Victory Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at New Jersey Route 35, Perth A...
Significance: This 360 foot center-bearing swing span bridge with steel deck girder and concrete bent approach spans is significant as the largest and most recent example of a highway bridge of its type in the ... More
Jackson Street Bridge, Spanning Passaic River, Newark, Essex County, N...
Significance: The Jackson Street Bridge was constructed in the area of the Morris Canal, a current National Register property, on the former site if Balback Smelting and Refining Company, by Fagan Iron Works wh... More
Maurice River Pratt Through-Truss Swing Bridge, Spanning Maurice River...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
Leavenworth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Leavenworth, Leavenworth ...
See also HAER NE-2 for historical report and additional documentation. Significance: The bridge that George Morison designed for Leavenworth represented a synthesis of his previous thirteen bridges over the Mis... More
India Point Railroad Bridge, Spanning Seekonk River between Providence...
Significance: The India Point Railroad Bridge is one of 25 surviving swing bridges in southern New England, and one of three in Rhode Island. It is an example of early-twentieth-century bridge truss design in ... 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
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
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
Victory Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at New Jersey Route 35, Perth A...
Significance: This 360 foot center-bearing swing span bridge with steel deck girder and concrete bent approach spans is significant as the largest and most recent example of a highway bridge of its type in the ... More
Jackson Street Bridge, Spanning Passaic River, Newark, Essex County, N...
Significance: The Jackson Street Bridge was constructed in the area of the Morris Canal, a current National Register property, on the former site if Balback Smelting and Refining Company, by Fagan Iron Works wh... More
Jackson Street Bridge, Spanning Passaic River, Newark, Essex County, N...
Significance: The Jackson Street Bridge was constructed in the area of the Morris Canal, a current National Register property, on the former site if Balback Smelting and Refining Company, by Fagan Iron Works wh... More
Colusa Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River, Colusa, Colusa County, CA
Significance: The turning mechanism, although presently electrically operated, was originally hand-operated, is representative of several swing span bridges throughout California. Survey number: HAER CA-7 Bui... 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
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
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
Gianella Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at State Highway 32, Hamilt...
Significance: The Gianella Bridge is the oldest remaining highway swing bridge in California. It is important in local history for its relation to events in local economic and agricultural development. It is ... More
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
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
Sharptown Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River, State Route 313, Sharptown...
Significance: The Sharptown Bridge was the first bridge built entirely under the control of the State Roads Commission. It is the first and only bridge at this location. Survey number: HAER MD-52 Building/st... More
Lower Grand River Bridge, Carries Louisiana Highway 997 (LA 997) over ...
Significance: This pontoon swing bridge has significance as a distinctive example of a movable bridge. Its significance is demonstrated by the presence of distinctive engineering and design features of the pont... More
South Carolina Route 174 Bridge, Spanning Dawhoo River on South Caroli...
Significance: The S.C. Route 174 Bridge is identified as Charleston 2 in the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation's (SCDHPT) Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. Its significance is... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning...
Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railro... More
J. H. Millhollin Memorial Bridge, Spanning Ocmulgee River at Blackshea...
Significance: The J.H. Millhollin Bridge is one of only four remaining swing span bridges recorded in Georgia. The bridge, composed of a Camelback through truss and a Warren through truss swing span, is the on... More
Judsonia Bridge, Spanning LIttle White River at County Road 66, Judson...
Significance: The Judsonia bridge, completed in 1924, is significant as the only known swing bridge in Arkansas designed as a cantilever. Besides adding an aesthetic touch, the cantilever-like peak on the top ... More
Boldman Bridge, Spanning Levisa Fork, Pikeville, Pike County, KY
Significance: The Boldman Bridge is a rare surviving example of a swinging suspension bridge, which is a distinctive cultural feature of Eastern Kentucky. The east tower is original, constructed of I-beams and... More
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
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
Gianella Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at State Highway 32, Hamilt...
Significance: The Gianella Bridge is the oldest remaining highway swing bridge in California. It is important in local history for its relation to events in local economic and agricultural development. It is ... More
Leavenworth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Leavenworth, Leavenworth ...
See also HAER NE-2 for historical report and additional documentation. Significance: The bridge that George Morison designed for Leavenworth represented a synthesis of his previous thirteen bridges over the Mis... More
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 - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Sharptown Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River, State Route 313, Sharptown...
Significance: The Sharptown Bridge was the first bridge built entirely under the control of the State Roads Commission. It is the first and only bridge at this location. Survey number: HAER MD-52 Building/st... More