Everything about The Wayne County Bridge totally explained
The
Wayne County Bridge is a
swing bridge that crosses the
Trenton Channel of the
Detroit River connecting
Grosse Ile Township, Michigan to the mainland in
Trenton, Michigan which is located in
Wayne County, Michigan.
History
During
1931,
Wayne County converted the
Michigan Central Railroad's defunct rail bridge crossing the Trenton Channel into the Wayne County Bridge for use by vehicular, bike and pedestrian traffic.
Canada Southern Bridge Company, a subsidiary of the
Canada Southern Railroad Company, built the rail bridge in
1873. A number of the original support piers and other parts of the bridge served as the foundation for the Wayne County Bridge.
The rail tracks across the island were replaced by a roadway that's now known as
Grosse Ile Parkway. The Wayne County Bridge is commonly called the "Free Bridge" by Grosse Ile residents because of the absence of a user fee toll for crossing. Today, about three-quarters of the vehicle traffic going to and from Grosse Ile travels over the Wayne County Bridge while one-quarter crosses the
Grosse Ile Toll Bridge.
Wayne County closed their bridge to vehicle traffic from May 2, 2007 until December 21, 2007 to enable the replacement of the bridge deck and related major repairs. The county last replaced the bridge deck in 1979. During the period of closure, the only way for vehicles to travel to and from the island was across the
Grosse Ile Toll Bridge.
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