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Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, Lancaster County, PA

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, ...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Big Chickies Bridge, built in 1916, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a rain... More

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological ...

Significance: This was the largest of the several Melan-arch bridges built in Rock Creek park in the first years of the twentieth century. Its Neoclasscial detailing differentiates the Old Harvard Street Bridg... More

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, Lancaster County, PA

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, ...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Big Chickies Bridge, built in 1916, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a rain... More

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, ...

Significance: The Rustic Bridge is an example of the Melan arch system of concrete construction, and as such is an example of the reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth... More

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, ...

Significance: The Rustic Bridge is an example of the Melan arch system of concrete construction, and as such is an example of the reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth... More

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks 22 & 23 in Delaware Canal State Park in Williams Township, Raubsville, Northampton County, PA

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks...

Significance: The Canal Road Bridge is the earliest reinforced concrete deck arch bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Constructed over the head race leading to an early hydroelectric power station, it ... More

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Oswegatchie River, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Os...

Significance: An example of early twentieth-century reinforced concrete construction using the "Melan-von Emperger" systems of steel reinforcement. The western two spans were constructed as part of a grade cro... More

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological ...

Significance: This was the largest of the several Melan-arch bridges built in Rock Creek park in the first years of the twentieth century. Its Neoclasscial detailing differentiates the Old Harvard Street Bridg... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks 22 & 23 in Delaware Canal State Park in Williams Township, Raubsville, Northampton County, PA

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks...

Significance: The Canal Road Bridge is the earliest reinforced concrete deck arch bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Constructed over the head race leading to an early hydroelectric power station, it ... More

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological ...

Significance: This was the largest of the several Melan-arch bridges built in Rock Creek park in the first years of the twentieth century. Its Neoclasscial detailing differentiates the Old Harvard Street Bridg... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, Lancaster County, PA

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, ...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Big Chickies Bridge, built in 1916, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a rain... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Oswegatchie River, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Os...

Significance: An example of early twentieth-century reinforced concrete construction using the "Melan-von Emperger" systems of steel reinforcement. The western two spans were constructed as part of a grade cro... More

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, ...

Significance: The Rustic Bridge is an example of the Melan arch system of concrete construction, and as such is an example of the reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, Lancaster County, PA

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, ...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Big Chickies Bridge, built in 1916, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a rain... More

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, ...

Significance: The Rustic Bridge is an example of the Melan arch system of concrete construction, and as such is an example of the reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, ...

Significance: The Rustic Bridge is an example of the Melan arch system of concrete construction, and as such is an example of the reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks 22 & 23 in Delaware Canal State Park in Williams Township, Raubsville, Northampton County, PA

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks...

Significance: The Canal Road Bridge is the earliest reinforced concrete deck arch bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Constructed over the head race leading to an early hydroelectric power station, it ... More

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological ...

Significance: This was the largest of the several Melan-arch bridges built in Rock Creek park in the first years of the twentieth century. Its Neoclasscial detailing differentiates the Old Harvard Street Bridg... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Oswegatchie River, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Os...

Significance: An example of early twentieth-century reinforced concrete construction using the "Melan-von Emperger" systems of steel reinforcement. The western two spans were constructed as part of a grade cro... More

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, Lancaster County, PA

Big Chickies Bridge, Spanning Big Chickies Creek, Lancaster Junction, ...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Big Chickies Bridge, built in 1916, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a rain... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks 22 & 23 in Delaware Canal State Park in Williams Township, Raubsville, Northampton County, PA

Canal Road Bridge, Canal Road spanning Delaware Canal Diversion, Locks...

Significance: The Canal Road Bridge is the earliest reinforced concrete deck arch bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Constructed over the head race leading to an early hydroelectric power station, it ... More

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

White Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N...

Significance: The White Bridge is one of the first Melan arch bridges built in the United States, and as such is an example of one of the first reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the l... More

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA

Weaverland Bridge, Quarry Road spanning Conestoga Creek, Terre Hill, L...

Significance: The tied-through reinforced concrete arch Weaverland Bridge, built in 1916m, is a historically and technologically significant early and rare example in the State of Pennsylvania of a rainbow type... More

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological ...

Significance: This was the largest of the several Melan-arch bridges built in Rock Creek park in the first years of the twentieth century. Its Neoclasscial detailing differentiates the Old Harvard Street Bridg... More

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Oswegatchie River, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY

Lafayette-Spring Street Bridge, Lafayette & Spring Street, spanning Os...

Significance: An example of early twentieth-century reinforced concrete construction using the "Melan-von Emperger" systems of steel reinforcement. The western two spans were constructed as part of a grade cro... More