Location: Saginaw, MI - Bristol Street Crossing (MC/SVT)

Bristol Street Bridge Bristol Street Bridge Destroyed by Flood This was a crossing of the Michigan Central JL&S line and the Saginaw Valley Traction Company railroad along Bristol Street in Saginaw. This appears to be just west of the Holland Avenue bridge over the Saginaw River.

Images: A postcard view of the Bristol Street Bridge over the Saginaw River, just east of the crossing location. Note the interurban (SVT) line across the bridge. 2nd photo, a view of the same bridge after it was destroyed by a flood in 1916.


Notes

Bristol Street still exists west of the river, but the new bridge is a part of the Holland Street Bridge.


Time Line

1902. The Michigan Railroad Commission orders installation of a safety switch on the MC tracks about sixty feet from the north side of the interurban crossing, to be opened against the MC and operated by its trainmen. [MCR-1903]

1916. The Bristol Street bridge over the Saginaw River was destroyed by a flood.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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