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Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at eastern edge of  Windsor State Forest, Windsor, Berkshire County, MA

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at easter...

Significance: In 1893 Charles H. Ball, a mechanic and inventor from East Windsor, Massachusetts, patented a design for a small truss bridge constructed of iron pipes, which he described as "a strong, cheap brid... More

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at eastern edge of  Windsor State Forest, Windsor, Berkshire County, MA

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at easter...

Significance: In 1893 Charles H. Ball, a mechanic and inventor from East Windsor, Massachusetts, patented a design for a small truss bridge constructed of iron pipes, which he described as "a strong, cheap brid... More

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, Merrimac, Sauk County, WI

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, ...

Significance: The Goette River Bridge is Wisconsin's earliest known example of a standard stone-arch railroad bridge plan used by several railroad lines throughout the nation and adopted by the Chicago & North ... More

Golden Gate Viaduct, Spanning a ravine at Grand Loop Road, Kingman Pass, Lake, Teton County, WY

Golden Gate Viaduct, Spanning a ravine at Grand Loop Road, Kingman Pas...

Significance: The present Golden Gate Viaduct occupies the location of several historic viaducts. The original structure at Golden Gate was built in 1885 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which was responsi... More

White River Bridge, Spanning Honey Creek on Bieneman Road, Burlington, Racine County, WI

White River Bridge, Spanning Honey Creek on Bieneman Road, Burlington,...

Significance: The White River Bridge, a nineteenth-century Pratt through truss, is the oldest known remaining truss bridge in the State of Wisconsin. It was designed and built by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Work... More

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), Lacomb, Linn County, OR

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), ...

Significance: Larwood Bridge is one of the best surviving examples of the standard Howe truss covered bridge designed by the Oregon State Highway Commission in early 20th century. It illustrates the open-sided... 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

Depoe Bay Bridge, Spanning Depoe Bay at Oregon Coast Highway (U.S.101), Depoe Bay, Lincoln County, OR

Depoe Bay Bridge, Spanning Depoe Bay at Oregon Coast Highway (U.S.101)...

Significance: Depoe Bay Bridge was designed in 1926 by State Bridge Engineer, Conde B. McCullough. It was the first of thirteen reinforced deck and through arches that were built on the Oregon Coast Highway. ... More

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, Merrimac, Sauk County, WI

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, ...

Significance: The Goette River Bridge is Wisconsin's earliest known example of a standard stone-arch railroad bridge plan used by several railroad lines throughout the nation and adopted by the Chicago & North ... More

St. Mary River Bridge, Spanning St. Mary River at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge, Spanning St. Mary River at Going-to-the-Sun Roa...

Significance: The St. Mary River Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is sign... More

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (Bypassed) Section of North East Road (SR 272), North East, Cecil County, MD

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (By...

Report includes engineering analysis of Burr arch truss. Significance: For almost two centuries, from 1735 until 1926, this site was used for water-powered industries. Erected in 1860 by local bridge builder J... More

King's Bridge, Spanning Laurel Hill Creek at bypassed State Highway No. 653, New Lexington, Somerset County, PA

King's Bridge, Spanning Laurel Hill Creek at bypassed State Highway No...

Significance: Although the history of this bridge has not been thoroughly documented, physical evidence suggests that King's Bridge was originally built in the mid-nineteenth century and largely rebuilt in 1906... More

Nez Perce Bridge, Spanning Nez Perce Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Nez Perce Bridge, Spanning Nez Perce Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, T...

Significance: Nez Perce 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. Thi... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... 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

Depoe Bay Bridge, Spanning Depoe Bay at Oregon Coast Highway (U.S.101), Depoe Bay, Lincoln County, OR

Depoe Bay Bridge, Spanning Depoe Bay at Oregon Coast Highway (U.S.101)...

Significance: Depoe Bay Bridge was designed in 1926 by State Bridge Engineer, Conde B. McCullough. It was the first of thirteen reinforced deck and through arches that were built on the Oregon Coast Highway. ... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Golden Gate Viaduct, Spanning a ravine at Grand Loop Road, Kingman Pass, Lake, Teton County, WY

Golden Gate Viaduct, Spanning a ravine at Grand Loop Road, Kingman Pas...

Significance: The present Golden Gate Viaduct occupies the location of several historic viaducts. The original structure at Golden Gate was built in 1885 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which was responsi... More

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), Lacomb, Linn County, OR

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), ...

Significance: Larwood Bridge is one of the best surviving examples of the standard Howe truss covered bridge designed by the Oregon State Highway Commission in early 20th century. It illustrates the open-sided... More

Wrightstown Bridge, Spanning East River, on Mallard Road, Wrightstown, Brown County, WI

Wrightstown Bridge, Spanning East River, on Mallard Road, Wrightstown,...

Significance: The Wrightstown Bridge is a well-preserved example of a stone arch bridge. Its elongated keystones and coursed rubble masonry are unusual features to find among rural stone arch bridges. Such or... More

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

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

French King Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on State Highway 2, Erving, Franklin County, MA

French King Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on State Highway 2, Erv...

Significance: The French King Bridge is one of four known steel deck arch bridges in Massachusetts identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works (MDPW) database, and has the sixth longest span of a... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Crawfish Creek Bridge, Spanning Crawfish Creek at South Entrance Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Crawfish Creek Bridge, Spanning Crawfish Creek at South Entrance Road,...

Significance: Crawfish Creek Bridge typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize manmade features with their natural surroundings. This ... More

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), Lacomb, Linn County, OR

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), ...

Significance: Larwood Bridge is one of the best surviving examples of the standard Howe truss covered bridge designed by the Oregon State Highway Commission in early 20th century. It illustrates the open-sided... More

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (Bypassed) Section of North East Road (SR 272), North East, Cecil County, MD

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (By...

Report includes engineering analysis of Burr arch truss. Significance: For almost two centuries, from 1735 until 1926, this site was used for water-powered industries. Erected in 1860 by local bridge builder J... More

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield Road, Northfield, Franklin County, MA

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield ...

Significance: The Schell Memorial Bridge is the third oldest of five known Pennsylvania truss bridges identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It is a unique variation at least in... 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

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 128, Spanning Turtle Creek, Tiffany, Rock County, WI

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 128, Spanning Turtle Creek,...

Significance: The Tiffany Stone Bridge is the oldest remaining stone arch bridge in the State of Wisconsin. It is an excellent representative example of the stonework done by the Chicago & North Western Railwa... More

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

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, Essex County, MA

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, ...

Significance: The Merrimac Bridge is located on a site which has been utilized as a major river crossing since the seventeenth century. It contains the oldest moveable span identified in the Massachusetts Depa... More

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, War...

Significance: The Tremont Station Bridge is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in Massachusetts and the earliest to incorporate J.H. Linville's wide, upset-ended eyebars, a feature which would become standar... More

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, Pine Grove, Lancaster County, PA

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, ...

Significance: The Pine Grove Bridge was built in 1884 after a destructive flood carried away an 1846 at this site. The county hired Capt. Elias McMellen, a well-respected and prolific Lancaster bridge builder ... More

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, She...

Significance: The Shelburne Falls Bridge is the second oldest of seven double-intersection Warren through trusses identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge was designed by... More

Wagon Trail Road Bridge, Spanning Eau Galle River on Wagon Trail Road, Spring Valley, Pierce County, WI

Wagon Trail Road Bridge, Spanning Eau Galle River on Wagon Trail Road,...

Significance: The Wagon Trail Road Bridge is a representative example of an early riveted version of a Pratt through truss. The Worden-Allen Company of Milwaukee was one of the significant bridge-building comp... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... 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

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield Road, Northfield, Franklin County, MA

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield ...

Significance: The Schell Memorial Bridge is the third oldest of five known Pennsylvania truss bridges identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It is a unique variation at least in... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

Seven Mile Bridge, Spanning Gardner River at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Seven Mile Bridge, Spanning Gardner River at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Te...

Significance: Seven Mile 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 phi... 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

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... 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

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

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Palm Tree Road Bridge, Spanning Sheboygan River on Palm Tree Road, Saint Cloud, Fond du Lac County, WI

Palm Tree Road Bridge, Spanning Sheboygan River on Palm Tree Road, Sai...

Significance: The Palm Tree Road Bridge is a unique example of stone arch bridges in Wisconsin. It contains the largest number of spans (nine) of any surviving stone arch bridge in the State, and has a Classic... More

Palm Tree Road Bridge, Spanning Sheboygan River on Palm Tree Road, Saint Cloud, Fond du Lac County, WI

Palm Tree Road Bridge, Spanning Sheboygan River on Palm Tree Road, Sai...

Significance: The Palm Tree Road Bridge is a unique example of stone arch bridges in Wisconsin. It contains the largest number of spans (nine) of any surviving stone arch bridge in the State, and has a Classic... 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

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, War...

Significance: The Tremont Station Bridge is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in Massachusetts and the earliest to incorporate J.H. Linville's wide, upset-ended eyebars, a feature which would become standar... More

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, Pine Grove, Lancaster County, PA

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, ...

Significance: The Pine Grove Bridge was built in 1884 after a destructive flood carried away an 1846 at this site. The county hired Capt. Elias McMellen, a well-respected and prolific Lancaster bridge builder ... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... 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

Wagon Trail Road Bridge, Spanning Eau Galle River on Wagon Trail Road, Spring Valley, Pierce County, WI

Wagon Trail Road Bridge, Spanning Eau Galle River on Wagon Trail Road,...

Significance: The Wagon Trail Road Bridge is a representative example of an early riveted version of a Pratt through truss. The Worden-Allen Company of Milwaukee was one of the significant bridge-building comp... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Siyeh Creek Culvert, Spanning Siyeh Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Siyeh Creek Culvert, Spanning Siyeh Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, We...

Significance: The Siyeh Creek Culvert is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, War...

Significance: The Tremont Station Bridge is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in Massachusetts and the earliest to incorporate J.H. Linville's wide, upset-ended eyebars, a feature which would become standar... More

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, Pine Grove, Lancaster County, PA

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, ...

Significance: The Pine Grove Bridge was built in 1884 after a destructive flood carried away an 1846 at this site. The county hired Capt. Elias McMellen, a well-respected and prolific Lancaster bridge builder ... More

Tower Creek Bridge, Spanning Tower Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Tower Creek Bridge, Spanning Tower Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Tet...

Significance: Tower 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 ph... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Depoe Bay Bridge, Spanning Depoe Bay at Oregon Coast Highway (U.S.101), Depoe Bay, Lincoln County, OR

Depoe Bay Bridge, Spanning Depoe Bay at Oregon Coast Highway (U.S.101)...

Significance: Depoe Bay Bridge was designed in 1926 by State Bridge Engineer, Conde B. McCullough. It was the first of thirteen reinforced deck and through arches that were built on the Oregon Coast Highway. ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, Merrimac, Sauk County, WI

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, ...

Significance: The Goette River Bridge is Wisconsin's earliest known example of a standard stone-arch railroad bridge plan used by several railroad lines throughout the nation and adopted by the Chicago & North ... More

Golden Gate Viaduct, Spanning a ravine at Grand Loop Road, Kingman Pass, Lake, Teton County, WY

Golden Gate Viaduct, Spanning a ravine at Grand Loop Road, Kingman Pas...

Significance: The present Golden Gate Viaduct occupies the location of several historic viaducts. The original structure at Golden Gate was built in 1885 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which was responsi... More

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), Lacomb, Linn County, OR

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), ...

Significance: Larwood Bridge is one of the best surviving examples of the standard Howe truss covered bridge designed by the Oregon State Highway Commission in early 20th century. It illustrates the open-sided... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Lava Creek Bridge, Spanning Lava Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Lava Creek Bridge, Spanning Lava Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton...

Significance: Lava 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 phi... 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

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at eastern edge of  Windsor State Forest, Windsor, Berkshire County, MA

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at easter...

Significance: In 1893 Charles H. Ball, a mechanic and inventor from East Windsor, Massachusetts, patented a design for a small truss bridge constructed of iron pipes, which he described as "a strong, cheap brid... More

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA

Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, War...

Significance: The Tremont Station Bridge is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in Massachusetts and the earliest to incorporate J.H. Linville's wide, upset-ended eyebars, a feature which would become standar... 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

Lava Creek Bridge, Spanning Lava Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Lava Creek Bridge, Spanning Lava Creek at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton...

Significance: Lava 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 phi... More

Eleventh Street Bridge, Spanning Turners Fall Canal on Eleventh Street, Montague, Franklin County, MA

Eleventh Street Bridge, Spanning Turners Fall Canal on Eleventh Street...

Significance: The Eleventh Street Bridge is a unique configuration of a double-intersection Warren through truss, with a pair of trusses on either side of the roadway, and lateral bracing between each pair, but... 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

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

Crawfish Creek Bridge, Spanning Crawfish Creek at South Entrance Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Crawfish Creek Bridge, Spanning Crawfish Creek at South Entrance Road,...

Significance: Crawfish Creek Bridge typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize manmade features with their natural surroundings. This ... More

Crawfish Creek Bridge, Spanning Crawfish Creek at South Entrance Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Crawfish Creek Bridge, Spanning Crawfish Creek at South Entrance Road,...

Significance: Crawfish Creek Bridge typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize manmade features with their natural surroundings. This ... More

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), Lacomb, Linn County, OR

Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648), ...

Significance: Larwood Bridge is one of the best surviving examples of the standard Howe truss covered bridge designed by the Oregon State Highway Commission in early 20th century. It illustrates the open-sided... More

Avalanche Creek Bridge, Spanning Avalanche Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Avalanche Creek Bridge, Spanning Avalanche Creek at Going-to-the-Sun R...

Significance: The Avalanche Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is sig... More

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield Road, Northfield, Franklin County, MA

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield ...

Significance: The Schell Memorial Bridge is the third oldest of five known Pennsylvania truss bridges identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It is a unique variation at least in... More

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, Pine Grove, Lancaster County, PA

Pine Grove Bridge, Spanning Octoraro Creek at Ashville & Forge Roads, ...

Significance: The Pine Grove Bridge was built in 1884 after a destructive flood carried away an 1846 at this site. The county hired Capt. Elias McMellen, a well-respected and prolific Lancaster bridge builder ... More

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