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Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More

Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Significance: The primary roads in Crater Lake National Park were designed and constructed to provide visitor access to the park's scenic features, which are largely concentrated along the rim of Crater Lake. ... More

Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Significance: The primary roads in Crater Lake National Park were designed and constructed to provide visitor access to the park's scenic features, which are largely concentrated along the rim of Crater Lake. ... More

Stevens Creek Bridge, Spanning Stevens Creek on Stevens Canyon Highway, Packwood, Lewis County, WA

Stevens Creek Bridge, Spanning Stevens Creek on Stevens Canyon Highway...

Significance: The Stevens Creek Bridge represents a transition in the park road bridges from standard reinforced concrete arches to arched girder designs. Its stone facing is characteristic of the National Par... More

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, ...

Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, th... More

Obsidian Creek Bridge, Spanning Obsidian Creek at Indian Creek Campground, Lake, Teton County, WY

Obsidian Creek Bridge, Spanning Obsidian Creek at Indian Creek Campgro...

Significance: Obsidian Creek Bridge is one of two remaining Army Corps of Engineers bridges in Yellowstone National Park. It represents the significant role that the Corps of Engineers played in the early year... More

Snake River Bridge at Lyons' Ferry, State Route 261 spanning Snake River, Starbuck, Columbia County, WA

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

Historic Columbia River Highway, Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge, Spanning Oneonta Gorge Creek, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: One of two nearly identical reinforced-concrete girder trestles on the Historic Columbia River Highway and one of four extant structures on the route that have a distinctive cap and arch concrete ... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Merritt Parkway, Comstock Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Comstock Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, ...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

North Branch Quantico Creek Bridge, Prince William Forest Park, on NPS Route 406 spanning north branch of Quantico Creek, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia

North Branch Quantico Creek Bridge, Prince William Forest Park, on NPS...

Significance: This bridge is representative of a common bridge type that became indigenous to the late nineteenth to early twentieth century landscape of America: a low Pratt pony metal truss bridge. The bridg... More

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Merritt Parkway, Redding Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Redding Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Fairfi...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Firehole River Bridge, Spanning Firehole River at Fountain Freight Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Firehole River Bridge, Spanning Firehole River at Fountain Freight Roa...

Significance: This bridge is one of two remaining Army Corps of Engineers bridges in Yellowstone National Park. It represents the significant role that the Corps of Engineers played in the early years of road ... More

Firehole River Bridge, Spanning Firehole River at Fountain Freight Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Firehole River Bridge, Spanning Firehole River at Fountain Freight Roa...

Significance: This bridge is one of two remaining Army Corps of Engineers bridges in Yellowstone National Park. It represents the significant role that the Corps of Engineers played in the early years of road ... More

Firehole River Bridge, Spanning Firehole River at Fountain Freight Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Firehole River Bridge, Spanning Firehole River at Fountain Freight Roa...

Significance: This bridge is one of two remaining Army Corps of Engineers bridges in Yellowstone National Park. It represents the significant role that the Corps of Engineers played in the early years of road ... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schu...

Significance: The Peacock's Lock Viaduct, named after a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Division Canal, may be the only masonry arch bridge in the U.S. with pierced spandrels. The circular openings between arche... More

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River Drives, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River Drives, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad, Calumet River Bridge, Spanning Calumet River, north of Ewing Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad, Calumet River Bridge, Spanning Calum...

Survey number: HAER IL-149 Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paradise River Second Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Narada Cut-off on Nisqually Road, Packwood, Lewis County, WA

Paradise River Second Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Nara...

Significance: The Narada Cut-Off Bridge is the only surviving historic example in the park of a plain reinforced concrete girder bridge devoid of any specific details designed to harmonize with the landscape en... More

Merritt Parkway, Main Street/Route 110 Bridge, Spanning Main Street/Route 110, Stratford, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Main Street/Route 110 Bridge, Spanning Main Street/Ro...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

North Pullayup River Bridge (Ruins), Formerly spanning North Pullayup River on West Side Road, Ashford, Pierce County, WA

North Pullayup River Bridge (Ruins), Formerly spanning North Pullayup ...

Survey number: HAER WA-77 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1960 Subsequent Work

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Lo...

Significance: The "rustic style" Christine Falls Bridge carries the Nisqually Road over the narrow box canyon of Van Trump Creek at Christine Falls. The graceful stone-faced reinforced concrete spandrel arch b... More

Stevens Canyon Highway, Between Paradise, WA, & State Highway 123, Ashford, Pierce County, WA

Stevens Canyon Highway, Between Paradise, WA, & State Highway 123, Ash...

Significance: The Stevens Canyon Highway was the last segment of the Mount Rainier National Park partial circuit road system to be constructed. Although not completed until 1957, the road features a number of ... More

Stevens Canyon Highway, Between Paradise, WA, & State Highway 123, Ashford, Pierce County, WA

Stevens Canyon Highway, Between Paradise, WA, & State Highway 123, Ash...

Significance: The Stevens Canyon Highway was the last segment of the Mount Rainier National Park partial circuit road system to be constructed. Although not completed until 1957, the road features a number of ... More

Stevens Canyon Highway, Between Paradise, WA, & State Highway 123, Ashford, Pierce County, WA

Stevens Canyon Highway, Between Paradise, WA, & State Highway 123, Ash...

Significance: The Stevens Canyon Highway was the last segment of the Mount Rainier National Park partial circuit road system to be constructed. Although not completed until 1957, the road features a number of ... More

Chain of Craters Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Chain of Craters Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Merritt Parkway, Lake Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 4.71 mile mark, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Lake Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 4.71 ...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Stre...

Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabam... More

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Stre...

Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabam... More

Deer Creek Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at East Side Highway, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Deer Creek Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at East Side Highway, Longmire,...

Significance: The Deer Creek Bridge is one of the larger "rustic style" bridges in Mount Rainier National Park. The reinforced concrete semi-elliptical arch bridge is faced in native conglomerate, and the roug... More

Mackinac Straights Suspension Bridge, Spanning Straight of Mackinac, Mackinaw City, Cheboygan County, MI

Mackinac Straights Suspension Bridge, Spanning Straight of Mackinac, M...

Survey number: HAER MI-329 Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, West of Beaver River, Beaver, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio Rive...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its relatively long and heavy cantilever truss, planned shortly before the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse of 1907. Rather than select a different design, the railr... More

Nizina Bridge, Mile 8, Nizina Road, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Nizina Bridge, Mile 8, Nizina Road, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Ar...

Significance: Part of the McCarthy-Nizina Road, with the purpose of providing a route to the Dan Creek, May Creek and Chititu mines, the Bridge was an expensive thorn in the side of the Alaska Road Commission a... More

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, Spanning North Branch Canal at North Cherry Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, Spanning North ...

Significance: The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway's Bridge No. Z-2 is not only one of a few remaining swing bridges in Chicago, but is also of a rare asymmetrical or "bob-tail" type. The pivot pier is on... More

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, Spanning North Branch Canal at North Cherry Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, Spanning North ...

Significance: The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway's Bridge No. Z-2 is not only one of a few remaining swing bridges in Chicago, but is also of a rare asymmetrical or "bob-tail" type. The pivot pier is on... More

Birmingham Mineral Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Newfound Creek, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Birmingham Mineral Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Newfound Creek, Birmingh...

The location was changed from "Spanning King Creek" to "Spanning Newfound Creek" to more accurately reflect its location. "L&N Railroad Cane Creek Branch Trestle No. 10" was also added as a secondary name afte... More

Roundup Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Roundup, Musselshell County, MT

Roundup Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Roundup, Musselshell Count...

Survey number: HAER MT-25 Building/structure dates: 1894 Building/structure dates: 1911

Roundup Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Roundup, Musselshell County, MT

Roundup Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Roundup, Musselshell Count...

Survey number: HAER MT-25 Building/structure dates: 1894 Building/structure dates: 1911

Isa Lake Bridge, Spanning Isa Lake at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Isa Lake Bridge, Spanning Isa Lake at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton Cou...

Significance: Isa Lake 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 philo... More

Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12, Spanning Conestoga River at Farmersville Road (State Route 1010), Brownstown, Lancaster County, PA

Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12, Spanning Conestoga River at Farmers...

Significance: Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12 is a rare combination of cantilever, arch and through-girder forms in reinforced concrete. Lancaster County engineer Frank H. Shaw, designing to meet economic co... More

Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX

Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA...

Significance: The Orbiter Discovery, OV-103, is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the context of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program (1969-2011) under Criterion A ... More

Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridge Road, Cleveland, Blount County, AL

Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridg...

Significance: Swann Bridge is one of three surviving covered bridges in Blount County, Alabama, one of the last strongholds of covered bridge building in the United States. Survey number: HAER AL-201 Building... More

Colonial Parkway, C&O Railroad Underpass, Milepost 12.54 of Colonial Parkway, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, C&O Railroad Underpass, Milepost 12.54 of Colonial P...

Significance: The C&O Railroad Underpass represents a typical 1930s brick-faced arch reinforced concrete bridge constructed on the Colonial Parkway. Charles Peterson based his design of this bridge on the 1860... More

Wiconisco Canal Aqueduct No. 3, Spanning Powell Creek at State Route 147, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA

Wiconisco Canal Aqueduct No. 3, Spanning Powell Creek at State Route 1...

Significance: Originally a component of the Pennsylvania Canal system, this aqueduct was the largest bridge on the state-initiated and privately completed Wiconisco Canal. Hewn from the foot of Peter's Mountain... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Merritt Parkway, Round Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 3.5 mile mark, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Round Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 3...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Merritt Parkway, Round Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 3.5 mile mark, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Round Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 3...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Merritt Parkway, Guinea Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Guinea Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Stamfor...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Merritt Parkway, Guinea Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Guinea Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Stamfor...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Su...

Significance: The structure is significant as a late example of a reinforced concrete arch design by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and perhaps the longest such structure on the former P&R system. Its des... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga...

Significance: The bridge is unusual two-level structure built to carry two different Pennsylvania Railroad branches. The low-grade freight line on the upper level was chief engineer William H. Brown's last majo... More

Paradise River First Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Narada Falls on Service Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Paradise River First Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Narad...

Significance: The gently-arched Paradise River First Crossing Bridge above Narada Falls is a characteristic "rustic style" bridge of the type commonly employed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Pub... More

Cub Creek Bridge, Spanning Cub Creek at East Entrance Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Cub Creek Bridge, Spanning Cub Creek at East Entrance Road, Lake, Teto...

Significance: Cub Creek 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 phil... More

Cub Creek Bridge, Spanning Cub Creek at East Entrance Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Cub Creek Bridge, Spanning Cub Creek at East Entrance Road, Lake, Teto...

Significance: Cub Creek 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 phil... More

Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH

Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of ...

Significance: Bath-Haverhill Bridge is the oldest existing Town lattice truss, and one of the oldest covered bridges in the country. The Town lattice truss was one of the most widely used wooden truss forms. ... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 311, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 311, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...

Significance: Building No. 311 is essential to understanding Watertown Arsenal activities from World War I to the present day. Reputed to be one of the largest structures in the world in 1917, it was designed ... More

Klickitat Creek Bridge, Spanning Klickitat Creek on Yakima Park Highway, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Klickitat Creek Bridge, Spanning Klickitat Creek on Yakima Park Highwa...

Significance: The Klickitat Creek Bridge is representative of the National Park Service's "rustic style" of architecture through its use of a masonry veneer to conceal its reinforced concrete construction. Suc... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spanning Darby Creek, South of Essington Avenue (State Route 291), Eddystone, Delaware County, PA

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spanning Darby Creek, South of Essington Avenue (State Route 291), Eddystone, Delaware County, PA

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spanning Darby Creek, South of Essington Avenue (State Route 291), Eddystone, Delaware County, PA

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spanning Darby Creek, South of Essington Avenue (State Route 291), Eddystone, Delaware County, PA

Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge. Un... More

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at State Route 165, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Sta...

Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English, or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridge... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Hunting Creek Bridge, .3 Mile South of I-95, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Hunting Creek Bridge, .3 Mile South of ...

Significance: The Hunting Creek Bridge was one of the first group of parkway bridges to be built and maintained by the U.S. Government. As part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, this bridge was designed an... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Merritt Parkway, East Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, East Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Nor...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Merritt Parkway, Clinton Avenue/North Clinton Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Clinton Avenue/North Clinton Avenue Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning Elk Creek, south of Elk Park Road, Lake City, Erie County, PA

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning El...

Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607 Surv... More

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Bridge, Spanning Big Black River 9-10 Miles East of Vicksburg, Bovina, Warren County, MS

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Bridge, Spanning Big Black River 9-10 M...

Survey number: HAER MS-6 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88002418

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Bridge, Spanning Big Black River 9-10 Miles East of Vicksburg, Bovina, Warren County, MS

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Bridge, Spanning Big Black River 9-10 M...

Survey number: HAER MS-6 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88002418

Merritt Parkway, West Branch Byram River Bridge, Spanning West branch of Byram River, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, West Branch Byram River Bridge, Spanning West branch ...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architecture styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Merritt Parkway, Riverbank Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Riverbank Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Stam...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, C...

Significance: Mead Avenue, formerly Dock Street, bears the unusual distinction of having two bridges on the same site at one time. Grafted to the original double-intersection Whipple truss built by Penn Bridge... More

Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, C...

Significance: Mead Avenue, formerly Dock Street, bears the unusual distinction of having two bridges on the same site at one time. Grafted to the original double-intersection Whipple truss built by Penn Bridge... More

Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, C...

Significance: Mead Avenue, formerly Dock Street, bears the unusual distinction of having two bridges on the same site at one time. Grafted to the original double-intersection Whipple truss built by Penn Bridge... More

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