Delhi Bridge added to National Register of Historic Places

Dexter’s Delhi Bridge is now know as the Historic Delhi Bridge. Excerpt: The State Historic Preservation Office this week announced that Scio Township’s Delhi Bridge was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge is one of only five Pratt through truss bridges built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company left in the state, and one of only two still in use in their historic locations. Of remaining Pratt truss bridges, the National Research Council considers 19th-century examples such as the Delhi Bridge to be of greatest significance because of the limited number of existing examples. “Bridges are some of our most picturesque, and most threatened, resources,” said State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway. “Michigan is lucky to have so many examples of historic bridge construction and people who feel passionately about preserving them.” Read the rest of the story here.