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Fifth Street Bridge, U.S. 50 at Colorado River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Fifth Street Bridge, U.S. 50 at Colorado River, Grand Junction, Mesa C...

Survey number: HAER CO-41 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Belknap Street Viaduct, Spanning BNSF, SP & UP Railroads at Belknap Street (U.S. Route 377), Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX

Belknap Street Viaduct, Spanning BNSF, SP & UP Railroads at Belknap St...

Significance: This example of an early 1930s concrete viaduct serves as a major gateway to Fort Worth and is an important work of Dallas bridge designer F.D. Hughes. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, West of Beaver River, Beaver, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio Rive...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its relatively long and heavy cantilever truss, planned shortly before the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse of 1907. Rather than select a different design, the railr... More

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, West of Beaver River, Beaver, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio Rive...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its relatively long and heavy cantilever truss, planned shortly before the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse of 1907. Rather than select a different design, the railr... More

Edgefield County Bridge No. 3, Road S-63 spanning Log Creek, Pleasant Lane, Edgefield County, SC

Edgefield County Bridge No. 3, Road S-63 spanning Log Creek, Pleasant ...

Significance: Of the approximately 137 metal truss bridges known to exist in South Carolina, this structure is one of the 66 Pratt through truss bridges listed in the South Carolina Metal Truss Highway Bridge I... More

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood County, TX

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood County, TX

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Nizina Bridge, Mile 8, Nizina Road, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Nizina Bridge, Mile 8, Nizina Road, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Ar...

Significance: Part of the McCarthy-Nizina Road, with the purpose of providing a route to the Dan Creek, May Creek and Chititu mines, the Bridge was an expensive thorn in the side of the Alaska Road Commission a... More

Etter Bridge, County State Aid Highway 68 over Vermillion River, Hastings, Dakota County, MN

Etter Bridge, County State Aid Highway 68 over Vermillion River, Hasti...

Significance: Etter Bridge is a rare surviving pin-connected camelback through truss built from early plans of the Minnesota Highway Commission. The commission began issuing standardized plans in 1911. The br... More

Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge, Spanning Eggemoggin Reach between Sedgwick & Deer Isle at Route 15, Sedgwick, Hancock County, ME

Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge, Spanning Eggemoggin Reach between Sedgwick ...

Significance: The Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge, named for the two townships it connects, was the first bridge built between Deer Isle and the mainland, replacing an inadequate ferry crossing system and effectively... More

Lakeshore Drive Bridge, Spanning Lake No. 3 adjacent branch at Lakeshore Drive, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Lakeshore Drive Bridge, Spanning Lake No. 3 adjacent branch at Lakesho...

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Liberty Bridge, Spanning Smith Fork Creek on City Road, Liberty, De Kalb County, TN

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Smith Fork Creek on City Road, Liberty, De Ka...

Significance: The Liberty Bridge is a representative example of the Warren pony truss and of the work of the Nashville Bridge Company. It is also a contributing structure in the Liberty Historic District as th... More

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Beaver River Bridge, Spanning Beaver River along line of Second Avenue, New Brighton, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Beaver River Bridge, Spannin...

Significance: The bridge includes several unusually shallow and heavy skewed Warren deck trusses. The interesting and well-documented history of this crossing includes a rare instance of highway and railroad br... More

Lake James Spillway Bridge, Spanning Lake James Spillway, Nebo, McDowell County, NC

Lake James Spillway Bridge, Spanning Lake James Spillway, Nebo, McDowe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

High bridge, Appomattox, Virginia - A black and white photo of a bridge under construction

High bridge, Appomattox, Virginia - A black and white photo of a bridg...

No. 4152. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. II, pl. 98. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. III, p. 311". Gift; Co... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chicago River at North Wells Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chic...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester,...

Significance: This is a pin connected Baltimore through truss bridge; 6 panels long; supported on riveted sheet metal abutments. Survey number: HAER IN-25

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester,...

Significance: This is a pin connected Baltimore through truss bridge; 6 panels long; supported on riveted sheet metal abutments. Survey number: HAER IN-25

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning Wissahickon Creek, north of Ridge Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning W...

Significance: The Wissahickon Creek Viaduct marks the beginning of a resurgence in major stone arch bridge construction on American railroads after the panic of 1873. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge, Spanning West Branch Jordan Stream on Asticou-Jordan Pond Carriage Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME

West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge, Spanning West Branch Jordan Stream o...

Significance: Copied from a bridge in New York's Central Park, the West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge bears the Amphitheater Road across an intermittent stream on a narrow Roman arch. A major structure built to ... More

Nimrod Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at CR 18, Nimrod, Perry County, AR

Nimrod Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at CR 18, Nimrod, Perry C...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

East Side Railroad Tunnel, Benefit Street to Seekonk River, Providence, Providence County, RI

East Side Railroad Tunnel, Benefit Street to Seekonk River, Providence...

Significance: The tunnel and viaduct connected all railroad traffic from Fall River, Massachusetts, and the eastern shore of the Narragansett Bay with the main shoreline route of the New York, New Haven & Hartf... More

Swink Bridge, Spanning Arkansas River (County Road 24.5), Swink, Otero County, CO

Swink Bridge, Spanning Arkansas River (County Road 24.5), Swink, Otero...

Survey number: HAER CO-37 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: NR

Roundup Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Roundup, Musselshell County, MT

Roundup Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Roundup, Musselshell Count...

Survey number: HAER MT-25 Building/structure dates: 1894 Building/structure dates: 1911

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owensboro, Daviess County, KY

Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owens...

Significance: Good representative example of a pin-connected through truss. Only example in Kentucky built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company (Ohio). Survey number: HAER KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1897 I... More

Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owensboro, Daviess County, KY

Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owens...

Significance: Good representative example of a pin-connected through truss. Only example in Kentucky built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company (Ohio). Survey number: HAER KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1897 I... More

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson County, KS

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Wrought iron bowstring arch. Survey number: HAER KS-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870- ca. 1879 Initial Construction

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 1, In Mississippi River at Mississippi Boulevard, below Ford Parkway Bridge, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 1, In Mississippi Riv...

Significance: Lock and Dam No. 1 is significant because it symbolizes important local and national events and trends, and because it possesses a rare and unique design. In 1894, Congress authorized two locks a... More

Presumpscot Falls Bridge, Spanning Presumptscot River at Allen Avenue extension, 0.75 mile west of U.S. Interstate 95, Falmouth, Cumberland County, ME

Presumpscot Falls Bridge, Spanning Presumptscot River at Allen Avenue ...

Significance: Constructed in 1913 by the Sanders Construction Co. for the Town of Falmouth at a cost of $15,167.38, the Presumpscot Falls Bridge is an open spandrel, reinforced concrete arch structure. At the ... More

Presumpscot Falls Bridge, Spanning Presumptscot River at Allen Avenue extension, 0.75 mile west of U.S. Interstate 95, Falmouth, Cumberland County, ME

Presumpscot Falls Bridge, Spanning Presumptscot River at Allen Avenue ...

Significance: Constructed in 1913 by the Sanders Construction Co. for the Town of Falmouth at a cost of $15,167.38, the Presumpscot Falls Bridge is an open spandrel, reinforced concrete arch structure. At the ... More

Deansbury Bridge, Spanning South Platte River, Waterton, Jefferson County, CO

Deansbury Bridge, Spanning South Platte River, Waterton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: It is a riveted single-span Warren through truss. It was built as a narrow gauge, railroad bridge for the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad and it is presently used as an access road bridge.... More

Deansbury Bridge, Spanning South Platte River, Waterton, Jefferson County, CO

Deansbury Bridge, Spanning South Platte River, Waterton, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: It is a riveted single-span Warren through truss. It was built as a narrow gauge, railroad bridge for the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad and it is presently used as an access road bridge.... More

Allenwood Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Susquehanna River on State Route 44, Dewart, Northumberland County, PA

Allenwood Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Susquehanna River on State R...

Significance: Spanning the Susquehanna River at a long-established historic river crossing, the Allenwood Bridge is one of the oldest and longest spans crossing that river. Its builder, the Groton Bridge and M... More

Allenwood Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Susquehanna River on State Route 44, Dewart, Northumberland County, PA

Allenwood Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Susquehanna River on State R...

Significance: Spanning the Susquehanna River at a long-established historic river crossing, the Allenwood Bridge is one of the oldest and longest spans crossing that river. Its builder, the Groton Bridge and M... More

Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Wills Creek Bridge, Spanning Wills Creek 587 feet West of Eckhart Junction, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Wills Creek Bridge, Spanning Wills...

Significance: The Wills Creek Bridge is located in the Cumberland and Pennsylvania subdivision of the Western Maryland Railway Company. It is a brick arch viaduct of four spans, each 45 feet in length. The ab... More

Meeting House Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad 0.1 mile east of Biddleford Road, Arundel, York County, ME

Meeting House Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad 0.1 mile east o...

Significance: Meeting House Bridge has state-level significance as an increasingly rare example of timber-truss bridge technology. Howe-patent trusses such as this, combining wooden compression members with wr... More

Meeting House Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad 0.1 mile east of Biddleford Road, Arundel, York County, ME

Meeting House Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad 0.1 mile east o...

Significance: Meeting House Bridge has state-level significance as an increasingly rare example of timber-truss bridge technology. Howe-patent trusses such as this, combining wooden compression members with wr... More

Ducktrap Bridge, Spanning Ducktrap River at U.S. Route 1, Lincolnville, Waldo County, ME

Ducktrap Bridge, Spanning Ducktrap River at U.S. Route 1, Lincolnville...

Significance: The construction of this bridge is unique in Maine as it consists of two bridges, one built on top of the other to accommodate a change in grade of the highway. The first bridge, designed in 1919... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12, Spanning Conestoga River at Farmersville Road (State Route 1010), Brownstown, Lancaster County, PA

Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12, Spanning Conestoga River at Farmers...

Significance: Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12 is a rare combination of cantilever, arch and through-girder forms in reinforced concrete. Lancaster County engineer Frank H. Shaw, designing to meet economic co... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Rou...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assemble... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Rou...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assemble... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Rou...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assemble... More

Grasmere Avenue Bridge, Spanning Railroad at Grasmere Avenue, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Grasmere Avenue Bridge, Spanning Railroad at Grasmere Avenue, Fairfiel...

Survey number: HAER CT-15 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridge Road, Cleveland, Blount County, AL

Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridg...

Significance: Swann Bridge is one of three surviving covered bridges in Blount County, Alabama, one of the last strongholds of covered bridge building in the United States. Survey number: HAER AL-201 Building... More

Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridge Road, Cleveland, Blount County, AL

Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridg...

Significance: Swann Bridge is one of three surviving covered bridges in Blount County, Alabama, one of the last strongholds of covered bridge building in the United States. Survey number: HAER AL-201 Building... More

Ellsworth Ranch Bridge, Spanning East Fork Des Moines River at 130th Street, Dolliver, Emmet County, IA

Ellsworth Ranch Bridge, Spanning East Fork Des Moines River at 130th S...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...

Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More

Virgin River Bridge, Spanning Virgin River at State Highway 9, Hurricane, Washington County, UT

Virgin River Bridge, Spanning Virgin River at State Highway 9, Hurrica...

Survey number: HAER UT-75 Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Creek , Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...

Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Creek , Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...

Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Creek , Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...

Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Creek , Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...

Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Creek , Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...

Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River, Michigan & Bridge Streets, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River, Michigan & Bridge Streets,...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a rare example of a reinforced concrete arch, earth-filled bridge, and one of great size, measuring 468 feet long overall. This bridge is the second largest known surv... More

Crow Creek Bridge, Spanning Crow Creek on Grove Way, Castro Valley, Alameda County, CA

Crow Creek Bridge, Spanning Crow Creek on Grove Way, Castro Valley, Al...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

Little Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Little Missouri River at CR 179, Okolona, Clark County, AR

Little Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Little Missouri River at CR 179...

Address changed from Old Rome vicinity, Clark County, Arkansas. Significance: The Little Missouri River Bridge is the last remaining Camelback through truss steel bridge in Arkansas. A recent inventory of the ... More

Little Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Little Missouri River at CR 179, Okolona, Clark County, AR

Little Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Little Missouri River at CR 179...

Address changed from Old Rome vicinity, Clark County, Arkansas. Significance: The Little Missouri River Bridge is the last remaining Camelback through truss steel bridge in Arkansas. A recent inventory of the ... More

Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Significance: It is significant as the longest and tallest Pratt roadway truss remaining in Colorado. It is exceeded in span length by only one other pinned truss in the survey, the Pennsylvania span of the Rif... More

Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Significance: It is significant as the longest and tallest Pratt roadway truss remaining in Colorado. It is exceeded in span length by only one other pinned truss in the survey, the Pennsylvania span of the Rif... More

Mosel Avenue Grade Separation, Spanning Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI

Mosel Avenue Grade Separation, Spanning Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Ka...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kuhn's Fording Bridge, Spanning Conewago Creek on Township Road 552 (Hamilton & Reading townships), East Berlin, Adams County, PA

Kuhn's Fording Bridge, Spanning Conewago Creek on Township Road 552 (H...

Significance: The Kuhn's Fording Bridge is a partially surviving example of a covered Pratt truss bridge with a wooden Burr arch. It was constructed in 1897 by local builders. Survey number: HAER PA-68 Build... More

Kuhn's Fording Bridge, Spanning Conewago Creek on Township Road 552 (Hamilton & Reading townships), East Berlin, Adams County, PA

Kuhn's Fording Bridge, Spanning Conewago Creek on Township Road 552 (H...

Significance: The Kuhn's Fording Bridge is a partially surviving example of a covered Pratt truss bridge with a wooden Burr arch. It was constructed in 1897 by local builders. Survey number: HAER PA-68 Build... More

Beachside Avenue Bridge, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Beachside Avenue Bridge, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: Primarily one of local significance. This bridge is a Warren-Pony Truss and is one of several in the area of Fairfield County. Survey number: HAER CT-5 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Co... More

Beachside Avenue Bridge, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Beachside Avenue Bridge, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: Primarily one of local significance. This bridge is a Warren-Pony Truss and is one of several in the area of Fairfield County. Survey number: HAER CT-5 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Co... More

San Roque Canyon Bridge, State Highway 192, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA

San Roque Canyon Bridge, State Highway 192, Santa Barbara, Santa Barba...

Significance: San Roque Canyon Bridge is significant because of the commitment to concrete prevalent in California, the plate girder arch, as a type, is relatively rare. There are only two known in the State a... More

San Roque Canyon Bridge, State Highway 192, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA

San Roque Canyon Bridge, State Highway 192, Santa Barbara, Santa Barba...

Significance: San Roque Canyon Bridge is significant because of the commitment to concrete prevalent in California, the plate girder arch, as a type, is relatively rare. There are only two known in the State a... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Baseline Bridge, Spanning South Platte River on County Road 168, Brighton, Adams County, CO

Baseline Bridge, Spanning South Platte River on County Road 168, Brigh...

Significance: It is the longest-span example of the basic Warren truss. It is also notable as the only Warren pony truss surveyed in the state that features multiple spans. Survey number: HAER CO-44 Building/... More

Tongue River Bridge, Spanning Tongue River, Miles City, Custer County, MT

Tongue River Bridge, Spanning Tongue River, Miles City, Custer County,...

Significance: The bridge was erected in 1897 by W.S. Hewett & Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bridge is the oldest existing steel highway bridge in eastern Montana and its main span is similar to the main sp... More

Wyman Bridge, Spanning West fork of White River at County Road 48, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Wyman Bridge, Spanning West fork of White River at County Road 48, Fay...

Significance: Built in 1908, the Wyman Bridge is one of six Parker trusses in the state of Arkansas. With the exception of the 1956 addition of a concrete deck, the Wyman appears basically in its original stat... More

Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning South Branch of Raritan River, Neshanic Station, Somerset County, NJ

Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning So...

Significance: Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge is significant because it was built by a prominent 19th century bridge building company; the lenticular truss, of which it is an example, is an unusual tru... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Street between Carey & Poppleton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Stre...

Significance: Mount Clare Shops were the earliest railroad shops in the western hemisphere, if not the world. The B & O had a facility at this site since 1829. At its height, it was the most comprehensive, se... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Street between Carey & Poppleton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Stre...

Significance: Mount Clare Shops were the earliest railroad shops in the western hemisphere, if not the world. The B & O had a facility at this site since 1829. At its height, it was the most comprehensive, se... More

Sock Road Bridge, Spanning Beaver Dam River, Lowell, Dodge County, WI

Sock Road Bridge, Spanning Beaver Dam River, Lowell, Dodge County, WI

Significance: One of the oldest metal truss bridges in the state, it may have been one of the earliest truss spans manufactured by the E. Kunert Manufacturing Company (1888-1915) of Watertown, Wisconsin. Offer... More

Sock Road Bridge, Spanning Beaver Dam River, Lowell, Dodge County, WI

Sock Road Bridge, Spanning Beaver Dam River, Lowell, Dodge County, WI

Significance: One of the oldest metal truss bridges in the state, it may have been one of the earliest truss spans manufactured by the E. Kunert Manufacturing Company (1888-1915) of Watertown, Wisconsin. Offer... More

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Baring Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Maple Spring Brook on West Sargent Mountain Carriage Road, Northeast Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Maple Spring Brook on West Sargent Mountain C...

Significance: One of only two Gothic-arched bridges on the Rockefeller carriage road system, Hemlock Bridge is one of eight major stone bridges on the "Around-the-Mountain" carriage road loop. The pointed arch... More

Twentieth Street Viaduct, Spans Platte River Valley between Thirty-third Avenue & Blake Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Twentieth Street Viaduct, Spans Platte River Valley between Thirty-thi...

See also Union Pacific Railroad Warehouse, HABS No. CO-128 Significance: It is the longest of Denver's viaducts. Its length grew from the need to cross not only the Platte River but also Denver's extensive rail... More

Mitchell-Griggs Road Bridge, Spannning Caney Fork on Mitchell-Griggs Road, Dixon, Webster County, KY

Mitchell-Griggs Road Bridge, Spannning Caney Fork on Mitchell-Griggs R...

Significance: The Mitchell-Griggs Road Bridge is an early riveted Warren pony truss, built on a slight skew. Survey number: HAER KY-6 Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Building/structure da... More

North Fork Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Licking River, Milford, Bracken County, KY

North Fork Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Licking River, Milford, Brac...

Significance: The North Fork Bridge is the oldest dated Pratt through truss bridge in Kentucky, and one of two built by the Smith Bridge Company in the state of Kentucky. Survey number: HAER KY-2 Building/str... More

San Antonio Creek Bridge, State Highway 1, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

San Antonio Creek Bridge, State Highway 1, Lompoc, Santa Barbara Count...

Significance: The bridge is considered significant as it appears to be a singular entity. This is based on Criterion C, representing a type (reinforced concrete through girder), period (early twentieth century... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on CT State Route 140, Windsor Locks, Hartford County, CT

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on CT State Route 140...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a riveted Pratt through truss design consisting of seven spans of approximately 152 feet each. Each span has six 25-foot by 4-inch panels. Survey number: HAER CT-34 ... More

American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 71 vicinity, Carthage, Jasper County, MO

American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 7...

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Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram, Flathead County, MT

Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram, Flathead County, MT

Significance: This two-span, pin-connected, Baltimore dock truss bridge across the Flat River is approached from either direction by plate girder spans between trestles. The two Baltimore spans are 230' in leng... More

North Carolina Route 1314 Bridge, Spanning Toe River, Relief, Mitchell County, NC

North Carolina Route 1314 Bridge, Spanning Toe River, Relief, Mitchell...

Significance: North Carolina Route 1314 Bridge has the unique feature of containing a riveted 159-foot Camelback and a pin-connected 125-foot Pratt. Because of Yancey County's devastating floods, the bridge co... More

North Carolina Route 1314 Bridge, Spanning Toe River, Relief, Mitchell County, NC

North Carolina Route 1314 Bridge, Spanning Toe River, Relief, Mitchell...

Significance: North Carolina Route 1314 Bridge has the unique feature of containing a riveted 159-foot Camelback and a pin-connected 125-foot Pratt. Because of Yancey County's devastating floods, the bridge co... More

Bedford County Bridge No. 4, Township Route 655 spanning Yellow Creek, Hopewell, Bedford County, PA

Bedford County Bridge No. 4, Township Route 655 spanning Yellow Creek,...

Significance: This steel-constructed Pratt through truss is a typical metal truss span of the late nineteenth century. It is, however, one of the region's few surviving Keystone Bridge Company spans built for ... More

Bridge over Bird Creek, Spanning Bird Creek, Avant, Osage County, OK

Bridge over Bird Creek, Spanning Bird Creek, Avant, Osage County, OK

Significance: The bridge over Bird Creek at Avant is one of the earliest overhead truss bridges of known construction date and known construction company in the State of Oklahoma. Survey number: HAER OK-2 Bui... More

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