10,246 Bridges Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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

Columbia River Gorge Bridge at Astoria, Spanning Columbia River at Ore...

Survey number: HAER OR-50 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burnside Bridge Sycamore , Southwest of Burnside Bridge, Historic Burn...

See also HABS MD-937 for related documentation. Significance: The Burnside Bridge American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in the Antietam National Battlefield is significant because of its survival, size, and... More

John G. Nicolay to George W. Bridges, Thursday, August 18, 1864 (Tele...

Blue Rock Road Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River, New Baltimore, Hami...

Significance: The bridge is a good representative example of the Parker Through Truss design. The Ohio Department of Transportation has identified this as a "selected" bridge. Survey number: HAER OH-113

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Maloney Circle Bridg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, 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

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 of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Yellowstone Roads & Bridges, Lake, Teton County, WY

Public domain photograph of mountain crater, caldera, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kerr's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Christian's Creek at State Route 907,...

Significance: The Kerr's Crossing Bridge is a representative example of a pin-connected steel Pratt pony truss, typical of late nineteenth century factory-manufactured bridges. Survey number: HAER VA-101

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

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

Thomas Bridges to Thomas Jefferson, July 25, 1803, with Jefferson's No...

with Jefferson's Notes Regarding Bridge's Charges

Thomas Bridges to Thomas Jefferson, July 25, 1803, with Jefferson's No...

with Jefferson's Notes Regarding Bridge's Charges

Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed: Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge [thro'] two enfiladed lines. (a dusty place). Inscribed on verso: Long bridg [sic?] Stockade & gate closing the ... More

Joseph Francis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 04, 1864 (Permission...

Grindstone Creek Bridge, Spanning Grindstone Creek at Cart Road No. 45...

Significance: The Grindstone Creek Bridge, a Pratt through truss bridge dating 1891, is one of a few extant bridges of this type constructed before the turn of the century. Retaining a high degree of integrity... More

A brief statement of facts, shewing the importance of a bridge over th...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tule River Hydroelectric Complex, Tule River Bridge, Spanning North Fo...

Significance: The Tule River Hydroelectric Complex is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local history: the development of hydroelectric power which made ... 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

So extraordinary was the sight that ...

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "World for Sale" by Gilbert Parker, Pictorial Review 17:15 (Jan. 1916).

Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...

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

Brosseau Road Bridge, County Road 694 spanning Cloquet at River, Burne...

Significance: Designed by Edward Kirk Coe, staff highway engineer for St. Louis County, the Brosseau Road Bridge was constructed in 1911 by the Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. In addition to... More

North Bosque River Bridge, Spanning North Bosque River at State Highwa...

Significance: The North Bosque River bridge is a fine example of the Texas Highway Department's development of standard bridge designs. The rise of state highway departments marks the decline of the entreprene... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Roving Bridge, Lock No. 46, 107.40 miles abov...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS MD-217

S. N. 12. Revision. State of New Jersey. An act respecting bridges. [1...

g. Rzhev. Most cherez Volgu - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridge No. 28, Spanning Flatt River at State Route 1004, Durham, Durha...

Significance: The bridge consists of three identical spans, each 70 feet long and divided into five panels. Its members are built of channels and angles joined by stay pieces and lace bars. The heavy construc... More

Vid na monastyrʹ ot Svi︠e︡tlit︠s︡y. [Monastyri︠a︡ Pr. Nila Stolbenskag...

Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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

Wabasha Street Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Wabasha Street, S...

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

Wabasha Street Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Wabasha Street, S...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York skyline and harbor - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

West Division Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Chicago River at...

Significance: When Chicago became a major commercial and industrial center after the Civil War, the most common American drawbridge was the swing bridge, horizontally rotating on a center pier to open two navig... More

Saxton Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on Delta County Road 650R, Delt...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. The Aqueduct bridge and Georgetown from the Virginia...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Political "blondins" crossing salt river, Political Cartoon

Print shows Abraham Lincoln balancing on a rail resting on a rock labeled "Abolition Rock" on the "North" shore of a "Salt River"; Lincoln is about to step onto the "South" shore, but Horace Greeley, labeled "T... More

Cedar Canyon Bridge, Spanning Cedar Canyon at Highway 60, Show Low, Na...

Significance: The Cedar Canyon Bridge & Corduroy Creek Bridge - two almost identical steel girder-ribbed arches - were the last links completed on U.S. Highway 60 between Globe and Springerville in 1937, and am... More

Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...

Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More

Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Columbus, Lowndes County,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Columbus, Lowndes County,...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Columbus, Lowndes County,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Acadia National Park Roads & Bridges, Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor,...

Significance: In many ways the carriage and motor roads of Acadia National Park appear quite distinct. Signs, grade separations, and two picturesque gatehouses remind today's visitors that these two systems we... More

Knightly Bridge, Spanning Middle River at State Route 778, Knightly, A...

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

Crossing on the Pamunkey--at Hanover Ferry

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Taconic State Parkway, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY

Significance: The Taconic State Parkway represents an important development in the evolution of American transportation planning, park development, and roadway design. Conceived in the 1920s during the height ... 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

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Newfound Gap Road...

Significance: Newfound Gap Road is the central transportation artery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the only road to cross the park from north to south, connecting the two major entrances at Gat... More

Parks Bar Bridge, Spanning Yuba River at State Highway 20, Smartville,...

Significance: The Parks Bar Bridge is significant under Criterion C, as a distinctive example of an unusual method of construction. It is one of the earliest and largest remaining examples of the Thomas System... More

Parks Bar Bridge, Spanning Yuba River at State Highway 20, Smartville,...

Significance: The Parks Bar Bridge is significant under Criterion C, as a distinctive example of an unusual method of construction. It is one of the earliest and largest remaining examples of the Thomas System... More

Canvass [sic] pontoons on the North Anna

Troops constructing a bridge, completed bridge in foreground.

Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - P... More

Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...

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

Rappahannock Bridge, south view. American Civil War photograph by Math...

Photograph shows a man walking along the planks of the bridge. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 517. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court... More

Los Angeles River Bridges, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: Built between 1909 and 1934, the river bridges group contains many of the finest examples of City Beautiful bridges and viaducts in the United States. This system of bridges and viaducts has play... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Bronx River Parkway Reservation, The Bronx to Kensico Dam, White Plain...

Significance: The Bronx River Parkway Reservation was the first public parkway designed explicitly for automobile use. The project began as an environmental restoration and park development initiative that aim... More

Bronx River Parkway Reservation, The Bronx to Kensico Dam, White Plain...

Significance: The Bronx River Parkway Reservation was the first public parkway designed explicitly for automobile use. The project began as an environmental restoration and park development initiative that aim... More

Bronx River Parkway Reservation, The Bronx to Kensico Dam, White Plain...

Significance: The Bronx River Parkway Reservation was the first public parkway designed explicitly for automobile use. The project began as an environmental restoration and park development initiative that aim... More

Bronx River Parkway Reservation, The Bronx to Kensico Dam, White Plain...

Significance: The Bronx River Parkway Reservation was the first public parkway designed explicitly for automobile use. The project began as an environmental restoration and park development initiative that aim... More

[Washington, D.C. Chain Bridge over the Potomac; Chesapeake and Ohio C...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest)...

Significance: In 1943, Dr. R.O. Raymond, a physician and sheep rancher from Flagstaff, Arizona, sponsored the construction of Verde River Sheep Bridge on grazing allotment granted to his Flagstaff Sheep Company... More

Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest)...

Significance: In 1943, Dr. R.O. Raymond, a physician and sheep rancher from Flagstaff, Arizona, sponsored the construction of Verde River Sheep Bridge on grazing allotment granted to his Flagstaff Sheep Company... More

Putnam Street Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River, Marietta, Washington C...

Significance: The bridge, built in 1800, was the first free bridge crossing the Muskingum River is Marietta, Ohio. That bridge was swept away in the 1913 flood. The present Putnam Street Swing bridge was built ... More

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

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

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

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

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago River Bascule Bridges, Spanning Chicago River & its north & so...

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