An old Ypsi bridge sleeps with the fishes
Not all bridges are over the water. One historic bridge rests beneath Ford Lake in Ypsilanti.
People could walk over a historic, iron suspension bridge in Ford Lake, if they can walk underwater.
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In years past south of the city of Ypsilanti was an area called the Flats. It was an open plain of land with the Huron River running through it from west to east. Running through the flats from north to south was Tuttle Hill Road.
By the 1880s, Tuttle Hill Road was one of the most traveled thoroughfares leading into Ypsilanti. A new bridge was built over the Huron on Tuttle Hill Road in 1885.
It was an iron suspension bridge, with trestle work on top. It was 110 feet long, with a roadway 16 feet wide. Built by the Massillon Bridge Co. of Toledo, it had a single span resting on stone abutments.
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