Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge, Spanning Leatherwood Creek (moved ...
Significance: None, other than it being a covered, wooden bridge. Survey number: HAER IN-40 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More
Fourteenth Street Viaduct, Fourteenth Street at Wazee Street, Denver, ...
Significance: Built in 1898. Of all the multiple-span wagon/tram viaducts built in Denver in the 19th century, only the 14th St. Viaduct remains in use. With its 63 spans of steel stringers, it is the only long... More
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning El...
Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607 Surv... More
Badger Mountain Lookout, .125 mile northwest of Badger Mountain summit...
Significance: Badger Mountain Lookout and its site are significant to the history of the USDA Forest Service and its development of a comprehensive forest fire surveillance and detection system. The lookout em... More
Red Bridge, Spanning North Benson Creek, Frankfort, Franklin County, K...
Significance: Good example of a standard bridge design, popular during the late 19th century. Survey number: HAER KY-13 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1980 Subs... More
Central Massachusetts Railroad, Linden Street Bridge, Spanning Linden ...
Significance: This lattice truss bridge was built for the Central Massachusetts Railroad in 1894. The bridge is typical of nineteenth century metal truss bridges which were built for the railroads. The Linden... More
Onion Creek Bridge, Spanning Onion Creek .1 mile South of U.S. 166, Co...
Significance: From the National Register nomination: "The bridge is unique in that it is one of only two vertical end post Parker trusses in Kansas, and retains a high degree of its integrity. It is also uniqu... More
Onion Creek Bridge, Spanning Onion Creek .1 mile South of U.S. 166, Co...
Significance: From the National Register nomination: "The bridge is unique in that it is one of only two vertical end post Parker trusses in Kansas, and retains a high degree of its integrity. It is also uniqu... More
Fannin County Road 222 Bridge, Spanning Toccoa River, Dial, Fannin Cou...
Significance: Fannin County Road 222 Bridge is representative of the rivet-connected Warren pony truss with verticals. It is one of 71 Warren truss bridges recorded in the Georgia Historic Bridge Survey, one o... More
Fryer's Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork of Point Remove Creek at Fryer...
Significance: Fryer's Ford Bridge is the oldest in-service bridge—and the second-oldest bridge of any type—in the State of Arkansas. It is an intact example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss, a type that ... More
North Fork Bridge, Spans North Fork of White River at State Highway 5,...
Significance: Designed by the Arkansas State Highway Department as a result of the unexpected cost involved in the erection of a proposed concrete deck arch bridge, the North Fork bridge was an early example of... More
Massengill Bridge, Coal Creek Road, spanning Clinch River, Norris, And...
Significance: According to the bridge plaque, the bridge was erected in 1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. It was one of four bridges constructed through a bond issue by Anderson... More
Paradise Road Bridge, Spanning Little Platte River, Paradise, Clay Cou...
Significance: This was a representative example of a late nineteenth century pin-connected Pratt through-truss bridge, and retained almost all of its historic integrity until the time it was destroyed. It was ... More
Paradise Road Bridge, Spanning Little Platte River, Paradise, Clay Cou...
Significance: This was a representative example of a late nineteenth century pin-connected Pratt through-truss bridge, and retained almost all of its historic integrity until the time it was destroyed. It was ... More
McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, T...
Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. T... More
Van Duzen Bridge, Spanning Van Duzen River at State Highway 36, Carlot...
Significance: This is a highway bridge of open spandrel reinforced concrete deck arch type. It is associated with John B. Leonard - leading proponent and important early designer of reinforced concrete bridges... More
Van Duzen Bridge, Spanning Van Duzen River at State Highway 36, Carlot...
Significance: This is a highway bridge of open spandrel reinforced concrete deck arch type. It is associated with John B. Leonard - leading proponent and important early designer of reinforced concrete bridges... More
Hamilton County Bridge No. 218, Greenfield Pike, spanning Stoney Creek...
Significance: One of three extant Baltimore (Petit) Through Steel Trusses in Indiana. Survey number: HAER IN-52 Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1981
Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River, Richardson Road, County ...
Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is the oldest extant through truss with riveted connections and one of two steel through truss bridges using the double intersection Warren truss in Oregon. Survey number... More
Spavinaw Creek Bridge, Spans Spavinaw Creek at Benton County Road 29, ...
Significance: Though bedstead trusses were widespread near the turn of the century, the Spavinaw Creek Bridge is now unique as the only surviving example of a bedstead truss in Arkansas. Built in 1909, this se... More
Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved ...
Significance: It is an example of a lenticular truss, so named because of the lens-like shape of its curved upper and lower chords. It is representative of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company's trademark bridge type... More
Lamar-McKinney Street Viaduct, Spanning Trinity River at Continental S...
Significance: A major viaduct over the Trinity River in Dallas, the bridge was one element of a comprehensive levee and viaduct construction plan designed to eliminate the Trinity River as a barrier to transpor... More
Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME
Significance: This is an unusual stone bridge built in the early 20th century to provide passage over a tidal inlet. The form of stone cribwork was chosen so that water could pass through the structure in resp... More
Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME
Significance: This is an unusual stone bridge built in the early 20th century to provide passage over a tidal inlet. The form of stone cribwork was chosen so that water could pass through the structure in resp... More
Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME
Significance: This is an unusual stone bridge built in the early 20th century to provide passage over a tidal inlet. The form of stone cribwork was chosen so that water could pass through the structure in resp... More
Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME
Significance: This is an unusual stone bridge built in the early 20th century to provide passage over a tidal inlet. The form of stone cribwork was chosen so that water could pass through the structure in resp... More
Wabash River Bridge, State Route 316 & Wabash River, Vera Cruz, Wells ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HAER IN-22
Fall River Bridge, Spanning Fall River on CCC Camp Road, Ashton, Fremo...
Significance: The Fall River Bridge is extremely significant as the only known example of a timber Howe pony truss remaining in Idaho. It represents, in fact, one of the few survivals of this bridge type in th... More
Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at boundary ...
Significance: The Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, built in 1908, is one of only three surviving swing bridges built by the city of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th century. Today, still operated infrequent... More
Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at boundary ...
Significance: The Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, built in 1908, is one of only three surviving swing bridges built by the city of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th century. Today, still operated infrequent... More
Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at boundary ...
Significance: The Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, built in 1908, is one of only three surviving swing bridges built by the city of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th century. Today, still operated infrequent... More
Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...
Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More
Elm Street Bridge, Spanning Ottauquechee River, Woodstock, Windsor Cou...
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Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA
Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion,... More
Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA
Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion,... More
Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA
Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion,... More
Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More
Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...
Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More
Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...
Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More
Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...
Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More
Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...
Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More
Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...
Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
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Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More
Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More
Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Gre...
Significance: The Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, while a common design of its time (pin connected-type Baltimore truss), was constructed by the Owego Bridge company, founded by Ellery Colby, a bridge builder in Ne... More
Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Gre...
Significance: The Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, while a common design of its time (pin connected-type Baltimore truss), was constructed by the Owego Bridge company, founded by Ellery Colby, a bridge builder in Ne... More
Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Gre...
Significance: The Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, while a common design of its time (pin connected-type Baltimore truss), was constructed by the Owego Bridge company, founded by Ellery Colby, a bridge builder in Ne... More
Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Gre...
Significance: The Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, while a common design of its time (pin connected-type Baltimore truss), was constructed by the Owego Bridge company, founded by Ellery Colby, a bridge builder in Ne... More
Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, Spanning Batten Kill, .65 mile West of Gre...
Significance: The Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge, while a common design of its time (pin connected-type Baltimore truss), was constructed by the Owego Bridge company, founded by Ellery Colby, a bridge builder in Ne... More
Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...
Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More
Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Ja...
Significance: The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bri... More
Krotz Springs Bridge, Spanning Atchafalaya River, Krotz Springs, St. L...
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Krotz Springs Bridge, Spanning Atchafalaya River, Krotz Springs, St. L...
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Krotz Springs Bridge, Spanning Atchafalaya River, Krotz Springs, St. L...
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Krotz Springs Bridge, Spanning Atchafalaya River, Krotz Springs, St. L...
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Krotz Springs Bridge, Spanning Atchafalaya River, Krotz Springs, St. L...
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Carlsbad Irrigation District, Avalon Dam, On Pecos River, 4 miles Nort...
Significance: Avalon Dam serves as a diversion structure feeding the Carlsbad Irrigation District's canal network; the reservoir supplements the storage capacity of McMillan Dam, the system's main storage reser... More
Gianella Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at State Highway 32, Hamilt...
Significance: The Gianella Bridge is the oldest remaining highway swing bridge in California. It is important in local history for its relation to events in local economic and agricultural development. It is ... More
Gianella Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at State Highway 32, Hamilt...
Significance: The Gianella Bridge is the oldest remaining highway swing bridge in California. It is important in local history for its relation to events in local economic and agricultural development. It is ... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...
Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...
Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More
Leavenworth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Leavenworth, Leavenworth ...
See also HAER NE-2 for historical report and additional documentation. Significance: The bridge that George Morison designed for Leavenworth represented a synthesis of his previous thirteen bridges over the Mis... More
Leavenworth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Leavenworth, Leavenworth ...
See also HAER NE-2 for historical report and additional documentation. Significance: The bridge that George Morison designed for Leavenworth represented a synthesis of his previous thirteen bridges over the Mis... More
Leavenworth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Leavenworth, Leavenworth ...
See also HAER NE-2 for historical report and additional documentation. Significance: The bridge that George Morison designed for Leavenworth represented a synthesis of his previous thirteen bridges over the Mis... More
Leavenworth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Leavenworth, Leavenworth ...
See also HAER NE-2 for historical report and additional documentation. Significance: The bridge that George Morison designed for Leavenworth represented a synthesis of his previous thirteen bridges over the Mis... More
Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, U...
Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge over Little French Creek in Union City is a Through Pratt Truss metal bridge. It crosses Little French Creek immediately below a dam and mill pond that provided water po... More
Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, U...
Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge over Little French Creek in Union City is a Through Pratt Truss metal bridge. It crosses Little French Creek immediately below a dam and mill pond that provided water po... More
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...
See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...
See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...
See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...
See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More
Wailoa Bridge, Spanning Wailoa River at Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawai...
Significance: Wailoa Bridge and Kamehameha Avenue originally served as the main traffic artery connecting Wainaku Sugar Mill and Kuhio Wharf. Presently, it serves as a major transportation link between Hilo an... More
Wailoa Bridge, Spanning Wailoa River at Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawai...
Significance: Wailoa Bridge and Kamehameha Avenue originally served as the main traffic artery connecting Wainaku Sugar Mill and Kuhio Wharf. Presently, it serves as a major transportation link between Hilo an... More
Wailoa Bridge, Spanning Wailoa River at Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawai...
Significance: Wailoa Bridge and Kamehameha Avenue originally served as the main traffic artery connecting Wainaku Sugar Mill and Kuhio Wharf. Presently, it serves as a major transportation link between Hilo an... More
Lenox Bridge, Spanning Obion River, Rural Road S8025, Lenox, Dyer Coun...
Significance: Believed to be the sole surviving hand-operated, swing span, pony Pratt through truss bridge within Tennessee. The bridge has retained its integrity of engineering design representative of transpo... More
Lenox Bridge, Spanning Obion River, Rural Road S8025, Lenox, Dyer Coun...
Significance: Believed to be the sole surviving hand-operated, swing span, pony Pratt through truss bridge within Tennessee. The bridge has retained its integrity of engineering design representative of transpo... More
Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Garrison Channel ...
Significance: The Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge is the oldest, longest-span Scherzer rolling lift bridge in Florida. It is a well-preserved example of a popular type of patented movable bridge, fa... More
Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Garrison Channel ...
Significance: The Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge is the oldest, longest-span Scherzer rolling lift bridge in Florida. It is a well-preserved example of a popular type of patented movable bridge, fa... More
Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Garrison Channel ...
Significance: The Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge is the oldest, longest-span Scherzer rolling lift bridge in Florida. It is a well-preserved example of a popular type of patented movable bridge, fa... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
Bellows Falls Arch Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, North Walpole, ...
Significance: When built, the bridge was the longest single span highway bridge in the U.S. and is was among the largest three-hinged arch bridges in the world. The structure has also played an important role i... More
Bellows Falls Arch Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, North Walpole, ...
Significance: When built, the bridge was the longest single span highway bridge in the U.S. and is was among the largest three-hinged arch bridges in the world. The structure has also played an important role i... More