The Tridge | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Tridge-Midland-MI.jpg) The Tridge in downtown Midland | |
| Coordinates | 43°36′40″N 84°14′55″W / 43.611052°N 84.248689°W |
| Carries | Pedestrian and bicycle traffic |
| Crosses | Chippewa River and Tittabawassee River confluence |
| Locale | Chippewassee Park, Midland, Michigan, United States |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Three-way suspended deck arch bridge |
| Material | Wood |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $732,000 |
| Opened | 1981 |
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The Tridge is the formal name of a three-way wooden footbridge spanning the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers in Chippewassee Park[1] near downtown Midland, Michigan, in the Tri-Cities region. Named as a portmanteau of "tri" and "bridge", the structure opened in 1981.[2][3] It consists of one 31-foot (9.4 m) tall central pillar supporting three spokes. Each spoke is 180 feet (55 m) long by 8 feet (2.4 m) wide.[2]
- ^ "The most unusual place in each of Michigan's 83 counties". MLive.com. March 20, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ a b Meyer, Zlati (December 4, 2011). "You haven't lived here until ... You trudge over the Tridge". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "Tridge—the triple bridge". Paradoxoff Planet. Retrieved December 4, 2011.