Bruce Crossing is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Bruce Crossing is located in Stannard Township at the junction of U.S. Highway 45 and M-28, south-southeast of the village of Ontonagon. The community has a post office with the 49912 ZIP Code.
As of the 2020 census, Bruce Crossing had a population of 184.
Bruce Crossing was first settled by August Neuman, who built a sawmill at the location. The community was originally named Bruce's Crossing when its post office opened on March 5, 1888. The name came from the first postmaster, Donald M. Bruce, who owned a store at the crossing of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway and the old Military Road. It was shortened to Bruce Crossing on August 13, 1891.
July is typically the warmest month in Bruce Crossing, when highs average 77 ðF (25 ðC) and lows average 53 ðF (12 ðC). January is coldest, when the high temperatures average 19 ðF (âÂÂ7 ðC) and the lows average âÂÂ1 ðF (âÂÂ18 ðC). The highest recorded temperature was 97 ðF (36 ðC) in 1975, and the lowest was âÂÂ43 ðF (âÂÂ42 ðC) in 1951.