[Charles River, Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts.]
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Jordan Bridge - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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Characters and industries, etc. River Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim)
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Clarendon Gorge, Green Mountains
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West Boston Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Mrs. F.W. Patterson engaged in scientific research for over 20 years, ...
A woman sitting at a desk in front of a microscope. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Agassiz Bridge, Back Bay Fens, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Blackwell's Island [i.e. Queensboro] Bridge, New York, N.Y.
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Raised express track 9th Ave. "L"
Photograph shows the express tracks of the Ninth Avenue El (elevated railroad) in New York City. The Silas Herring Building at 669 Hudson Street at 14th Street is in background at right. The new configuration f... More
[Hell Gate Bridge being constructed, New York City]
J216888 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pack train crossing bridge, Jasper Park, Alberta, Canada
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Covered Bridge over Owen's Creek, Frederick County, Maryland
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York city views. George Washington Bridge and New York Central tra...
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New landscaping completed. This airview of Lincoln memorial and the Ar...
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Palestine disturbances 1936. Deserted bazaars (spice-market) in old Je...
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[The Autobahn with service station and view of the countryside] / Dr. ...
In: Physical training, military and civilian, in Germany, 1932-1943, folder 3, subfolder C.
A black and white photo of people on a dock, Great Depression. FSA/OWI...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
A black and white photo of a train crossing a bridge, Great Depression...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
An old black and white photo of a factory. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Highway leading into Junction, Texas, which is in the center of the go...
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The "old comstock bridge," three miles West of Colchester, Connecticut...
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A black and white photo of a construction site. Great Depression FFSA ...
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Highway through fertile land of Grundy County, Iowa
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Merritt Parkway to New Haven, Connecticut
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Pulaski Skyway from New York City to New Jersey
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New York, New York. Second Avenue elevated railway at 14th Street, in ...
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Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pennsylvania
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Chillicothe, Illinois. Crossing the Illinois River along the Atchison,...
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Trucks on U.S. Highway 29 near Charlottesville, Virginia
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Greenville, South Carolina. U.S. Highway 29 seen from an Associated Tr...
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The highway between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, as seen from the bu...
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Bear Mountain bridge. I, first half of 20th century
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Salisbury Junction Viaduct, Spanning Casselman River, State Route 219 ...
Significance: This viaduct across the Casselman River Valley was on the Western Maryland Railway's Connellsville Subdivision, which ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The 1,900-foot... More
Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...
Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More
Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Footbridge, Above Shoshone Falls...
Significance: Although the exact construction date for the footbridge is unknown, it appears from construction methods and materials to have been during the historical period. The footbridge provides ready acce... More
"55" mph sign on highway Beltway, Maryland
Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 34591-A, frame 17. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
Royal Gorge, the world's highest supension bridge, Cañon City, Colorad...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Bridge over the Monacacy River, Maryland
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Poffenberger Road bridge over Catoctin Creek, built in 1878, Burkittsv...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
The Dover Bridge over the Choptank River in Talbot County on Maryland'...
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Golden Gate Bridge, looking north toward Marin County, California
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
The 1939 Point of Rocks Bridge over the Potomac River, Point of Rocks,...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
View of Ronald Reagan Airport and Washington, D.C. from Crystal City, ...
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York, New York
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. One of the oldest suspension bridges in the United Stat... More
Iraq's petroleum and gas infrastructure.
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Tourist Attraction - [Railroad bridge], Decatur, Alabama
Decatur, located along the Tennessee River, was a hub for travelers and cargo between Nashville/Chattanooga, and Mobile/New Orleans. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit ... More
Historic train bridge in Gadsden, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Beautiful scenes along Route 46 in California
State Route 46 (SR 46) is an east-west state highway which crosses the coast ranges. It was built and improved during the 1920s and was fully paved by 1930. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographe... More
Pier in San Francisco, California
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Oil and gas infrastructure in the Caspian Sea region : March 2012.
Shows oilfields, gasfields, pipelines, refineries, contract concession areas, tanker terminals, and offshore prospect areas. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by contours and gradient tints. "803519AI (G024... More
The 1817 Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Also known as the Monument Place Bridge, it is (as of 2015) the oldest extant bridge in West Virginia. The bridge carries U.S. Route 4... More
Old railroad bridge over the Siuslaw River, near Cushman, Oregon
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Center Street Swing Bridge, Southwest of Public Square, Cleveland, Cuy...
Significance: The bridge is the last remaining swing bridge in Cleveland. The bridge is a rim-bearing bobtail through Pratt truss. It was fabricated and erected by the nationally-famous King Bridge Company of C... More
Dentville Road Bridge, Spanning Hiawassee River on Dentville Road, Ben...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of both the through Parker and Pratt trusses. It is also significant due to its local historical associations and its association with the Joliet Bridge and ... More
Dubois County Bridge No. 3002, Spanning Hunley Creek on State Road 64,...
Significance: The bridge is significant as one of the earliest and best examples of continuous concrete T-beam design undertaken by the Indiana State Highway Commission. Survey number: HAER IN-98
Davison Freeway, John R. Street Avenue Bridge, Spanning Davison Freewa...
Significance: One of four identical single-span bridges designed to carry major north-south arterial streets over the Davison Limited Highway, built to speed crosstown traffic through Highland Park. The others... More
Wapsipinicon River Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at State Highwa...
Significance: Significant as an unaltered, well preserved four-span, closed spandrel, reinforced concrete arch bridge with original railing that was a standard bridge type designed by the Iowa State Highway Com... More
North Spring Street Bridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: North Spring Street Viaduct is one of the twelve historic bridges over the Los Angeles River determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed to provide a bypass ... More
Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchest...
Significance: The bridge is significant as the best example of the steel arch truss (the most advanced metal truss design) in New Hampshire. The structure is one of five surviving steel arch bridges in the stat... More
Hana Belt Road, Between Haiku and Kaipahulu, Hana, Maui County, HI
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Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at River Street (State Route 20...
Significance: This filled-spandrel stone arch bridge is distinguished by its 39' span over Mill Creek with an impressive 32'10" clear height. Unusual corbels at the spring line, used to support temporary center... More
Fourteen Mile Road Bridge, Spanning St. Joseph River, Tekonsha, Calhou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merritt Parkway, Pequonnock River Bridge, Spanning Pequonnock River, T...
Significance: Pequonnock River Bridge is a component of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, in large part b... More
Albion Trench Bridge, School Street spanning Albion Mill Race, Cumberl...
Survey number: HAER RI-22 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...
Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... More
Clarendon Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 79, Clarendon, ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Saline River Bridge, County Highway 365 across Saline River, Benton, S...
Significance: The Saline River Bridge is one of only ten unaltered, reinforced concrete, open-spandrel, deck arch bridges currently surviving in Arkansas. Constructed as part of a six bridge improvement projec... More
Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...
Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More
Snake River Bridge at Lyons' Ferry, State Route 261 spanning Snake Riv...
Significance: The oldest extant steel cantilever bridge in Washington. It is a good example of early-twentieth century cantilever bridge construction using carbon steel. The structure served first at Vantage Fe... More
Miller Ford Bridge, Spanning Grand River at County Road 469, McFall, G...
Significance: The Miller Ford Bridge is a one-span steel, pin-connected camelback through truss, one of few built in Missouri and among the oldest of the ten that remain in use. It was built by the St. Joseph ... More
Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...
Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... More
Stono River Bridge, Spanning Stono River between James & Johns Islands...
Significance: The Stono River Bridge is identified as "Charleston 3) in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. The bridge is noteworthy in that it represents th... More
Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Hill to Hill Bridge, Spans Lehigh River at State Route 378, Bethlehem,...
Significance: The Hill-to-Hill Bridge was the first bridge to join the boroughs of the City of Bethlehem with a high-level structure eliminating all railroad grade crossings. The structure, constructed almost ... More
James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Ken...
Significance: The James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge is significant as the only surviving structure built by the Nashville Bridge Company in Kentucky. The bridge was determined eligible for the National Regi... More
Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...
Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More
Fishing Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at East Entrance Road, Lake...
Significance: Fishing Bridge typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize man-made features with their natural surroundings. This philos... More
St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, n...
Significance: Like all Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridges, the St. Charles Air Line Bridge rotates vertically, lifting to clear the river it spans. This particular bridge is unique, however, in that its des... More
Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Coopers...
Significance: The bridge is typical of many Pratt truss bridges constructed in this area during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The structure is located within the Cooperstown Historic District and is a cont... More
Smith Avenue High Bridge, Smith Avenue between Cherokee Avenue & Cliff...
Significance: The Smith Avenue High Bridge, a nineteenth century wrought iron Warren deck truss, is the longest and highest roadway truss bridge in Minnesota. It was designed by Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsbur... More
Chili Mills Bridge, Spanning Black Creek at Stuart Road, Chili Center,...
Survey number: HAER NY-276 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...
Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More
Boundary Channel Bridge, Spanning Boundary Channel, Washington, Distri...
Significance: Boundary Channel Bridge is unique among the other bridges erected along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. It consists of seven reinforced concrete cantilever girders and two exterior girders of ... More
Hortense Bridge, Spanning Chalk Creek on State Highway 162, Nathrop (h...
Significance: The bridge is technologically significant as a rare existing example of a very common early bridge, a timber/iron Queenpost truss. It is historically significant as an early span associated with a... More
Hayden Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Southern Pacific Railroad (m...
Significance: The Hayden Bridge incorporates two features that were milestones in the history of wrought iron bridge building: the Whipple-Murphy truss and the Phoenix column. / The Hayden Bridge was fabricated... More
Blackhoof Street Bridge, Spanning Miami-Erie Canal, New Bremen, Auglai...
Significance: The Blackhoof Street Bridge is a rare example of a bowstring bridge whose major components are of cast iron. The bridge is also an early example of the work of David H. Morrison, founder of the C... More
Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockh...
Biography of William Payson is included as addendum to original documentation. Significance: The Kelley Crossing Bridge is one of two lenticular trusses that survive in Caldwell County and one of a cluster of e... More
Hemlock Road Bridge, Spanning north branch of Bad River, Brant, Sagina...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Parshallburg Bridge, Spanning Shiawassee River, Chesaning, Saginaw Cou...
Significance: Constructed in 1889, this single span bridge is the only Michigan example and the oldest of three known surviving examples in the U.S. of the Thacher metal through truss bridge. Survey number: HAER MI-127
Conrail Port Perry Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Port Perry, All...
Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; HAER PA-299, Monongahela Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela Rive... More
Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91
Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91
Bridge No. 5930, Spanning Mississippi River at Trunk Highway 43, Winon...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N516 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1087 Survey number: HAER MN-91
Bevington Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Warren Street, Bevington, M...
Significance: Built in 1884 in the crossroads town of Bevington, this wagon bridge consists of a pin-connected through truss, with iron cylinder piers and timber stringer approaches. This 102-foot channel span... More
Tallulah Falls Dam, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/S...
Survey number: HAER GA-152 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Goodpasture Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Goodpasture Road, Vida,...
Significance: Built in 1938 at a cost of $13,154, Goodpasture Bridge replaced a ferry at this site. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1987 at a cost of $750,000 and continues to carry vehicular traffic. At 165 ... More
Melrose Bridge, Spanning Black River at State Trunk Highway 108, Melro...
Significance: Only six Pennsylvania highway trusses are known to have been built in Wisconsin. Four of the six, including the Melrose Bridge, have been replaced within the last 10 years. The Melrose Bridge is... More
Melrose Bridge, Spanning Black River at State Trunk Highway 108, Melro...
Significance: Only six Pennsylvania highway trusses are known to have been built in Wisconsin. Four of the six, including the Melrose Bridge, have been replaced within the last 10 years. The Melrose Bridge is... More
Laughery Creek Bridge, Spanning Laughery Creek, Aurora, Dearborn Count...
Significance: Triple-intersection Pratt through-truss bridge is an extremely rare survivor of its type and the oldest known metal truss bridge in Indiana. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this struct... More
Laughery Creek Bridge, Spanning Laughery Creek, Aurora, Dearborn Count...
Significance: Triple-intersection Pratt through-truss bridge is an extremely rare survivor of its type and the oldest known metal truss bridge in Indiana. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this struct... More