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The Robert C. Byrd Bridge, a 720-foot continuous truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia, and Chesapeake, Ohio

The Robert C. Byrd Bridge, a 720-foot continuous truss bridge that cro...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The crossing was constructed to replace an old, narrow two-lane structure that was demolished after 69 years of service in a spectacul... More

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route 657, Bedford, Bedford City, Virginia

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route ...

Significance: Roaring Run is one of the oldest surviving bridges of its type (Bowstring Truss Bridge) in the United States. / This highway bridge, fabricated by King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleve... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region]

[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Ka...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County R...

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest... More

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County R...

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest... More

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County R...

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest... More

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

View from the Washington side of the the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a steel cantilever through truss bridge that spans the mouth of the Columbia River, between Astoria, Oregon, and Point Ellice, near Megler, Washington

View from the Washington side of the the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a stee...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County R...

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

Part of construction corps building new military truss bridge across Bull Run, April 1863

Part of construction corps building new military truss bridge across B...

No. 45 (handwritten) and 2546 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region]

[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Ka...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on ...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information from several sources. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital color composite made... More

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at County Route 463, Ross, Butler County, OH

Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami R...

Significance: The Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the largest and most important bridge concerns in the United States in th... More

Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at County Route 463, Ross, Butler County, OH

Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami R...

Significance: The Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the largest and most important bridge concerns in the United States in th... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbott Road (Pleasant Township), Tiffin, Seneca County, OH

Abbott's Parker Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Sandusky River at Abbot...

Significance: This bridge is a typical example of a Parker through truss and is the last bridge to be built in Seneca County by Massillon Bridge Company. The bridge is an example of a truss configuration devel... More

[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region]

[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Ka...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Sunset beyond the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a steel cantilever through truss bridge that spans the mouth of the Columbia River, between Astoria, Oregon, and Point Ellice, near Megler, Washington. Opened in 1966, it is (as of 2018) the longest continuous truss bridge in North America

Sunset beyond the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a steel cantilever through tr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route 657, Bedford, Bedford City, Virginia

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route ...

Significance: Roaring Run is one of the oldest surviving bridges of its type (Bowstring Truss Bridge) in the United States. / This highway bridge, fabricated by King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleve... More

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route 657, Bedford, Bedford City, Virginia

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route ...

Significance: Roaring Run is one of the oldest surviving bridges of its type (Bowstring Truss Bridge) in the United States. / This highway bridge, fabricated by King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleve... More

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at State Route 73, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Scioto Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Scioto River at Sta...

Significance: This bridge was for many years the only highway bridge across the Scioto River in Scioto County. It thus provided a vital road link in addition to crating a bridge for the Portsmouth Street Railw... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge. Bridge plan and elevation

Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge. Bridge plan and eleva...

Preliminary drawing showing bridge as plan and elevation; engineering drawing. UNIT title devised. Date based on truss type and date of Bulfinch's last known work. Drawing not signed; attribution based on drawi... More

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County R...

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at County Route 463, Ross, Butler County, OH

Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami R...

Significance: The Old Colerain Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the largest and most important bridge concerns in the United States in th... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route 657, Bedford, Bedford City, Virginia

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route ...

Significance: Roaring Run is one of the oldest surviving bridges of its type (Bowstring Truss Bridge) in the United States. / This highway bridge, fabricated by King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleve... More

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County R...

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest... More

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River at Harrison Road (Route 457), Miamitown, Hamilton County, OH

Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Great Miami Riv...

Significance: The Harrison Road Camelback Through Truss Bridge was built in 1894 by the King Bridge Company, one of the largest and most important bridge building concerns in the United States during the late 1... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military... More

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route 657, Bedford, Bedford City, Virginia

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route ...

Significance: Roaring Run is one of the oldest surviving bridges of its type (Bowstring Truss Bridge) in the United States. / This highway bridge, fabricated by King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleve... More

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route 657, Bedford, Bedford City, Virginia

Roaring Run Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning Roaring Run, State Route ...

Significance: Roaring Run is one of the oldest surviving bridges of its type (Bowstring Truss Bridge) in the United States. / This highway bridge, fabricated by King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleve... More

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO

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

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