On Friday I went out to photograph the 1924 camelback bridge over the Red Cedar River in Okemos, as I had heard it was slated for demolition on Monday. Everything I might say about the loss of the bridge and the general destruction of the town of Okemos has been said first and better by HistoricBridges.org. Interestingly, a contributor to that site was out documenting the bridge on Tuesday, and they report that demolition has not started and it is still carrying traffic, with an unknown actual demolition date.

While I was there I took a couple of photos of sidewalk stamps in the vicinity of the bridge, which is on the east side of Okemos Road between Mount Hope Road and Clinton Street. This one is on the north end of the bridge in front of Ferguson Park. As muddy and worn as it is, it appears to say “HTC,” but I believe it is an H & C stamp, like one of similar vintage I photographed in front of the Meridian Mall.