Noah's Arc Covered Bridge, County Route B over Little Platte River, Ho...
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Van Duzen River Bridge, Spanning Van Duzen River at CA State Highway 1...
Significance: The Van Duzen River Bridge, also known as the Alton Bridge, was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It represents a transitional design in the evo... More
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 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
Fishing Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at East Entrance Road, Lake...
Significance: Fishing 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 philos... More
Fishing Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at East Entrance Road, Lake...
Significance: Fishing 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 philos... More
Fishing Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at East Entrance Road, Lake...
Significance: Fishing 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 philos... More
Covered Bridge, Spanning Choccolocco Creek , Old Eastaboga, Talladega ...
Survey number: HABS AL-445 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...
Significance: Following World War II, the U.S. Coast Guard sought additional vessels for its depleted fleet. Lacking an appropriation to construct tenders to its own specifications, the Coast Guard acquired ei... More
U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...
Significance: Following World War II, the U.S. Coast Guard sought additional vessels for its depleted fleet. Lacking an appropriation to construct tenders to its own specifications, the Coast Guard acquired ei... More
U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...
Significance: Following World War II, the U.S. Coast Guard sought additional vessels for its depleted fleet. Lacking an appropriation to construct tenders to its own specifications, the Coast Guard acquired ei... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Lamar River Bridge, Spanning Lamar River at Northeast Entrance Road, L...
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Scotts Bluff Summit Road, Gering, Scotts Bluff County, NE
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Scotts Bluff Summit Road, Gering, Scotts Bluff County, NE
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Scotts Bluff Summit Road, Gering, Scotts Bluff County, NE
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Scotts Bluff Summit Road, Gering, Scotts Bluff County, NE
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St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, n...
Significance: Like all Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridges, the St. Charles Air Line Bridge rotates vertically, lifting to clear the river it spans. This particular bridge is unique, however, in that its des... More
Genoa Peak Road, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Peak Road was a major historic log haul road used for timber harvest activities associated with the Comstock mining era. This road once interconnected an elaborate network of secondary ... More
Dunnville Bridge, Spanning Red Cedar River at County Trunk Highway Y, ...
Significance: The Dunnville Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, Warren overhead truss with verticals. It is among the earliest examples of the Wisconsin Highway Department's use of this design; previous... More
Cotter Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 62, Cotter, Baxter...
Significance: The Cotter Bridge is the only bridge in Arkansas known to be designed and engineered by the Marsh Engineering Company, a significant twentieth-century bridge-building company. Among the largest t... More
Moore Road Bridge, Spannning North Fork Creek at Moore Road, Unionvill...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...
Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More
New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...
Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...
Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More
Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County...
Significance: The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more tha... More
[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Merritt Parkway, South Avenue/Route 124 Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkw...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More
Portland & Southwestern Railroad Tunnel, Willamette Meridian, Chapman,...
Significance: The Portland and Southwestern Railroad Tunnel is one of the longer semi-temporary railroad tunnels built for logging transport in Oregon and the only tunnel to cross the divide of the Oregon coast... More
Portland & Southwestern Railroad Tunnel, Willamette Meridian, Chapman,...
Significance: The Portland and Southwestern Railroad Tunnel is one of the longer semi-temporary railroad tunnels built for logging transport in Oregon and the only tunnel to cross the divide of the Oregon coast... More
Boundary Channel Bridge, Spanning Boundary Channel, Washington, Distri...
Significance: Boundary Channel Bridge is unique among the other bridges erected along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. It consists of seven reinforced concrete cantilever girders and two exterior girders of ... More
Boundary Channel Bridge, Spanning Boundary Channel, Washington, Distri...
Significance: Boundary Channel Bridge is unique among the other bridges erected along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. It consists of seven reinforced concrete cantilever girders and two exterior girders of ... More
Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh (No. 9...
See also HAER PA-5 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Survey number: HABS PA-604 Building/structure dates: 1925-1927 Initial Construction
Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson...
Significance: The bridge possesses state level engineering significance as an example of the through Parker and camelback truss types for its uncommon concrete trusses. The bridge possesses local significance a... More
Roubideau Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River at County Road G50R, Delta, ...
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Davison Freeway from M-10 to Oakland Avenue, Davison Freeway, M-10 to ...
Significance: The Davison Freeway was the first below-grade limited access highway built in Michigan and the first built in a Michigan city. It was one of the first depressed urban freeways in the United State... More
[James River, Virginia Another view of the Dutch Gap canal]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.
Crater Lake National Park Roads, Goodbye Creek Bridge, Spanning Goodby...
Significance: This is one of the earliest examples of glue-laminate bridge work in America. Survey number: HAER OR-107-A Building/structure dates: 1954 Initial Construction
Crater Lake National Park Roads, Goodbye Creek Bridge, Spanning Goodby...
Significance: This is one of the earliest examples of glue-laminate bridge work in America. Survey number: HAER OR-107-A Building/structure dates: 1954 Initial Construction
Crater Lake National Park Roads, Goodbye Creek Bridge, Spanning Goodby...
Significance: This is one of the earliest examples of glue-laminate bridge work in America. Survey number: HAER OR-107-A Building/structure dates: 1954 Initial Construction
Roseman Bridge, Spanning Middle River at bypassed section of Webster T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Roseman Bridge, Spanning Middle River at bypassed section of Webster T...
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Colonial Parkway, Navy Mine Depot, Spanning Naval Weapons Road, Yorkto...
Significance: As one of the first two completed structures on the Colonial Parkway, the Navy Mine Depot Overpass employed the characteristic colonial brickwork and reinforced concrete arch design indicative of ... More
Milltown Bridge, Spanning Vache Grasse Creek tributary at County Road ...
Significance: This bridge is one of eight known masonry arch bridges in Arkansas. It survives as a significant example of WPA bridge construction in the state. Survey number: HAER AR-55 Building/structure da... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Crown Point Viaduct, Encircling Vista...
Significance: A half-viaduct designed to carry pedestrians around the outer edge of a spiral section of roadway around the top of a 725' promontory on the Historic Columbia River Highway. Ingenious use of rein... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Crown Point Viaduct, Encircling Vista...
Significance: A half-viaduct designed to carry pedestrians around the outer edge of a spiral section of roadway around the top of a 725' promontory on the Historic Columbia River Highway. Ingenious use of rein... More
Special Party. Lucy E. Anthony, Chairman of Transportation, National A...
Burlington Route/Northern Pacific itinerary, rates for special train for National American Woman Suffrage Association delegates and friends, leaving Chicago June 25 for Seattle. Return ride trips to Mount Raini... More
Pacheco Creek Bridge, San Felipe Road ,spanning Pacheco Creek, San Fel...
Significance: The Pacheco Creek Bridge is one of only three extant truss bridges in Santa Clara County and is the sole remaining truss bridge in San Benito County. Representing a type, period and method of con... More
Pacheco Creek Bridge, San Felipe Road ,spanning Pacheco Creek, San Fel...
Significance: The Pacheco Creek Bridge is one of only three extant truss bridges in Santa Clara County and is the sole remaining truss bridge in San Benito County. Representing a type, period and method of con... More
Roberts Bridge, Old Camden Pike, Spanning Seven Mile Creek, Eaton, Pre...
Survey number: HABS OH-2229 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000651
Foresta Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
Survey number: HAER CA-321 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Conrail Port Perry Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Port Perry, All...
Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; HAER PA-299, Monongahela Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela Rive... More
Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows horse drawn cars and pedestrians on a tubular bridge supporting water pipes in Georgetown. No. 267. Alternate title from another view in Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints /... More
Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows horse drawn cars and pedestrians on a tubular bridge supporting water pipes in Georgetown. No. 267. Alternate title from another view in Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints /... More
Short Pump Shell Gas Station, 11441 West Broad Street, Short Pump, Hen...
Significance: The Short Pump Shell Station, built in 1938-1939, possesses the distinctive features of a type. Built in the "little bungalow" style, it exemplifies one of the most popular filling station design... More
Railroad Depot, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Survey number: HABS AZ-11 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000337
Railroad Depot, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Survey number: HABS AZ-11 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000337
Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joli...
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Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joli...
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Illinois Waterway, Brandon Road Lock and Dam , 1100 Brandon Road, Joli...
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Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, Spans Middle Fork Stanislaus Rive...
Significance: The Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as the Dardanelle Bridge, represents the last known timber scissors truss a bridge type well suited for quick erection in rugged locations wit... More
Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, Spans Middle Fork Stanislaus Rive...
Significance: The Middle Fork Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as the Dardanelle Bridge, represents the last known timber scissors truss a bridge type well suited for quick erection in rugged locations wit... More
Lee Creek Bridge, Spanning Lee Creek at State Highway No. 220, Chester...
Significance: The Lee Creek Bridge is an excellent example of a Camelback Pennsylvania through truss, a late nineteenth/early twentieth century bridge type. It is significant as one of four Pennsylvania throug... More
Lee Creek Bridge, Spanning Lee Creek at State Highway No. 220, Chester...
Significance: The Lee Creek Bridge is an excellent example of a Camelback Pennsylvania through truss, a late nineteenth/early twentieth century bridge type. It is significant as one of four Pennsylvania throug... More
Minnesota Veterans' Home Complex, Steel Bridge, 5101 Minnehaha Avenue,...
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Jay Covered Bridge, Count Route 22, spans East Branch of AuSable River...
New York State Historic Bridges Recording Project Significance: The Jay Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered timber bridge in the Adirondack-Champlain region and is the longest in New York State. Unpro... More
Goodpasture Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Goodpasture Road, Vida,...
Significance: Built in 1938 at a cost of $13,154, Goodpasture Bridge replaced a ferry at this site. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1987 at a cost of $750,000 and continues to carry vehicular traffic. At 165 ... More
Generals Highway, Clover Creek Bridge, Spanning Clover Creek on Genera...
Significance: The Clover Creek Bridge was an important link of the Generals Highway allowing for construction to continue to the General Grant Tree, creating a continuous loop connecting Sequoia National Park w... More
Generals Highway, Clover Creek Bridge, Spanning Clover Creek on Genera...
Significance: The Clover Creek Bridge was an important link of the Generals Highway allowing for construction to continue to the General Grant Tree, creating a continuous loop connecting Sequoia National Park w... More
Melrose Bridge, Spanning Black River at State Trunk Highway 108, Melro...
Significance: Only six Pennsylvania highway trusses are known to have been built in Wisconsin. Four of the six, including the Melrose Bridge, have been replaced within the last 10 years. The Melrose Bridge is... More
Melrose Bridge, Spanning Black River at State Trunk Highway 108, Melro...
Significance: Only six Pennsylvania highway trusses are known to have been built in Wisconsin. Four of the six, including the Melrose Bridge, have been replaced within the last 10 years. The Melrose Bridge is... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Foothills Parkway...
Significance: The Foothills Parkway originated from the federal government's decision to locate the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Both North Carolina and Tennessee lobbied for the road, and with the an... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Foothills Parkway...
Significance: The Foothills Parkway originated from the federal government's decision to locate the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Both North Carolina and Tennessee lobbied for the road, and with the an... More
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...
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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...
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Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More
Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Kinzie Street, Spanning North Branch Chi...
Significance: This single-leaf bascule bridge represents the transition between the early Chicago-type bascule bridge, first employed in the West Cortland Street Bridge (see HAER No. IL-138), and subsequent imp... More
Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...
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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...
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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...
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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...
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Bridalveil Fall Bridge No. 3, 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
Bridalveil Fall Bridge No. 3, 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
Covered Bridge, Allenville, Cape Girardeau County, MO
Part of the Piaget-van Ravenswaay Survey, consisting of a number of photographs, primarily of sites and structures in Missouri, which were taken before 1938 by Alexander Piaget and after that by Paul Piaget, bo... More
Exchange Bridge, Spanning Providence River, Providence, Providence Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Exchange Bridge, Spanning Providence River, Providence, Providence Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
DeGray Creek Bridge, Spanning DeGray Creek at Blish Road (CR 50), Arka...
Significance: The American practice of using pins for bridge connections lasted from the 1860s until the 1920s. DeGray Creek Bridge is the only known surviving pin-connected Pratt pony truss bridge in Arkansas... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...
Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More
Bennett's Mill Bridge, Spanning Tygart's Creek, East Tygart's Creek Ro...
Significance: The Bennett's Mill Bridge is the sole surviving Wheeler truss covered bridge in the United States. Patented in 1870 by Isaac H. Wheeler of Scioto County, Ohio, this unusual truss design never mad... More
Bennett's Mill Bridge, Spanning Tygart's Creek, East Tygart's Creek Ro...
Significance: The Bennett's Mill Bridge is the sole surviving Wheeler truss covered bridge in the United States. Patented in 1870 by Isaac H. Wheeler of Scioto County, Ohio, this unusual truss design never mad... More
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia, April, 1865
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Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More