Flat River (Michigan)
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The Flat River is a tributary of the Grand River in the western part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises as the outflow of First Lake, the last in a chain of geographically close, connected lakes
Flat River upstream from Whites Bridge, Fall 2006
Flat River in Michigan, ca. 1910 vintage postcard
Fallasburg Bridge
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Fallasburg Bridge is a 100-foot span Brown truss covered bridge, erected in 1871 in Vergennes Township, Michigan, United States, 5 miles north of Lowell on the Flat River. Carrying Covered Bridge Road
Flat River (Michigan)
…source for the Grand River Band of Ottawa who lived along it in the 18th and 19th centuries. Two historic covered bridges cross the river. One, the Fallasburg Bridge, in Vergennes Township, Kent County is in Fallasburg County Park a few miles north of Lowell. The other, Whites Bridge is a few miles to the northeast…
East Approach
Historical marker
Vehicle crossing to the west. $5 fine sign is visible
Underside view, showing truss members protruding beneath sheathing, and abutments, replaced 1905.