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US-75 Bridge spanning West Central Ave on approach to Mackinac Bridge, Mackinaw City, Michigan

In Awe of This Experience

By Historic Bridge Restoration | Sep 8, 2024
June 1956: President Eisenhower signs into law the Federal Aid Highway Act, and the construction of the Michigan’s Interstate Highway ...
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MDOT Field Rivet Demonstration with a Boyer pneumatic field rivet hammer at Lansing Community College

MDOT Field Rivet Demonstration

By Historic Bridge Restoration | Aug 13, 2024
Michigan Department of Transportation personnel participated in a Field Rivet Demonstration with a Boyer pneumatic field rivet hammer at Lansing ...
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Battle Creek Article with Calhoun County Road Commission Bridge Crew, 1997

Building Bridges to the Past

By Historic Bridge Restoration | Aug 6, 2024
Twenty five years ago the Battle Creek Enquirer published a picture of two Calhoun County Road Commission bridge crew, Doug ...
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Golden Gate Bridge from Across the Bay (Berkeley California Hills Walk 2024)

Berkeley Hills Walk

By Historic Bridge Restoration | Jul 28, 2024
Traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area starting in 1995 began years of exploring the more than 130 paths in ...
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Detail from CTA Modernization of Chicago’s Historic Elevated Train System.

Historic Rivets from Chicago’s L

By Historic Bridge Restoration | Jul 19, 2024
“Vernon Mesler, I thought of you while watching the ironworkers use their busters” said a LinkedIn post by Terrance Narkum, ...
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