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Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge acro... More

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge acro... More

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

Barrage du Nil, près du Caire (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Barrage du Nil, près du Caire (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Photograph shows the Delta Barrage (Nile Barrage), a dam on the Nile River near Cairo, Egypt. No. 96.

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge acro... More

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge acro... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

The Newell Toll Bridge across the Ohio River between Newell, West Virginia, and East Liverpool, Ohio

The Newell Toll Bridge across the Ohio River between Newell, West Virg...

Title devised by Library staff based on information supplied by a researcher in 2019. The bridge (also known as the New Steubenville Bridge) carries U.S. Route 22 across the Ohio River. It replaced the Fort St... More

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

The toll-takers / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The toll-takers / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows four toll-takers labeled "Retailer's Profit, Commission Broker's Profit, Rail Road's Profit, [and] Express Company's Profit" on a bridge spanning a small waterway that separates the rural "Pr... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Centennial Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Dave...

Significance: This bridge is a major river span and was the first tied-arch span across the Mississippi River. The bridge was fabricated, and the superstructure built, by American Bridge Company, New York, one... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

Shows ferry which crosses the Columbia River (Oregon to Washington.) Toll bridges are replacing the ferries which are private enterprises and do not run on schedule. Eastbound freight seen on Washington side

Shows ferry which crosses the Columbia River (Oregon to Washington.) T...

Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge acro... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

Glenns Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Glenns Falls / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

Print shows a view of the Hudson River at Glenns Falls with a building on an island and a bridge spanning the river and passing through the building; also shows people on the island. No. 6 of the Hudson River ... More

[Old toll bridge, Springfield, Massachusetts.]

[Old toll bridge, Springfield, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge acro... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI

State Highway Bridge No. 16, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon...

Significance: Bridge No. 16 was significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its role in the history of transportation in the Upper Midwest. Survey number: HAER WI-64 Building/structure da... More

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV

Chelyan Bridge, Spanning Kanawha River at U.S. Route 61 spur, Chelyan,...

Significance: This bridge, spanning the Kanawha River at Chelyan, was constructed in 1928-29. The construction of the bridge showed how the volume of traffic increased as advances were made in the automobile i... More

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