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Lost structure, Huron Township, 1924 to 2017

Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge

Demolished in 2017

Waltz Road-Huron River Bridge in New Boston MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1924
Style
Camelback pony truss
Torn down
2017

Designed by Wayne County Road Commission

The Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge stood in Huron Township from 1924 until 2017. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.

On the map

More photos of Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge

Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge, 2020 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge, 2020 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Demolished in 2017

We have not yet found a source that says what stands on the spot today. Last looked on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge went up in 1924, in the years the auto age reached every town around Detroit.

Credit the design to Wayne County Road Commission, working in Camelback pony truss.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

It is gone now, demolished in 2017, and the map pin below marks where it stood.

The Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge is an automobile bridge located on Waltz Road spanning the Huron River in Huron Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, but demolished in 2017.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1924 Built Designed by Wayne County Road Commission
  2. 2000 Listed on the National Register February 10, 2000
  3. 2017 Demolished
  4. 2026 Today 9 years since it came down

Where it is

Waltz Rd. over Huron R., Huron Township

On this map

  1. Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge This place

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Wayne County Road Commission
Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Wayne County Road Commission

Architecture firm. Designed Fort Street, Pleasant Street and Norfolk & Western Railroad Viaduct (1928) and 5 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Wayne County Road Commission

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Waltz Road-Huron River Bridge in New Boston MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge, 2020 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Waltz Road, Huron River Bridge, 2020 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.