July, August, September 2018
Historic Bridge Park is one of the only parks in the US that celebrates America’s historic truss bridges. A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges
The Park is an open air museum set along side the Kalamazoo River and highlights five historic bridges that date back to the late 1800s. There are five metal truss bridges and a stone arch bridge for a total of six bridges in the park. All of the bridges were originally from different cities in Michigan or Indiana, disassembled at their original location and reassembled on this location in Battle Creek,
We stopped here spontaneously for a picnic lunch and ended up enjoying this very unique piece of American history.
Barbara and Brian
Aimless Wanderings 