Michigan Contractor &
Builder August 18, 1928
Trunk Line Bridge 1 in Leelanau County
Sealed proposals will be
received at the office of the Resident Engineer. H C Oakes, State Highway
Office, Cadillac, until 9 o’clock am C S Time, Wednesday Sept 12, 1918, by
Frank F Rogers. State Highway Commissioner, for the construction of a Bridge
located on State Trunk Line Route M22 at approximately Station 14 plus 86
Crossing Glen Lake Narrows in Section 3, T 28 N, R 14 W Empire township of
Leelanau County. A certified check for $500 must accompany each bid for
contract 1 and for $800 for contract 2.
WORK BEGUN ON GLEN
LAKE SPAN
October 10, 1928
W. J. Anschultz,
contractor, of Saginaw, is making preparations for the construction of the
new bridge over Glen Lake on M22. the work of building lodgings, tool
shelters, etc was begun Monday and the job of bridge-building will no doubt
get under way soon.
Anschultz was awarded the contract at a
figure of $51,737. Another contract calls for furnishing of the structural
steel and placing it at Cedar, will bring the total cost of the bridge in
the neighborhood of $58,000. The contracts were awarded a few weeks ago, the
time limit for bids being September 12th.
The steel must be furnished by December 15
of this year. The contract for building of the bridge requires that the
structure be completed by September 13, 1929. Thus it will be necessary to
detour around Glen Lake for almost another year.
The new bridge will consist of three spans,
with a 20-foot roadway and two five-foot walks.
Robert Gain, secretary of the county road
commission, informs us that, as near as can be learned at present, work will
begin early in the spring of 1929. The present bridge will be reinforced
sufficiently to make it safe for use until then. This information originated
at the Cadillac office of the state highway department.
PROJECT MB 1 OF 45-5-1 (Michigan
Contractor & Builder)
December 15, 1928
– Steel deck girder bridge crossing
Glen
Lake Narrows about three
miles south of Glen Arbor. C-1, structure steel, awarded to Massillon Bridge
& Structural Co. Massillon, Ohio, $2,815.81.
PROJECT MB 1 OF 45-5-1 (Michigan
Contractor & Builder)
December 22, 1928
– Bridge No. MB 1 of 45-5-1 structural steel for steel deck girder bridge.
Three at 24 ft. 50 ft. and 24 ft.
BRIDGE PROJECT
July 4, 1929 – (Leelanau
Enterprise)
The contractor is W. J.
Anschultz of Saginaw. He is the same man who has the contract for the Glen
Lake bridge. On the Glen Lake job he had been delayed much on the account of
the deep water in which the work had to be done and by the fact that the
bottom is so soft that the piling has to be put down so much deeper than was
expected.
BRIDGE PROJECT (Michigan
Roads and Airports)
February 20, 1930 –
Project MB 1 of 45-5-1, contract 3, field paint on M22, three miles south of
Glen Arbor, Bridge Maintenance Division at $240.80.
NEW GLEN LAKE BRIDGE IS BAD
One-Half May Have to Be Reconstructed
April 10, 1930 – (Leelanau
Enterprise)
A part and possibly the whole of the new Glen Lake concrete bridge will have
to be rebuilt is the opinion of those who have inspected it. Just how
serious the trouble is, cannot be judged until men from the state highway
department get here and make an examination. One side has shifted from it’s
original position and has sheared off some of its original substructure.
Just what has caused the trouble is hard to say, Robert Gain, secretary of
the county road commission told the
Enterprise
today. It is probable that the footing has not been sufficiently well
anchored.
In the construction of the bridge the contractors had much difficulty as
the bottom of the channel developed many obstacles that had not been
anticipated. Whether heavier piling will have to be put into the structure
or not will be determined soon.
This is a hard blow to Leelanau county as it was hoped that the bridge
would be completed so that the road could be opened for this season traffic.
In fact at it had been used some this winter but now travel over it has been
suspended.
WILL REPORT ON BRIDGE
TROUBLE (Record Eagle)
April 11, 1930 – Engineers of the state highway department are examining
the new Glen
Lake bridge on M22 to learn
the cause of a slight list that became noticeable at the south end of the
bridge this week.
A statement concerning the
cause and consequences of the trouble will made public by the department
Monday. A.L. Burridge, district engineer, informed the Record Eagle from his
office at Cadillac this morning. Mr. Burridge does not believe that the
trouble is serious.
Apparently several of the
piles have slipped in the marl bottom moving about four inches. The sand
fill about the abutment is being removed to permit a closer examination. The
treacherous lake bottom has given great difficulty in the construction of
the bridge necessitating piles of unusual length.
Leelanau is apprehensive
that the bridge may not be in use this summer since this week’s discovery.
Construction was to be completed soon and with only the railing yet to be
built. Traffic has already been using the bridge, though the bridge was
closed quickly when the movement was observed. Contrary to rumors, the
structure has not been turned over to the state. A Saginaw contractor, W. J.
Anschultz, has the job.
WILL RUSH NEW BRIDGE
WORK (Leelanau Enterprise)
May 29, 1930 – Work will soon be commenced on the rebuilding of
the Glen
Lake bridge according to a
statement made to the
Enterprise
by R. S. Gain, secretary of the county road commission.
The state highway department will do the work and has employed Walter
Toebe of Shingleton to have charge. Mr. Toebe is the man who has the
contract on the engineering job of US 31 at Beulah.
The Glen
Lake bridge proved
defective this spring upon inspection just as the structure neared
completion. It was found that the sagging of the massive concrete abutments
had sheared off the cement and structural iron at the point where the
abutments and the floor of the bridge joined. Both ends had suffered but the
south end was much more serious.
The work now as outlined by the state department consists of removing the
floor of the bridge forcing the abutments back into place and anchoring them
by more piling and more concrete work. Then a new floor will have to be put
upon the structure.
An electric lighting system will be installed sufficient to permit the
men to work in the night and by shifting crews the work will go on
continuously night and day. It is hard to estimate when the work will be
completed but it is sure that it will crowded toward a completion as early
as possible.
START REBUILDING BRIDGE AT ONCE (Record Eagle)
Leland, June 2, 1930 – Work will begin at once on rebuilding the new
$100,000 concrete bridge across the narrows of Glen Lake. The bridge on
inspection proved defective just as it was near completion. The abutments
had sagged toward the channel, shearing off concrete work and structural
iron. State engineers determined it was caused by the uncertainty of the
nature of the channel bottom and not the fault of the contractor.
The floor of the bridge will be taken up, the abutments forced back into
position and reinforced with additional piling, then the floor of the bridge
rebuilt. Different shifts of men will be used so that the work will go on
continuously night and day until the bridge is completed.
NEW BRIDGE IN USE NEXT WEEK
Oct. 9, 1930 (Leelanau Enterprise) Next week will see the opening of the
Glen
Lake bridge, an event which
has been eagerly awaited for many months by those who use M22 frequently
between Glen Arbor and Empire. The day is not definitely set, but it will
probably be about the middle of next week.
This bridge, which spans Glen Lake at its narrowest point, was built in
1929. However, the footing for the concrete work proved faulty, and it was
necessary to reinforce these abutments. This work has taken several months.
It is complete now except for a few finishing touches.
W J Anschutz of Saginaw, who also built the new Leland bridge had the
contract for the
Glen
Lake span. Walter Toebe of
Shingleton has been charge of the repair work.
NARROWS BRIDGE OPEN NEXT WEEK (Record Eagle)
Oct. 11, 1930 – After many
months in which motorists have detoured around the west end of Glen Lake,
the M22 bridge across the
Glen
Lake narrows will be open
next week.
The bridge was ready for traffic last spring when a slight movement in
the south end of the bridge revealed that some of the concrete abutments
were faulty. The brand new bridge was closed and the detour signs were
posted again and repair work went on through the summer. A little incidental
work remains but traffic will begin rolling over the narrows once more about
the middle of the week, according to an announcement from the highway
department.
Opening of the bridge, to traffic will eliminate the detour around Glen
Lake, which, though accentually very beautiful, adds several miles to the
route.
Thanks to Gary
Croskey for all the articles
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