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Frazer Creek Bridge, Spanning Frazer Creek on Schoodic Peninsula Road, Winter Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Frazer Creek Bridge, Spanning Frazer Creek on Schoodic Peninsula Road,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N336 Survey number: HAER ME-23

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River (moved to Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis), Brownsville, Union County, IN

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River (moved...

Part of Indiana Recording Project of HAER/Ball State University, sponsored by Indian Historical Society, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and Ball State University Significance: The only remaining exam... More

Dentville Road Bridge, Spanning Hiawassee River on Dentville Road, Benton, Polk County, TN

Dentville Road Bridge, Spanning Hiawassee River on Dentville Road, Ben...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of both the through Parker and Pratt trusses. It is also significant due to its local historical associations and its association with the Joliet Bridge and ... More

Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now bypassed)  (changed from Spanning Middle River at county road), Winterset, Madison County, IA

Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now ...

See Historical Overview of Iowa Bridges, HAER No. IA-88, which provides a unified historical context of bridges included in Iowa Historic Bridges Recording Project I and II. Significance: Madison County has the... More

Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now bypassed)  (changed from Spanning Middle River at county road), Winterset, Madison County, IA

Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now ...

See Historical Overview of Iowa Bridges, HAER No. IA-88, which provides a unified historical context of bridges included in Iowa Historic Bridges Recording Project I and II. Significance: Madison County has the... More

Center Street Swing Bridge, Southwest of Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Center Street Swing Bridge, Southwest of Public Square, Cleveland, Cuy...

Significance: The bridge is the last remaining swing bridge in Cleveland. The bridge is a rim-bearing bobtail through Pratt truss. It was fabricated and erected by the nationally-famous King Bridge Company of C... More

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River (moved to Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis), Brownsville, Union County, IN

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River (moved...

Part of Indiana Recording Project of HAER/Ball State University, sponsored by Indian Historical Society, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and Ball State University Significance: The only remaining exam... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Frost Bridge Road Bridge, Spanning Naugatuck River, Thomaston, Litchfield County, CT

Frost Bridge Road Bridge, Spanning Naugatuck River, Thomaston, Litchfi...

Significance: The Frost Bridge Road Bridge is historically significant as an example of a Pratt Through truss bridge, a popular structure type commonly used throughout the northeast. Survey number: HAER CT-35 ... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River at State Route 72, West Dundee, Kane County, IL

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River at State Route 72, West Dundee,...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is one of only two bridges which crosses the Fox River in Dundee Township. It is a contributing structure to the Dundee Township Historical District and is the only bridge ... More

Covered Bridge, Spanning Spain's Creek, North Lewisburg, Champaign County, OH

Covered Bridge, Spanning Spain's Creek, North Lewisburg, Champaign Cou...

Significance: Built about 1859. Has been in continuous use since that date. Now condemned to be removed. Builder, Mr. Partridge of Marysville. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 S... More

Dubois County Bridge No. 3002, Spanning Hunley Creek on State Road 64, Huntingburg, Dubois County, IN

Dubois County Bridge No. 3002, Spanning Hunley Creek on State Road 64,...

Significance: The bridge is significant as one of the earliest and best examples of continuous concrete T-beam design undertaken by the Indiana State Highway Commission. Survey number: HAER IN-98

Imes Bridge, Spanning a ravine south of County Road G50, .5 mile west of I-35, Saint Charles, Madison County, IA

Imes Bridge, Spanning a ravine south of County Road G50, .5 mile west ...

Significance: Imes Bridge is one of nineteen covered bridges built in Madison County, Iowa, in the late nineteenth century, and the oldest of five that survive. Survey number: HAER IA-94 Building/structure da... More

John Bright No. 2 Covered Bridge, Bish Road (Township Route 263) over Poplar Creek, Carroll, Fairfield County, OH

John Bright No. 2 Covered Bridge, Bish Road (Township Route 263) over ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchest...

Significance: The bridge is significant as the best example of the steel arch truss (the most advanced metal truss design) in New Hampshire. The structure is one of five surviving steel arch bridges in the stat... More

Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchest...

Significance: The bridge is significant as the best example of the steel arch truss (the most advanced metal truss design) in New Hampshire. The structure is one of five surviving steel arch bridges in the stat... More

Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchest...

Significance: The bridge is significant as the best example of the steel arch truss (the most advanced metal truss design) in New Hampshire. The structure is one of five surviving steel arch bridges in the stat... More

Stevens Creek Bridge, Spanning Stevens Creek on Stevens Canyon Highway, Packwood, Lewis County, WA

Stevens Creek Bridge, Spanning Stevens Creek on Stevens Canyon Highway...

Significance: The Stevens Creek Bridge represents a transition in the park road bridges from standard reinforced concrete arches to arched girder designs. Its stone facing is characteristic of the National Par... More

Station Road Bridge, Spanning Cuyahoga River, Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, OH

Station Road Bridge, Spanning Cuyahoga River, Brecksville, Cuyahoga Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fourteen Mile Road Bridge, Spanning St. Joseph River, Tekonsha, Calhoun County, MI

Fourteen Mile Road Bridge, Spanning St. Joseph River, Tekonsha, Calhou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Old Carr Bridge, Spanning Beard Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsborough County, NH

Old Carr Bridge, Spanning Beard Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsborough County,...

Survey number: HABS NH-32-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1936 Subsequent Work

Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, Seymour, Jackson County, IN

Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, ...

Post truss, 2 spans Significance: Bells Ford Bridge is the only combination Post truss bridge, and one of only four Post truss bridges of all types surviving in the United States. It symbolizes the significant... More

Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, Seymour, Jackson County, IN

Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, ...

Post truss, 2 spans Significance: Bells Ford Bridge is the only combination Post truss bridge, and one of only four Post truss bridges of all types surviving in the United States. It symbolizes the significant... More

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, ...

Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, th... More

Clarendon Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 79, Clarendon, Monroe County, AR

Clarendon Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 79, Clarendon, ...

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

Roosevelt Drive Bridge, Spanning Menomonee River at Roosevelt Road, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, WI

Roosevelt Drive Bridge, Spanning Menomonee River at Roosevelt Road, Me...

Significance: The Roosevelt Drive Bridge is a two-arch, limestone structure that was completed in 1899. It is significant as the only example of a late nineteenth century, stone-arch bridge in the historic por... More

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...

Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...

Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...

Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...

Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...

Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More

North Bridge, Spanning Quarton Lake branch of River Rouge, Birmingham, Oakland County, MI

North Bridge, Spanning Quarton Lake branch of River Rouge, Birmingham,...

Survey number: HAER MI-78 Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kentucky 1804 Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork Creek, Saxton, Whitley County, KY

Kentucky 1804 Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork Creek, Saxton, Whitley Count...

Significance: Rare mixed Warren and Pratt truss bridge which offers a good example of the changes and development that occurred in truss technology in the early twentieth century. Apparently, the only Champion... More

Kentucky 1804 Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork Creek, Saxton, Whitley County, KY

Kentucky 1804 Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork Creek, Saxton, Whitley Count...

Significance: Rare mixed Warren and Pratt truss bridge which offers a good example of the changes and development that occurred in truss technology in the early twentieth century. Apparently, the only Champion... More

East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun County, MI

East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun Cou...

Significance: The East Cass Street Bridge is a rare example of a stone arch highway bridge, a type seldom used in Michigan because of the availability of cheap timber. The structure is also uncommon because it... More

East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun County, MI

East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun Cou...

Significance: The East Cass Street Bridge is a rare example of a stone arch highway bridge, a type seldom used in Michigan because of the availability of cheap timber. The structure is also uncommon because it... More

East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun County, MI

East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun Cou...

Significance: The East Cass Street Bridge is a rare example of a stone arch highway bridge, a type seldom used in Michigan because of the availability of cheap timber. The structure is also uncommon because it... More

York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...

Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bicycle & Walking Trail, Sinking Spring, Berks County, PA

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...

Significance: Rush's Mill Bridge is one of a small number of composite cast- and wrought-iron bridges yet remaining in the U.S. It is also one of the few existing examples employing the Howe-truss form in whic... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portland, Somerset County, ME

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

Buffalo River Bridge, Spanning Buffalo River on U.S. Highway 65, Marshall, Searcy County, AR

Buffalo River Bridge, Spanning Buffalo River on U.S. Highway 65, Marsh...

Significance: The Buffalo River Bridge was the first major bridge to span the Buffalo River in north central Arkansas. It is one of the few specimens of the open spandrel concrete deck arch bridge type remaini... More

Obsidian Creek Bridge, Spanning Obsidian Creek at Indian Creek Campground, Lake, Teton County, WY

Obsidian Creek Bridge, Spanning Obsidian Creek at Indian Creek Campgro...

Significance: Obsidian Creek Bridge is one of two remaining Army Corps of Engineers bridges in Yellowstone National Park. It represents the significant role that the Corps of Engineers played in the early year... More

Fourteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri Pacific Railroad at Fourteenth Street, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Fourteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri Pacific Railroad at Fourte...

Significance: This bridge is the only identified timber Kingpost bridge in Arkansas. Survey number: HAER AR-42 Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work

Saline River Bridge, County Highway 365 across Saline River, Benton, Saline County, AR

Saline River Bridge, County Highway 365 across Saline River, Benton, S...

Significance: The Saline River Bridge is one of only ten unaltered, reinforced concrete, open-spandrel, deck arch bridges currently surviving in Arkansas. Constructed as part of a six bridge improvement projec... More

Fish House Bridge, Fish House Access Road, spanning Park Loop Road, Otter Creek, Hancock County, ME

Fish House Bridge, Fish House Access Road, spanning Park Loop Road, Ot...

Significance: Fish House Bridge was built to provide a grade separation for a small access road to a boat landing used by local fishermen in the Otter Creek area. The bridge is faced in native granite and is d... More

Snake River Bridge at Lyons' Ferry, State Route 261 spanning Snake River, Starbuck, Columbia County, WA

Snake River Bridge at Lyons' Ferry, State Route 261 spanning Snake Riv...

Significance: The oldest extant steel cantilever bridge in Washington. It is a good example of early-twentieth century cantilever bridge construction using carbon steel. The structure served first at Vantage Fe... More

Washington Bridge, Spanning Harlem River at One-hundred-eighty-first, New York, New York County, NY

Washington Bridge, Spanning Harlem River at One-hundred-eighty-first, ...

Significance: Provided important access to Manhattan from the north. Survey number: HAER NY-130 Building/structure dates: 1886-1889 Initial Construction

Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63/34, Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA

Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63...

Significance: As one of Iowa's most handsomely proportioned highway trusses, the Jefferson Viaduct a continuous Warren deck truss is technologically noteworthy as an uncommon application of deck truss techn... More

Bridge 4666, Minnesota Trunk Highway 19 spanning Minnesota River, North Redwood, Redwood County, MN

Bridge 4666, Minnesota Trunk Highway 19 spanning Minnesota River, Nort...

Significance: Completed in 1928 according to standardized plans of the Minnesota Highway Department (MHD), Bridge No. 4666 consists of a riveted high Parker truss and two riveted low Warren trusses. Replacing ... More

Historic Columbia River Highway, Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge, Spanning Oneonta Gorge Creek, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: One of two nearly identical reinforced-concrete girder trestles on the Historic Columbia River Highway and one of four extant structures on the route that have a distinctive cap and arch concrete ... More

Tensaw River Lift Bridge, Spanning Tensaw River at U.S. Highway 90, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Tensaw River Lift Bridge, Spanning Tensaw River at U.S. Highway 90, Mo...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tensaw River Lift Bridge, Spanning Tensaw River at U.S. Highway 90, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Tensaw River Lift Bridge, Spanning Tensaw River at U.S. Highway 90, Mo...

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

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Covered Bridge, Harry Cane Road spanning Presumpscot River, South Windham, Cumberland County, ME

Covered Bridge, Harry Cane Road spanning Presumpscot River, South Wind...

Significance: Probably built by the towns of Gorham and Windham jointly. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS ME-61 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial ... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Stono River Bridge, Spanning Stono River between James & Johns Islands, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Stono River Bridge, Spanning Stono River between James & Johns Islands...

Significance: The Stono River Bridge is identified as "Charleston 3) in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. The bridge is noteworthy in that it represents th... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, Hatfield, Polk County, AR

Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, ...

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

Wolf Point Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at State Highway 13, Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, MT

Wolf Point Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at State Highway 13, Wolf P...

Significance: The Wolf Point Bridge is the finest remaining example of a Pennsylvania through truss bridge in Montana. Completed in 1930, the four-span bridge is the most massive in the state and retains the l... More

Riverside Bridge, Spanning Truckee River at Booth Street, Reno, Washoe County, NV

Riverside Bridge, Spanning Truckee River at Booth Street, Reno, Washoe...

Significance: The Riverside Bridge is one of three surviving concrete arch deck bridges in Nevada. Its significance chiefly arises from this fact, and from its comparatively early construction date (it is not,... More

Starnes Bridge, Spanning Eagle Creek, Holbrook, Grant County, KY

Starnes Bridge, Spanning Eagle Creek, Holbrook, Grant County, KY

Significance: The Starnes Bridge is a rare surviving example of bridge technology representing the pin-connected Pennsylvania truss elements. Survey number: HAER KY-3 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Co... More

River Vale Bridge, Spanning White River on County Road 27, Bedford, Lawrence County, IN

River Vale Bridge, Spanning White River on County Road 27, Bedford, La...

Significance: The bridge is one of the best of ten surviving examples of a pin-connected Pennsylvania Through Truss with sub-ties one in the state of Indiana. This bridge is of local significance. Survey numb... More

River Vale Bridge, Spanning White River on County Road 27, Bedford, Lawrence County, IN

River Vale Bridge, Spanning White River on County Road 27, Bedford, La...

Significance: The bridge is one of the best of ten surviving examples of a pin-connected Pennsylvania Through Truss with sub-ties one in the state of Indiana. This bridge is of local significance. Survey numb... More

Dewey Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at State Highway 128, Cisco, Grand County, UT

Dewey Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at State Highway 128, Cisco, Gra...

Significance: When constructed, the Dewey Bridge was the second longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi River. It remains the longest suspension bridge in the State of Utah. Unprocessed Field note m... More

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Kentucky Route 81, Calhoun, McLean County, KY

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Ken...

Significance: The James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge is significant as the only surviving structure built by the Nashville Bridge Company in Kentucky. The bridge was determined eligible for the National Regi... More

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Kentucky Route 81, Calhoun, McLean County, KY

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Ken...

Significance: The James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge is significant as the only surviving structure built by the Nashville Bridge Company in Kentucky. The bridge was determined eligible for the National Regi... More

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Kentucky Route 81, Calhoun, McLean County, KY

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Ken...

Significance: The James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge is significant as the only surviving structure built by the Nashville Bridge Company in Kentucky. The bridge was determined eligible for the National Regi... More

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Kentucky Route 81, Calhoun, McLean County, KY

James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge, Spanning Green Pond River at Ken...

Significance: The James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge is significant as the only surviving structure built by the Nashville Bridge Company in Kentucky. The bridge was determined eligible for the National Regi... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...

Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More

Illinois Central Railroad Overpass, Spanning Illinois Central Railroad at U.S. Highway 20, Ackley, Hardin County, IA

Illinois Central Railroad Overpass, Spanning Illinois Central Railroad...

Significance: Designed by the Iowa State Highway Commission, the continuous steel plate girder of two asymmetrical spans is broken into two unequal lengths with an interesting detail off-center of the middle pi... More

Knaggs Bridge, Spanning Shiawassee River on Cole Road, Bancroft, Shiawassee County, MI

Knaggs Bridge, Spanning Shiawassee River on Cole Road, Bancroft, Shiaw...

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

Van Duzen River Bridge, Spanning Van Duzen River at CA State Highway 101, Alton, Humboldt County, CA

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

Van Duzen River Bridge, Spanning Van Duzen River at CA State Highway 101, Alton, Humboldt County, CA

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

Detters Mill Covered Bridge, Harmony Grove Road, spanning Conewago Creek, Detters Mill, York County, PA

Detters Mill Covered Bridge, Harmony Grove Road, spanning Conewago Cre...

Significance: One of the longest wood bridges in the state, this bridge was a fine example of early 19th century engineering. Attributed to noted early bridge engineer, Theodore Burr. Survey number: HABS PA-5... 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

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Ce...

Significance: The Veterans Memorial Park and Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge derives its significance by its historical association with the Veterans Memorial Park. The park and bridge are early examples of l... More

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Ce...

Significance: The Veterans Memorial Park and Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge derives its significance by its historical association with the Veterans Memorial Park. The park and bridge are early examples of l... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Bay Street Viaduct, U.S. 17 & Bay Street, spanning Central of Georgia Railroad, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Bay Street Viaduct, U.S. 17 & Bay Street, ...

Significance: The Bay Street Viaduct is representative of an intact example of an early 20th century viaduct built to span railroad tracks and yards. It is a relatively rare example for an important type of 20... More

Kentucky Route 36 Bridge, Spanning Lick Fork Creek near Camp Northward, Williamstown, Grant County, KY

Kentucky Route 36 Bridge, Spanning Lick Fork Creek near Camp Northward...

Significance: The Lick Creek Bridge is a two-span, closed spandrel, concrete arch structure constructed in 1922. It was constructed by the Luten Bridge Company of York, Pennsylvania, and is one of four survivi... More

Dunnville Bridge, Spanning Red Cedar River at County Trunk Highway Y, Downsville, Dunn County, WI

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

Detroit Superior High Level Bridge, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Detroit Superior High Level Bridge, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit Superior High Level Bridge, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Detroit Superior High Level Bridge, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

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

Cotter Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 62, Cotter, Baxter County, AR

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

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