Crossings - Saginaw, MI - Interurban Crossings

The street railways of Saginaw crossed a number of railroad lines inside both Saginaw and East Saginaw.

In East Saginaw:

Washington Street line - crossed the GTW north of Sidney St.

Washington Street line - crossed the MC 1 block south of Hoyt Street.

Washington Street line - crossed the GTW 1 block north of Hoyt Street

Crossed itself at Lincoln/Lapeer Streets.

Genesee Avenue line - crossed the MC at Atwater Street

Warner Avene line - crossed the MC at Atwater Street

Holland Street line - crossed the GTW and PM south of Washington Street.

In (west) Saginaw:

Fraser Street Crossing Michigan Avenue and Hamilton - Two crossings with an interlocker tower.

Lincoln Street line - crossed the MC/GTW/PM lines west of the river near the MC Genesee Station.

 

Photo Information: An early map of Saginaw street car and interurban lines. [Richard A. Pratt map]Saginaw Interurban Street Car Map

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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