South Wilmington Causeway Bridge, Spanning Conrail Railroad on Market ...
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Baker River Bridge, Spanning Baker River at State Route 20, Concrete, ...
Significance: The bridge was the only link between the two halves of the city of Concrete. It is an early example of a reinforced-concrete open spandrel arch and was reputedly one of the longest single-span co... More
Creviston Bridge, Spanning Big Pipe Creek at County Road 1100 South, C...
Significance: Fabricated by a prolific Indiana firm, the long structure is of standard design except for the degree of variety of its diagonals. The original members, including the latticed guardrails, are int... More
San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
Significance: Its Native American name was Yanaguana, which means "refreshing waters," but the San Antonio River (as a Spanish priest named it in 1691) has not always been so appreciated. Its infrequent, but ex... More
Pine Mill Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek, Muscatine, Muscatine County, IA
Significance: By the 1880s, the pin-connected Pratt through truss was almost the exclusive structural type for medium-span roadway crossings in Iowa. The Pine Mill Bridge is distinguished among these by its ea... More
Horse Creek Covered Bridge, Spanning Horse Creek Road at Milepost 1.28...
Significance: The bridge served vehicular traffic until 1968. It is now bypassed and opened to pedestrian traffic only. The predecessor bridge at this location was a 103' covered span, built in 1904. The existi... More
McGilvray Road Bridge No. 6, Van Loon Wildlife Area, La Crosse, La Cro...
See also HAER WI-22 for additional documentation. Significance: In 1897, Charles M. Horton of Minnesota received a patent for an improvement on trusses and bridges. According to Horton, riveted and bolted conn... More
U.S. Route 4 Bridge, Spanning Mascoma River, Canaan, Grafton County, N...
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Monroe Street Bridge, Spanning River Raisin at Monroe Street, Monroe, ...
Significance: The Monroe Street Bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete cantilever girder bridge, a design developed in the late 1910s as an alternative to standard concrete arch bridge designs. Th... More
Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwauk...
Significance: The Lions Bridges formed the major vehicular entrance to Milwaukee's Lake Park. Four pairs of sandstone lions rest at the ends of the stone approach railings, giving the bridges their historic na... More
Venice Canals, Community of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
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Colorado Street Bridge, Spanning Arroyo Seco at Colorado Boulevard, Pa...
Significance: The Colorado Street Bridge is an eleven-arched reinforced concrete structure, the longest and highest bridge of its time. It was the first high bridge across the Arroyo Seco, and is an important ... More
Selby Avenue Bridge, Spanning Short Line Railways track at Selby Avenu...
Significance: The Selby Avenue Bridge is significant for its subtle delineation of an exceptional engineering solution to a difficult urban transportation design problem. Selby Avenue intersects the Short Line... More
Selby Avenue Bridge, Spanning Short Line Railways track at Selby Avenu...
Significance: The Selby Avenue Bridge is significant for its subtle delineation of an exceptional engineering solution to a difficult urban transportation design problem. Selby Avenue intersects the Short Line... More
Selby Avenue Bridge, Spanning Short Line Railways track at Selby Avenu...
Significance: The Selby Avenue Bridge is significant for its subtle delineation of an exceptional engineering solution to a difficult urban transportation design problem. Selby Avenue intersects the Short Line... More
Selby Avenue Bridge, Spanning Short Line Railways track at Selby Avenu...
Significance: The Selby Avenue Bridge is significant for its subtle delineation of an exceptional engineering solution to a difficult urban transportation design problem. Selby Avenue intersects the Short Line... More
Lake Street-Marshall Avenue Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Minnea...
Significance: The bridge is a major 19th century engineering accomplishment and has been a significant transportation link for nearly 100 years. Constructed entirely of wrought iron with a wooden deck, the bri... More
MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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Branch River Bridge, Spanning Branch River (Otter Brook) at Main Stree...
Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a widely used bridge type in New Hampshire, a concrete tee beam bridge. Within that category the bridge is unusual due to its continuous tee beams of variable... More
Landing Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at Landing Lane, New Brunswick,...
Significance: Landing Bridge is a representative example of late-nineteenth-century bridge design and construction, featuring Pratt trusses and riveted connections. The bridge was designed by George F. Blakely... More
Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...
Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More
Belleville Road Bridge, Spanning Belleville Lake, Belleville, Wayne Co...
Address changed from "Spanning Belleville Lake, Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan" to "Spanning the Flat River at Burroughs Drive, Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan," because the bridge was moved in 1995. It ... More
Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...
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Oldtown Bridge, Spanning Pend Oreille River, U.S. Highway 2, Oldtown, ...
Significance: Early example of long truss technology in Idaho and a crucial link on the highway system. As a transportation link, the Oldtown Bridge was of tremendous significance on a local, state and national... More
Passaic River Bridge, Spanning Passaic River on U.S. Route 46, Totowa,...
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Passaic River Bridge, Spanning Passaic River on U.S. Route 46, Totowa,...
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William S. Antisdale Memorial State Reward Bridge, Spanning Mona Lake ...
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Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Black River on Warner Drive, Greenwood, Clark...
Significance: The Hemlock Bridge is one of six Pennsylvania truss bridges in Wisconsin. It is an example of the early design and practice of the Wisconsin State Highway Commission and of the construction work ... More
Bridalveil Fall Bridge No. 2, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on carriage ro...
part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview Significance: The three Bridalveil Fall bridges are the only surviving road bridges in the park dating ... More
Indian Timothy Memorial Bridge, U.S. Route 12 spanning Alpowa Creek, S...
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Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port ...
Significance: The Military Street Bridge is the oldest surviving bascule highway bridge in Michigan and is an excellent example of the underneath counterweight trunnion design developed by Jospeh B. Strauss, an... More
Sudbury River Aqueduct, Echo Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Upper N...
Significance: Echo Bridge is the largest of the visible structures on the 18.8 mile Sudbury River Aqueduct connecting the Sudbury River in Framingham with Boston's Chestnut Hill Reservoir. Completed in 1878, t... More
Fairmont Bridge, Spanning Ogden River in Ogden Canyon, Ogden, Weber Co...
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Midvale Bridge, Bridge Street Spanning Weiser River, Midvale, Washingt...
Significance: The most substantial bridge by J.H. Forbes in the area. It was important in the early development of the community. The bridge was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Place... More
Aldine Square, Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Egypt Pike Bridge, Egypt Pike (County Road 21) spanning Mud Run, New H...
Significance: The bridge is a rare example of the "Champion Wrought Iron Arch Bridge" patented in 1874 by Jonathan and Zimri Wall. The design played a key role in the early history of their company, the Champi... More
Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...
Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More
Open Spandrel Bridge, Hawkeye Avenue, spanning Des Moines River, Fort ...
Significance: The Hawkeye Avenue Bridge is a well-preserved example of an open spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by the Fort Dodge City Engineer, C.H. Reynolds, and constructed ... More
Siuslaw River Bridge, Spanning Siuslaw River, Richardson Road, County ...
Significance: The Siuslaw River Bridge is the oldest extant through truss with riveted connections and one of two steel through truss bridges using the double intersection Warren truss in Oregon. Survey number... More
Cunningham Lane Bridge, Spanning Pine River on Cunningham Lane near Hi...
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Goat Trail Mining Road, Highway 20, 1.5 miles North of Newhalem, Newha...
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David H. Remley Road Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek at County Road 225 W...
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Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at boundary ...
Significance: The Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, built in 1908, is one of only three surviving swing bridges built by the city of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th century. Today, still operated infrequent... More
Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at boundary ...
Significance: The Northern Avenue Swing Bridge, built in 1908, is one of only three surviving swing bridges built by the city of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th century. Today, still operated infrequent... More
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More
Prospect Boulevard Bridge, Prospect Boulevard spanning Seco Street, Pa...
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Prospect Boulevard Bridge, Prospect Boulevard spanning Seco Street, Pa...
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Prospect Boulevard Bridge, Prospect Boulevard spanning Seco Street, Pa...
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Honey Run Bridge, Spanning Butte Creek, bypassed section of Honey Run ...
modified Pratt truss (4); 230' long; 3 span, combined wood & iron Significance: The Honey Run Bridge is the best preserved of four surviving examples of Pratt-type wood covered bridges in the United States. Th... More
Oakland Avenue Viaduct, Oakland Avenue spanning U.S. Route 62 (State R...
Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a dual-rib, open-spandrel concrete arch bridge executed in the Stripped Classicism style. The bridge is also an excellent example of design utilizing the plas... More
Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Keokuk, Lee Coun...
Significance: The Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge is one of three remaining in Iowa that were designed by Ralph Modjeski, one of this country's premier early 20th century bridge engineers. The eleven-span, double-dec... More
Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge, West Eighth Street North, Newton, Jasper Co...
Significance: The West 8th Street North bridge in Newton is one of fifteen known concrete rainbow arch bridges in Iowa. It is considered an important structural form in the development of reinforced concrete t... More
Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge, West Eighth Street North, Newton, Jasper Co...
Significance: The West 8th Street North bridge in Newton is one of fifteen known concrete rainbow arch bridges in Iowa. It is considered an important structural form in the development of reinforced concrete t... More
Blue Water Bridge, Spanning St. Clair River at I-69, I-94, & Canadian ...
Significance: When it opened in October 1938, the Blue Water Bridge symbolized the peaceful relationship between the United States and Canada, a sharp contrast to the hostilities in Europe which were about to e... More
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
Bellows Falls Arch Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, North Walpole, ...
Significance: When built, the bridge was the longest single span highway bridge in the U.S. and is was among the largest three-hinged arch bridges in the world. The structure has also played an important role i... More
Twenty-first Street Bridge, Spanning Railroad tracks at Twenty-first S...
Significance: The Twenty-First Street Bridge is a 1,272-foot-long through Parker truss and through Pony truss featuring pineapple finials atop its portals. It is a little-altered surviving example of a late 19... More
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pie...
Significance: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the first suspension span constructed in the United States after its predecessor's failure in 1940 from wind-induced torsional oscillations. Research of design flaws... More
Knight's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Stanislaus River, bypassed section of ...
See HABS No. CA-158, Covered Bridge for further information 3 photos. Significance: The Knight's Ferry Bridge was built in 1863-64 to replace an 1857 uncovered wooden truss that was destroyed in a flood. This ... More
Eighteenth Street Bridge, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO
Significance: The Eighteenth Street Bridge is a 1,054-foot-long through-truss and through-plate girder structure with distinctive ornamentation over each truss portal in the form of finials and cresting, and pe... More
Henszey's Wrought-Iron Arch Bridge, Spanning Ontelaunee Creek at Kings...
Significance: Mosser's Bridge is one of two bowstring arch-truss bridges remaining on state-owned highways and roads in Pennsylvania. It is distinguished by a variety of unusual features, including top chords ... More
Henszey's Wrought-Iron Arch Bridge, Spanning Ontelaunee Creek at Kings...
Significance: Mosser's Bridge is one of two bowstring arch-truss bridges remaining on state-owned highways and roads in Pennsylvania. It is distinguished by a variety of unusual features, including top chords ... More
St. Anthony Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek, Legislative Route 5...
Significance: The St. Anthony Street Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, length of truss for this age, and builder. The Champion Bridge Company... More
Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston...
Significance: The Harvard Bridge is located in the Charles River Basin Historic District. Survey number: HAER MA-53 Building/structure dates: 1887- 1891 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1898... More