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Esch’s Spur Bridge crosses Grouse Creek near Dexter

The triple-span stone arch bridge near Dexter has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985.

By Garrett Pruitt

Esch's Spur Bridge
Photo: Stredway1 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Out in the farm country near Dexter, Esch’s Spur Bridge crosses Grouse Creek on three stone arches.

The bridge is 182 feet long and 13 feet wide between the curbs. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is one of several historic bridges in the county that date from the years when farm roads linked the countryside to the railroad towns.