St Joe's Swing Bridge

There is a swing bridge in St Joseph that is still in use today.  Built in 1904 over the St Joseph River for the Père Marquette line, the tracks are now owned by CSX.  Trains still run across the bridge and it still opens to let boat traffic through.

Swing Bridge over St Joseph River

On the St. Joseph River we found a Swing Railroad Bridge connecting tracks over the St. Joseph River from the towns of St. Joseph to Benton Harbor. This swing bridge was built in 1904 to allow boats to travel down the St. Joseph River and railroad trains to cross over the river. There are about a dozen swing bridges still in use in Michigan crossing such rivers as the Manistee, Rouge and Saginaw.