Veterans Memorial Bridge (Bay City, Michigan)

Veterans Memorial Bridge
Coordinates 43°35′46.65″N 83°53′37.02″W / 43.5962917°N 83.8936167°W
Carries M‑25
Crosses Saginaw River
Locale Bay City, Michigan
Official name Veterans Memorial Bridge
Maintained by Michigan Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design Bascule bridge
Total length 916 Feet
History
Opened 1957
Statistics
Toll None

The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a drawbridge located in Bay City, Michigan. It carries State Highway M-25 over the Saginaw River. Its location is just south of Wenona Park (on the east side of the river), and Veteran's Park (on the west side). The Veterans Memorial Bridge opened in 1957, the same year as the Mackinac Bridge. It was also Bay City's first four-lane bridge.[1]

The bridge was temporarily closed to road traffic on July 7, 2012, for the Bay City Fireworks Festival. Over 5,000 shells were launched from the surface of the bridge in celebration of Independence Day.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bay County Historical Events Time Line". Bay Journal.
  2. ↑ http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2012/07/photos_bay_city_fireworks_fest.html#incart_river_default

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