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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

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

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

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

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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