Grand River Transit

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I would guess that was because when they made the bridge, there was really nothing around there besides a small number of homes, industry, institutional (the old tuberculous sanatorium) and farms. It's possible there was a dirt path or even concrete one that connected to the sidewalk because people still would have walked around there, but I don't imagine it saw too many people. I tried to look for evidence of any sidewalks on the old aerial maps, but they're far too low resolution to see such details.

These days it's just used as a connection for the Walter Bean and other trails that follow the river so at least it's still useful. Beats wading through the water hah. It's not deep, but pretty nasty.