Bridge No. 3589-Silver Creek Township

The portion of Highway 1 along Lake Superior was exceptionally scenic, located on a rocky ledge cut by cascading streams.A travel writer in the 1920s wrote this about the highway: Beyond argument, the drive on this northern shore of Lake Superior between Duluth and Port Arthur [Canada] is a natural classic.This is the land of the sky-blue water and the cathedral red rocks, where the prophetic Indian voice of Gitchie Manitou booms to the joyous loneliness amid the million sea gulls flying like snow.A most satisfying road clings to the shore, now streaming with light, now cut through somber jungle of blue-black trees.As a result, the bridge was designed with open-balustrade railings, an emphatic archivolt, and monumental pilasters with recessed panels accented by contrasting concrete finishes.

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