Cabin John Bridge, looking up stream (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows two men standing near the Washington Aqueduct with the Cabin John Bridge in the background. No. 263.
Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge, across the James
Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the James River.
Curve at Brooklyn Terminal, New York & Brooklyn Bridge / George P. Hal...
66751-A10271 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed on lower left: Copyright 1898 by Geo. P. Hall & Son, Photographers, New York.
Frazer Creek Bridge, Spanning Frazer Creek on Schoodic Peninsula Road,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N336 Survey number: HAER ME-23
Richmond, Virginia Ruins of Richmond & Danville Railroad bridge
Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress,... More
Chickamauga National Military Park Tour Roads, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoos...
Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More
Chickamauga National Military Park Tour Roads, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoos...
Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More
Chickamauga National Military Park Tour Roads, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoos...
Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More
Chickamauga National Military Park Tour Roads, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoos...
Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, Spans Middle Fork Stanislaus Rive...
Significance: The Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as the Dardanelle Bridge, represents the last known timber scissors truss a bridge type well suited for quick erection in rugged locations wit... More
Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, Spans Middle Fork Stanislaus Rive...
Significance: The Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as the Dardanelle Bridge, represents the last known timber scissors truss a bridge type well suited for quick erection in rugged locations wit... More
Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, Spans Middle Fork Stanislaus Rive...
Significance: The Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as the Dardanelle Bridge, represents the last known timber scissors truss a bridge type well suited for quick erection in rugged locations wit... More
Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, Spans Middle Fork Stanislaus Rive...
Significance: The Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as the Dardanelle Bridge, represents the last known timber scissors truss a bridge type well suited for quick erection in rugged locations wit... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Foothills Parkway...
Significance: The Foothills Parkway originated from the federal government's decision to locate the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Both North Carolina and Tennessee lobbied for the road, and with the an... More
DeGray Creek Bridge, Spanning DeGray Creek at Blish Road (CR 50), Arka...
Significance: The American practice of using pins for bridge connections lasted from the 1860s until the 1920s. DeGray Creek Bridge is the only known surviving pin-connected Pratt pony truss bridge in Arkansas... More
DeGray Creek Bridge, Spanning DeGray Creek at Blish Road (CR 50), Arka...
Significance: The American practice of using pins for bridge connections lasted from the 1860s until the 1920s. DeGray Creek Bridge is the only known surviving pin-connected Pratt pony truss bridge in Arkansas... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Bowen Mill Bridge, Spanning Pine River on County Trunk Highway AA, Ric...
Significance: The Bowen Mill Bridge is a Pratt through truss. It was erected in 1907, and re-erected at its present location in 1966. Of the thirty-two Pratt through truss bridges identified by the Wisconsin ... More
Haupt's torpedo for quickly wrecking wooden bridges (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing a soldier assembling a torpedo. No. 57 (handwritten) and 2558 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere ... More
Seventh Street Bridge, Spanning Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis,Omaha Ra...
Significance: The 7th Street Bridge was one of two remaining Howe truss bridges in Wisconsin identified in a 1981 survey. The other example was the Old Wells Road Bridge, which was also built by the Chicago, S... More
Seventh Street Bridge, Spanning Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis,Omaha Ra...
Significance: The 7th Street Bridge was one of two remaining Howe truss bridges in Wisconsin identified in a 1981 survey. The other example was the Old Wells Road Bridge, which was also built by the Chicago, S... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, The Loop Over Bri...
Significance: The Loop Over Bridge is a significant component of the transportation system in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Providing access to the first national park in the southern portion of the Uni... More
Military bridge, across the Chickahominy, Virginia / negative by D.B. ...
Photograph by D.B. Woodbury and Alexander Gardner, for the Mathew B. Brady Studio. Copyright by A. Gardner. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Phil... More
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork Little...
Significance: The Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge at Shirley, Arkansas is an example of a Baltimore through truss, a modification of the Pratt truss development by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871. ... More
North Pullayup River Bridge (Ruins), Formerly spanning North Pullayup ...
Survey number: HAER WA-77 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1960 Subsequent Work
State Bridge No. 0302150, Spanning Bass River at U.S. Route 9, New Gre...
Significance: This single-leaf, trunnion bascule bridge is a well-preserved example of a patented Strauss articulated underneath counterweight structure. It is significant for its use of chain-driven operating... More
Old Military Road Bridge, Joyce Road spanning Rock Creek, west of inte...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Old Military Road Bridge, Joyce Road spanning Rock Creek, west of inte...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Old Military Road Bridge, Joyce Road spanning Rock Creek, west of inte...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Shaw Farm Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at County Trunk Highway E, I...
Significance: The Shaw Farm Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, rigid-connected, Pratt through truss designed by the Wisconsin State Highway Commission. Built in 1923, it is one of only fourteen remaini... More
Shaw Farm Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at County Trunk Highway E, I...
Significance: The Shaw Farm Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, rigid-connected, Pratt through truss designed by the Wisconsin State Highway Commission. Built in 1923, it is one of only fourteen remaini... More
K Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, Di...
Significance: K Street was the site of the second crossing between Georgetown and Washington, with a bridge built here in 1792. The present bridge is an important link in the transportation artery that connect... More
Rocky Mountain National Park Roads & Bridges, Estes Park, Larimer Coun...
Significance: The road system of Rocky Mountain National Park contains the highest continuous highway in the United States and the highest elevation roads in the National Park Service system. The roads were co... More
Rocky Mountain National Park Roads & Bridges, Estes Park, Larimer Coun...
Significance: The road system of Rocky Mountain National Park contains the highest continuous highway in the United States and the highest elevation roads in the National Park Service system. The roads were co... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...
Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...
Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More
Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning Wisconsin River at U.S. Highway 18, Bridge...
Significance: In 1983, the Bridgeport Bridge, comprised of seven truss spans, was one of five remaining Pennsylvania trusses in the State of Wisconsin. However in the subsequent ten years, four of these uncomm... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Maloney Circle Bridg...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...
Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More
Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...
Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More
Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...
Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More
Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...
Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More
Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo Count...
Significance: The Petrified Forest National Park is so designated for its scientific and educational value, in addition to its natural scenic beauty. Intersecting, and at times, overlaying, prehistoric and his... More
Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo Count...
Significance: The Petrified Forest National Park is so designated for its scientific and educational value, in addition to its natural scenic beauty. Intersecting, and at times, overlaying, prehistoric and his... More
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Figueroa Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles Riv...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-J Public domain photograph of a bridge over the river, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Figueroa Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles Riv...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-J Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY
Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY
Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY
Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...
Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More
Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA St...
Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
Grand Avenue Bridge, Spanning O'Neil Creek at Grand Avenue, Neillsvill...
Significance: One of few ornately decorated iron truss Pratt bridge ever erected in Wisconsin. It was built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co., one of the leading nineteenth century bridge-building firms. S... More
Grand Avenue Bridge, Spanning O'Neil Creek at Grand Avenue, Neillsvill...
Significance: One of few ornately decorated iron truss Pratt bridge ever erected in Wisconsin. It was built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co., one of the leading nineteenth century bridge-building firms. S... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Halls Ferry Bridge, ...
Significance: Constructed over five months in 1936-1937, the Confederate Avenue bridge spanning Halls Ferry Road is the only extant bridge of its type in the state of Mississippi. The bridge was included in th... More
New York from Brooklyn - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lake Wissota Bridge, Spanning Lake Wissota at County Trunk Highway "S"...
Significance: The four-span Lake Wissota Bridge, built in 1916, was the oldest of the seventeen Parker overhead trusses with riveted connections and built-up members identified in a 1982 survey. Of these Parke... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Rich Mountain Roa...
Survey number: HAER TN-35-O Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...
Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513
Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...
Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513
Capital Reef National Park Roads & Bridges, Along State Route 24 betwe...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N70 Survey number: HAER UT-77
Capital Reef National Park Roads & Bridges, Along State Route 24 betwe...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N70 Survey number: HAER UT-77
Capital Reef National Park Roads & Bridges, Along State Route 24 betwe...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N70 Survey number: HAER UT-77
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Cataloochee Valle...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road design and landscape planning throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civ... More
South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel Riv...
Significance: Continuous steel girder bridges with suspended spans. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the North San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of ... More
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vanderbilt Mansion Roads & Bridges, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY
Significance: Representative of carriage drive systems in parks and the country estates of the wealthy, the roads of Vanderbilt Mansion served both aesthetic and practical functions. The drives were laid out n... More
Vanderbilt Mansion Roads & Bridges, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY
Significance: Representative of carriage drive systems in parks and the country estates of the wealthy, the roads of Vanderbilt Mansion served both aesthetic and practical functions. The drives were laid out n... More
Sixteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Piney Branch Parkway, Washington, Di...
Significance: This bridge was the first parabolic arch constructed in the United States. Its concrete masonry, faced with sandstone and pebble aggregate, conforms with the model for park crossings established ... More
Genl. Haupts bridge over Potomac Creek--Virginia, destroyed by the Reb...
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud [signature crossed out in ink]. Title inscribed in pencil and black ink below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 29, 1863, p. 557. Destroyed after the evacuation of Falmo... More
Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More
Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More
Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More
Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...
For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More