The Cut River Bridge is about 25 miles northwest of St. Ignace as you head on West US-2. It one of two cantilevered bridges in Michigan and was built in 1947. It's been shutdown the past couple years, so I didn't have a chance to see it. I couldn't get as many pictures of it as I wanted as the park was closed and the stairs around it were pretty treacherous.
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The bridge is 147 feet tall and 641 feet long. This bridge design is more common out east.
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Another shot of the bridge.
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Looking under the bridge. I would imagine the truss calculations for this bridge would be fun.
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Looking at the bridge from the other side.
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