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GTWRR over LODGE SER DR (HAMILTON)

Wayne County, Michigan

Map 

Coordinates:
+42.36357, -83.07983
42°21'49" N, 83°04'47" W
Source: National Bridge Inventory (1992, 2000, 2010 editions)
Information not verified. Use at your own risk.

Facts 

Name:GTWRR over LODGE SER DR (HAMILTON)
Structure number:824180801442X02
Location:S OF W GRAND BLVD
Purpose:Carries railroad over highway
Route classification:Local (Urban) [19]
Length of largest span:59.7 ft. [18.2 m]
Total length:84.0 ft. [25.6 m]
Year built:1906
Main span material:Steel [3]
Main span design:Girder and floorbeam system [03]

2010 Inspection 

Average daily traffic:1,681 [as of 1978]

2000 Inspection 

Average daily traffic:1,681 [as of 1978]
Evaluation:Not applicable [N]

1992 Inspection 

Average daily traffic:1,681 [as of 1978]
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GTWRR over LODGE SER DR (HAMILTON) (Wayne County, Michigan)
Posted June 6, 2011, by Peter Dudley (APeterDudley [at] comcast [dot] net)

More than 40 years ago, members of the Cass Tech High School Class of 1968 applied some white spray paint to the south elevation of this former New York Central grade separation bridge over the southbound Lodge service drive, just south of Grand Boulevard.

Their work was amateurish and not properly centered, but the result was a LIONEL girder bridge in “12-inch-to-the-foot” scale.

The pranksters signed their work: “CT ‘68”, in a parody of the familiar Grand Trunk "GT" noodle herald.

The re-painted bridge was in full view of northbound Lodge Freeway motorists for many years.

The 1968 artwork has been partially painted over; the southernmost of three tracks on this crossing has been removed.

A 60-year-old aerial photo of Lodge Freeway construction shows NEW YORK CENTRAL lettering on this bridge.