal Bridge
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Arch of bridge
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| Location: | E. River Road over N. Hickory Canal, Grosse Ile, Michigan |
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| Area: | 0.9 acres (0.36 ha) |
| Built: | 1945 |
| Architect: | Wayne County Road Commission |
| Architectural style: | concrete slab bridge |
| Governing body: | Local |
| MPS: | Highway Bridges of Michigan MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 00000042[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 04, 2000 |
The East River Road – North Hickory Canal Bridge is a bridge located on East River Road over the North Hickory Canal, connecting Grosse Ile, Michigan with Hickory Island to the south.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1][2]
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In the early part of the 20th century, the East River Road bridge over the North Hickory Canal was a timber structure.[3] In 1944, the Wayne County Road Commission formulated plans to widen and straighten the southern section of road, moving it to the west.[3] The original bridge was replaced with this structure, completed in 1945.[3]
The East River Road – North Hickory Canal Bridge is 64 feet (20 m) long with a main span length of 24 feet (7.3 m).[2] The bridge is continuous concrete slab bridge.[3] Wayne County used this type of bridge in the years during and after World War II, presumably because of the difficulty of obtaining steel during these years.[3] The bridge has solid concrete parapet railings embedded with a pebble aggregate and trimmed with a horizontal line.[2] The ends of the railings curve to follow the perpendicular wing walls.[2] The piles of the bridge are octagonal, part of the road commission's continuous experimentation with bridge design.[3]
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