Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...
Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
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Reading-Halls Station Bridge, U.S. Route 220, spanning railroad near H...
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Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More
Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More
Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Ja...
Significance: The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bri... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & ...
Public domain photograph of castle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...
See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... 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
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
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
Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, S.P. Trestle 779.91, One mile sout...
Significance: After its completion in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad Line required continuous repair and rebuilding. The Southern Pacific Railroad Trestle #1, located on the Engineer Mountain grade west of... More
Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct, Spanning Golden State Freeway (I-5) & Los A...
Significance: Glendale-Hyperion Bridge is significant as one of the twelve Historic bridges over the Los Angeles River determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It has also been designa... More
Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen Ri...
Significance: The former Erie Railroad bridge over the Lackawaxen River is significant as a late nineteenth-century truss structure remaining in main-line service, and as the work of a major bridge-building com... More
Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Huey P. Long Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River approximately midway b...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island Bridge, Fort Armstrong Avenue, Rock I...
Significance: The Rock Island Bridge was constructed in 1895-1896 to connect the arsenal with Davenport, Iowa. It was the first major bridge commission of Chicago engineer Ralph Modjeski, who subsequently esta... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...
Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...
Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...
Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wissahikkon i.e., Wissahickon Station, Phla i.e., Philadelphia and Nor...
Drawing shows a railroad bridge over a river; railroad station near the center of the picture, Wissahickon, Pennsylvania. Date from inscription on lower left corner. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F.... More
Bridge over the Susquehanna River, on the line of the Erie Railroad
No. 9. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Tamesi Bridge - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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[Eau Claire from the railroad bridge]
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[Racine, Wisconsin, railway bridge, Root River]
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Racine, Wisconsin, railway bridge, Root River
Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "642" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04835. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Quinnesee sic Falls, Mich., the river above the falls
Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "460" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04748. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Bridge at Santa Rosa, photo by William Henry Jackson
Train on bridge, Mexico. Photoprint by William Henry Jackson. No. 4147. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; RR; Bridges.
1st span erected, New South Wales
Photograph shows span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon floating to position between piers. In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 17h. Album documents t... More
Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, o...
In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 17f. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library ... More
Wisconsin River near Merrimac - Detroit publishing company. Public dom...
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04659. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Near Franklin, N.J - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012023. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Bridge near Encarnacion, Mexico, mammoth plate negative
Public domain photograph of bridge, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crossing South Branch, William Henry Jackson photograph
"W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver." Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01745. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Ableman's Narrows, railroad crossing
Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Toms Creek trestle Frederick County, Md.
"Maryland" on jacket. "851-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062026. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Alford, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Kansas City & Memphis Ry. bridge, Memphis, Tenn
"G 3837" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019384. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Steamer New York and Poughkeepsie Bridge, Poughkeepsie
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019788. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Massachusettsasoit House and R.R. Arch, Springfield, Massachusetts
"4139" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070537. Main Street. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Trans-Siberian Railroad bridge across Amur River, with one span preser...
Number assigned by photographer: khab001. Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More
Georgia Central Railway Bridge, Railroad Street, Savannah, Chatham Cou...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1848-1858. Built by the engineering firm of Schwab and Mueller. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-26. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the ... More
Erie Railway, Sawyer Creek Bridge, Spanning Sawyer Creek on U.S. Route...
Survey number: HAER NY-95
Railway bridge across the historic Columbia Canal at Riverfront Park i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
A surprising tourist attraction in Athens, Georgia: one of several woo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Only remnants of this one remain. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. H... More
Railroad bridge in a canyon outside Wickenburg, a small Arizona city n...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More
P. & L.E. Ry. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad station and Mt. Washin...
Smithfield Street Bridge in foreground, Monongahela Incline in background behind station. Corresponding glass transparency (LC-D4-27 x) available on videodisc frame 1A-28671. "G 4999" on transparency. Detroit ... More
Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk i.e. Upper Steel Arch Bridge
In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51116. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
Bridge at Moniteau County, Mo - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-21273, 21272. "JC 919" on L negative; "JC 920" on R negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 047024. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls
Vintage prints in LOT 9176. Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 06857, 06856. Includes Whirlpool Rapids Bridge with Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge behind it. Left negative cracke... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Chastʹ postroek li︠e︡voĭ storony mosta (sni︠a...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia, survey o... More
Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls
Vintage prints in LOT 9176. Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 06857, 06856. Includes Whirlpool Rapids Bridge with Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge behind it. Left negative cracke... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, On the way to Yurezan Bridge, color separatio...
Title devised by Library staff based on Russian caption in album. (Source: International Research Project "The Legacy of S.M. Prokudin Gorsky" 2012-2016). Former incorrect title was based on a nearby print in t... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Stroi︠u︡shchīĭsi︠a︡ zheli︠e︡znodorozhn. most ...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia, survey o... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Obshchīĭ vid na Chusovskīe zavody i zheli︠e︡z...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia, survey o... More
Main Street Bridge, Main Street (State Route 138) over New Haven Railr...
Significance: The Main Street Bridge is significant as an example of the standardized concrete bridge design and replacement program initiated by Rhode Island Bridge Engineer Clarence L. Hussey during the 1920s... More
Route 31 Bridge, New Jersey Route 31, crossing disused main line of Ce...
Significance: The bridge was built with Route 31 (originally Highway 30) as part of the highway expansion program undertaken by the state during 1923-1742. It is a three-span example of the concrete-encased st... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...
Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny River Bridge, River Street vicinity, ...
Survey number: HAER PA-22 Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a park, lake, pond, free to use, no copy... More
Hayden Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Southern Pacific Railroad (m...
Significance: The Hayden Bridge incorporates two features that were milestones in the history of wrought iron bridge building: the Whipple-Murphy truss and the Phoenix column. / The Hayden Bridge was fabricated... More
Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 310.58, Milepost 31...
Significance: The Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, built as the California and Oregon Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad between Roseville, California and Portland, Oregon was the first thrust nor... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, "Eight-track" Bascule Bridge, Spanning Sanitary...
Significance: The design and history of these four parallel, double-track, double-leaf bridges is the most unusual of the bridges built in the Heritage Corridor. Survey number: HAER IL-99 Building/structure d... More
Cherry Creek Railroad Bridge, Spanning Cherry Creek, north of Delgany ...
Significance: The bridge is a single span wrought iron or steel through Pratt truss and is one of the few remaining examples of this once-common bridge type in Denver. The bridge features a unique, decorative p... More
Central Street Pedestrian Viaduct, Central Street over New Haven Railr...
Significance: The Central Street Pedestrian Viaduct is significant for its associations with historic improvements made by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to their right-of-way in Central Falls an... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...
Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction
Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton ...
The address was changed to reflect that the bridge was moved from its original location (Spanning Linn Branch Creek, Trimble vicinity, Clinton County, Missouri) to Parkville, Missouri, in 1987. (March 2016) Si... More
Philadelphia & Western Railway, Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning Schulykill...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...
Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More
Callowhill Street Bridge, Schuylkill River at Spring Garden & Callowhi...
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Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 210.52, Milepost 21...
Significance: The Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, built as the California and Oregon Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad between Roseville, California and Portland, Oregon was the first thrust nor... More
Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 210.52, Milepost 21...
Significance: The Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, built as the California and Oregon Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad between Roseville, California and Portland, Oregon was the first thrust nor... More
![Fredericksburgh [sic] and Richmond RR Bridge over N. Anna, in flames](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvZnJlZGVyaWNrc2J1cmdoLXNpYy1hbmQtcmljaG1vbmQtcnItYnJpZGdlLW92ZXItbi1hbm5hLWluLWZsYW1lcy1mYjEyOTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Fredericksburgh [sic] and Richmond RR Bridge over N. Anna, in flames")
Fredericksburgh [sic] and Richmond RR Bridge over N. Anna, in flames
Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 18, 1864, p. 396. Inscribed upper left, with image of trestle: Tressle [sic] Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Rockville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, N...
Significance: The stone arch bridge at Rockville's remains the world's longest of its type. It best represents the Pennsylvania's Railroad's monumental capitol investment and desire for "permanent" structures a... More
Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, ...
Significance: The Susquehanna River Bridge was constructed in 1908 to replace an older, timber Howe truss structure. The first bridge built by the B&O Railroad on this site consisted of twelve 250 foot spans, ... More