Rail Bridge in Portland

One last Portland picture, for the time being....

This fine old Pratt truss bridge crosses the Grand just south of the Lookinglass. It's now part of a bike trail. One of these days I'll have to ride that trail.

The Ionia & Lansing Railroad reached Portland late in 1869 or early in 1870; it would be promptly absorbed by the first of a succession of railroads with Detroit and Lansing (or Grand Rapids) in their names. The last of these would become part of the large merger which formed the Pere Marquette in 1900.

This bridge was apparently constructed in 1899.