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Fountain Island Bridge, Lakeside Park between Promen Drive & Fountain Island, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, WI

Fountain Island Bridge, Lakeside Park between Promen Drive & Fountain ...

Significance: The Fountain Island Bridge is one of seven remaining bowstring truss bridges in the State of Wisconsin. Survey number: HAER WI-23 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Boardman's Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Boardman's Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

Boardman's Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Boardman's ...

Significance: 188 feet in length, in 1984 this bridge was the longest lenticular truss in the State. Aside from redecking, the bridge retains almost all of its historic integrity. It is scheduled for replacem... More

Wabash County Bridge No. 509, Spanning Wabash River at Carroll & Smith Streets, Wabash, Wabash County, IN

Wabash County Bridge No. 509, Spanning Wabash River at Carroll & Smith...

Significance: One of three extant Pratts of this noted Wisconsin builder, the trusses appear to retain their original members including decoratively latticed portals, portal bracing, and guardrails. The namepl... More

Wabash County Bridge No. 509, Spanning Wabash River at Carroll & Smith Streets, Wabash, Wabash County, IN

Wabash County Bridge No. 509, Spanning Wabash River at Carroll & Smith...

Significance: One of three extant Pratts of this noted Wisconsin builder, the trusses appear to retain their original members including decoratively latticed portals, portal bracing, and guardrails. The namepl... More

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clinton, Hunterdon County, NJ

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clint...

Significance: The Lowthorp Truss Bridge represents an early type of iron truss that dominated bridge construction from the 1850s to the 1870s. Fabricated in 1870 by William and Charles Cowin of Lambertville, N... More

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clinton, Hunterdon County, NJ

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clint...

Significance: The Lowthorp Truss Bridge represents an early type of iron truss that dominated bridge construction from the 1850s to the 1870s. Fabricated in 1870 by William and Charles Cowin of Lambertville, N... More

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clinton, Hunterdon County, NJ

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clint...

Significance: The Lowthorp Truss Bridge represents an early type of iron truss that dominated bridge construction from the 1850s to the 1870s. Fabricated in 1870 by William and Charles Cowin of Lambertville, N... More

County Bridge No. 14, Township Route 493 over Tioga River at Canoe Camp, Mansfield, Tioga County, PA

County Bridge No. 14, Township Route 493 over Tioga River at Canoe Cam...

Significance: This bridge is one of the few remaining example of a Baltimore truss in Pennsylvania. The bridge company and size of the bridge make it an unusual and important example of its type. The bridge is ... More

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 500, Riverside, Fountain County, IN

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 50...

Significance: The Riverside-Independence Bridge was one of the largest double-intersection Warren through truss iron bridges built in Indiana, and is of local significance. The structure, which is largely inta... More

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 500, Riverside, Fountain County, IN

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 50...

Significance: The Riverside-Independence Bridge was one of the largest double-intersection Warren through truss iron bridges built in Indiana, and is of local significance. The structure, which is largely inta... More

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 500, Riverside, Fountain County, IN

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 50...

Significance: The Riverside-Independence Bridge was one of the largest double-intersection Warren through truss iron bridges built in Indiana, and is of local significance. The structure, which is largely inta... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin Hill Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin H...

Significance: The structure is 19 feet wide and 173 feet long. It is the most recently built lenticular through truss surviving in Connecticut, as of 1984. It has been replaced by a new bridge built several y... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson County, KS

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Wrought iron bowstring arch. Survey number: HAER KS-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870- ca. 1879 Initial Construction

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Rou...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assemble... More

Grand Avenue Bridge, Spanning O'Neil Creek at Grand Avenue, Neillsville, Clark County, WI

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

Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning South Branch of Raritan River, Neshanic Station, Somerset County, NJ

Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning So...

Significance: Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge is significant because it was built by a prominent 19th century bridge building company; the lenticular truss, of which it is an example, is an unusual tru... More

Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning South Branch of Raritan River, Neshanic Station, Somerset County, NJ

Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning So...

Significance: Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge is significant because it was built by a prominent 19th century bridge building company; the lenticular truss, of which it is an example, is an unusual tru... More

American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 71 vicinity, Carthage, Jasper County, MO

American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 7...

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American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 71 vicinity, Carthage, Jasper County, MO

American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 7...

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Gospel Street Bridge, South Gospel Street, spanning Lick Creek, Paoli, Orange County, IN

Gospel Street Bridge, South Gospel Street, spanning Lick Creek, Paoli,...

Significance: A pin connected Pratt through truss bridge, 8 panels long, supported on masonry abutments, the bridge incorporates unusual open web floor beams. Survey number: HAER IN-24

Turtleville Iron Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek, on Lathers Road, Beloit, Rock County, WI

Turtleville Iron Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek, on Lathers Road, Beloi...

Significance: The Turtleville Iron Bridge carries Lather Road 140 feet, from abutment face to abutment face, across Turtle Creek. It was built in 1887 by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, and is a Pratt t... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Elm Street Bridge, Spanning Ottauquechee River, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Elm Street Bridge, Spanning Ottauquechee River, Woodstock, Windsor Cou...

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Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, Union City, Erie County, PA

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

Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Hadley Falls, Holyoke, Hampden County, MA

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

Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Hadley Falls, Holyoke, Hampden County, MA

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

Fink Through-Truss Bridge, Hunterdon County Government Complex (moved to), Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ

Fink Through-Truss Bridge, Hunterdon County Government Complex (moved ...

Significance: At the time of its demolition in 1978, the Hamden bridge was one of only two Fink Through-Truss Bridges known to remain in the U.S. (The other is in Tuscarauras County, Ohio. See The Ohio Histor... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bicycle & Walking Trail, Sinking Spring, Berks County, PA

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...

Significance: Rush's Mill Bridge is one of a small number of composite cast- and wrought-iron bridges yet remaining in the U.S. It is also one of the few existing examples employing the Howe-truss form in whic... More

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bicycle & Walking Trail, Sinking Spring, Berks County, PA

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...

Significance: Rush's Mill Bridge is one of a small number of composite cast- and wrought-iron bridges yet remaining in the U.S. It is also one of the few existing examples employing the Howe-truss form in whic... More

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

Hortense Bridge, Spanning Chalk Creek on State Highway 162, Nathrop (historical), Chaffee County, CO

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

Hortense Bridge, Spanning Chalk Creek on State Highway 162, Nathrop (historical), Chaffee County, CO

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

Parshallburg Bridge, Spanning Shiawassee River, Chesaning, Saginaw County, MI

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

Parshallburg Bridge, Spanning Shiawassee River, Chesaning, Saginaw County, MI

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

Parshallburg Bridge, Spanning Shiawassee River, Chesaning, Saginaw County, MI

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

Fountain Island Bridge, Lakeside Park between Promen Drive & Fountain Island, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, WI

Fountain Island Bridge, Lakeside Park between Promen Drive & Fountain ...

Significance: The Fountain Island Bridge is one of seven remaining bowstring truss bridges in the State of Wisconsin. Survey number: HAER WI-23 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Bacon Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek, Bacon, Moniteau County, MO

Bacon Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek, Bacon, Moniteau County, MO

Significance: Bacon Bridge (Moniteau Bridge #2) is one of the earliest surviving Pratt through truss bridges in central Missouri. Preserved in the evolution of this structure is the record of the struggle betw... More

Wabash County Bridge No. 509, Spanning Wabash River at Carroll & Smith Streets, Wabash, Wabash County, IN

Wabash County Bridge No. 509, Spanning Wabash River at Carroll & Smith...

Significance: One of three extant Pratts of this noted Wisconsin builder, the trusses appear to retain their original members including decoratively latticed portals, portal bracing, and guardrails. The namepl... More

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Route 1325, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Ro...

Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss. Survey number: HAER KS-1 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

Manchester Street Bridge, Spanning Baraboo River on Manchester Street, Baraboo, Sauk County, WI

Manchester Street Bridge, Spanning Baraboo River on Manchester Street,...

Significance: The Manchester Street Bridge is a Camelback (Pratt) through truss. It was erected in 1884 by the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works, a very prolific late nineteenth century firm that built bridges t... More

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 500, Riverside, Fountain County, IN

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 50...

Significance: The Riverside-Independence Bridge was one of the largest double-intersection Warren through truss iron bridges built in Indiana, and is of local significance. The structure, which is largely inta... More

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 500, Riverside, Fountain County, IN

Riverside-Independence Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 50...

Significance: The Riverside-Independence Bridge was one of the largest double-intersection Warren through truss iron bridges built in Indiana, and is of local significance. The structure, which is largely inta... More

Freedom Bridge, Spanning West Fork of White River at County Road 590 South, Freedom, Owen County, IN

Freedom Bridge, Spanning West Fork of White River at County Road 590 S...

Significance: The Freedom Bridge (Owen County Bridge No. 99) is the only remaining Pennsylvania through truss bridge built by the once prolific firm, the Lafayette Bridge Company of Lafayette, Indiana. The str... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin Hill Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin H...

Significance: The structure is 19 feet wide and 173 feet long. It is the most recently built lenticular through truss surviving in Connecticut, as of 1984. It has been replaced by a new bridge built several y... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Rou...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assemble... More

Grand Avenue Bridge, Spanning O'Neil Creek at Grand Avenue, Neillsville, Clark County, WI

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

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Iron Bridge at Lock No. 68, Mile 164.82 of C & O Canal National Park, Oldtown, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Iron Bridge at Lock No. 68, Mile 164.82 of C ...

Significance: Similar in purpose to other bridges along the canal, this bridge carried traffic over the canal to farmlands and to a ferry on the Potomac River which crossed from Maryland to West Virginia and a ... More

Gospel Street Bridge, South Gospel Street, spanning Lick Creek, Paoli, Orange County, IN

Gospel Street Bridge, South Gospel Street, spanning Lick Creek, Paoli,...

Significance: A pin connected Pratt through truss bridge, 8 panels long, supported on masonry abutments, the bridge incorporates unusual open web floor beams. Survey number: HAER IN-24

Gospel Street Bridge, South Gospel Street, spanning Lick Creek, Paoli, Orange County, IN

Gospel Street Bridge, South Gospel Street, spanning Lick Creek, Paoli,...

Significance: A pin connected Pratt through truss bridge, 8 panels long, supported on masonry abutments, the bridge incorporates unusual open web floor beams. Survey number: HAER IN-24

Turtleville Iron Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek, on Lathers Road, Beloit, Rock County, WI

Turtleville Iron Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek, on Lathers Road, Beloi...

Significance: The Turtleville Iron Bridge carries Lather Road 140 feet, from abutment face to abutment face, across Turtle Creek. It was built in 1887 by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, and is a Pratt t... More

Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River, Mauricetown, Cumberland County, NJ

Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River...

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Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River, Mauricetown, Cumberland County, NJ

Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River...

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Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River, Mauricetown, Cumberland County, NJ

Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River...

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Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River, Mauricetown, Cumberland County, NJ

Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River...

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Scarlets Mill Bridge, Spanning former Reading Railroad, Scarlets Mill, Berks County, PA

Scarlets Mill Bridge, Spanning former Reading Railroad, Scarlets Mill,...

Significance: The Scarlets Mill Bridge is a cast- and wrought-iron Pratt-type truss with a rolled upper chord arched in the form of an ellipse, one of many built in the 1870s and 1880s for the Philadelphia and ... More

Scarlets Mill Bridge, Spanning former Reading Railroad, Scarlets Mill, Berks County, PA

Scarlets Mill Bridge, Spanning former Reading Railroad, Scarlets Mill,...

Significance: The Scarlets Mill Bridge is a cast- and wrought-iron Pratt-type truss with a rolled upper chord arched in the form of an ellipse, one of many built in the 1870s and 1880s for the Philadelphia and ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Elm Street Bridge, Spanning Ottauquechee River, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Elm Street Bridge, Spanning Ottauquechee River, Woodstock, Windsor Cou...

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Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, Union City, Erie County, PA

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, Union City, Erie County, PA

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

Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Hadley Falls, Holyoke, Hampden County, MA

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

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

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Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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