List of covered bridges in Michigan

Entrance to Zehnder's Covered Bridge or Zehnder's Holz Brucke, Frankenmuth, Michigan.

This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Name Location Built Length Type Spans Notes
Ackley covered bridge Greenfield Village,
Dearborn,
Wayne County
42°18′12.90″N 83°14′2.68″W / 42.3035833°N 83.2340778°W / 42.3035833; -83.2340778		 1832 72 feet (22 m) Queen post artificial stream Originally spanned Enlow Fork along the Greene - Washington county line in Southwestern Pennsylvania and removed to Greenfield Village in 1937.[1]
Ada Covered Bridge Ada,
Kent County
42°57′8.92″N 85°29′10.77″W / 42.9524778°N 85.4863250°W / 42.9524778; -85.4863250		 1867
rebuilt 1980		 125 feet (38 m) Brown truss Thornapple River Listed on both the Michigan Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Augusta Covered Bridge Augusta,
Kalamazoo County
42°20′16″N 85°21′06″W / 42.33778°N 85.35167°W / 42.33778; -85.35167		 1973 32 feet (9.8 m) Queen post Augusta Creek
Fallasburg Covered Bridge Vergennes Township,
Kent County
42°58′51″N 85°19′38″W / 42.98083°N 85.32722°W / 42.98083; -85.32722		 1871 100 feet (30 m) Brown truss Flat River Open to vehicle traffic.
Listed on both the Michigan Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Langley Covered Bridge Centreville,
St. Joseph County
41°58′2″N 85°31′41″W / 41.96722°N 85.52806°W / 41.96722; -85.52806		 1887 282 feet (86 m) Howe truss St. Joseph River Open to vehicle traffic.
Listed on both the Michigan Historic Register and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Nichols Covered Bridge Kal-Haven Trail,
South Haven,
Van Buren County
42°25′04″N 86°15′01″W / 42.41778°N 86.25028°W / 42.41778; -86.25028		 1988
(1870)		 108 feet (33 m) Long truss Black River Built upon a former Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad trestle bridge.
Whites Bridge Keene Township
Ionia County
43°00′54.47″N 85°17′56.87″W / 43.0151306°N 85.2991306°W / 43.0151306; -85.2991306		 1869 120 feet (37 m) Brown truss Flat River listed with both the Michigan Historic Register & National Register of Historic Places.
Burned down due to arson July 7, 2013[2]
Zehnder's Holz Brucke Frankenmuth
Saginaw County
43°19′30″N 83°44′22″W / 43.32500°N 83.73944°W / 43.32500; -83.73944		 1979 239 feet (73 m) Towne's Lattice Cass River Open to vehicle traffic.

References

  1. ↑ Historical Ken. "Passion for the Past". passionforthepast.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Karen Bota. "Sheriff: Whites Bridge fire declared arson". Ionia Sentinel. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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