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Merritt Parkway, Morehouse Highway Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Morehouse Highway Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, F...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Gibbon River Bridge No. 2, Spanning Gibbon River at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Gibbon River Bridge No. 2, Spanning Gibbon River at Grand Loop Road, L...

Significance: Gibbon River Bridge II typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize manmade features with their natural surroundings. This... More

Otter Creek Bridge No. 2, Spanning Otter Creek at spur of Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY

Otter Creek Bridge No. 2, Spanning Otter Creek at spur of Grand Loop R...

Significance: Otter Creek Bridge II 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... More

Horton Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Warrior River, Oneonta, Blount County, AL

Horton Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Warrior River, Oneonta, Blount Cou...

Significance: The Horton Mill Bridge is one of three surviving covered bridges in Blount County, Alabama, one of the last strongholds of covered bridge building in the United States. Spanning an impressive 70-... More

Tivoli Island Bridge, Spanning Rock River Channel from mainland to west side of Tivoli Island (moved from Milwaukee), Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

Tivoli Island Bridge, Spanning Rock River Channel from mainland to wes...

Significance: In 1866, Zenas King from Ohio received a patent for an innovative tubular iron-arch design. Increasing the sectional area of the top chord toward the ends of the arch, he claimed, strengthened th... 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

Bayou Teche at Charenton Bridge, Carries Louisiana Highway 324 (LA 324) over Bayou Teche, Charenton, St. Mary Parish, LA

Bayou Teche at Charenton Bridge, Carries Louisiana Highway 324 (LA 324...

Significance: This Warren pony truss swing bridge has significance as an example of a movable swing bridge. Its significance is demonstrated by the presence of distinctive engineering and design features of a p... 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

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

Zumbrota Bridge, Spanning North Fork Zumbro River in Covered Bridge Park, Zumbrota, Goodhue County, MN

Zumbrota Bridge, Spanning North Fork Zumbro River in Covered Bridge Pa...

Significance: In 1856, the city of Zumbrota was founded by immigrants from Massachusetts, along the Zumbro River on the Dubuque to St. Paul stagecoach trail. The Zumbrota Bridge was first constructed by Evander... More

Hotchkiss Bridge, Spanning North Fork River on County Road 3400, Hotchkiss, Delta County, CO

Hotchkiss Bridge, Spanning North Fork River on County Road 3400, Hotch...

Significance: Erected using steel components rolled by the Lackawanna Steel Company, the Hotchkiss Bridge was a locally important crossing of the North Fork River. Built by Colorado's most prolific bridge contr... 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

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

Henkin's Ford Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at CART Road 181, Proctorville, Caldwell County, MO

Henkin's Ford Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at CART Road 181, Proctorvi...

Significance: The Henkin's Ford Bridge is an example of a pin-connected through Warren Truss erected by King Bridge Company. This type of bridge was rarely used in this part of the country and is one of two le... 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

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

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

National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40 (Old), Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...

Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... 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

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

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

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

Davison Freeway, John R. Street Avenue Bridge, Spanning Davison Freeway, Highland Park, Wayne County, MI

Davison Freeway, John R. Street Avenue Bridge, Spanning Davison Freewa...

Significance: One of four identical single-span bridges designed to carry major north-south arterial streets over the Davison Limited Highway, built to speed crosstown traffic through Highland Park. The others... More

Merritt Parkway, Hillside Road Bridge, Spanning Hillside Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Hillside Road Bridge, Spanning Hillside Road, Fairfie...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke, Giles County, Virginia

New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke, Gil...

Significance: The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 191... More

New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke, Giles County, Virginia

New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke, Gil...

Significance: The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 191... More

New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke, Giles County, Virginia

New River Bridge, Spanning New River at State Route 623, Pembroke, Gil...

Significance: The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 191... 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.

Wapsipinicon River Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at State Highway 150, Independence, Buchanan County, IA

Wapsipinicon River Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at State Highwa...

Significance: Significant as an unaltered, well preserved four-span, closed spandrel, reinforced concrete arch bridge with original railing that was a standard bridge type designed by the Iowa State Highway Com... 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

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

Cottrell Road Bridge, Spanning CSX Transportation tracks, Vassar, Tuscola County, MI

Cottrell Road Bridge, Spanning CSX Transportation tracks, Vassar, Tusc...

Significance: This bridge is one of only six timber trestle structures in Michigan and by far the longest examples, having twice the length of the next longest example. Survey number: HAER MI-110

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

Forsythe Bridge, Spanning Big Flat Rock Creek, CR 650S, Moscow, Rush County, IN

Forsythe Bridge, Spanning Big Flat Rock Creek, CR 650S, Moscow, Rush C...

Significance: Local bridge contractor Emmett L. Kennedy built the Forsythe Bridge in 1888. The Kennedy family of Rushville built nearly sixty covered bridges, which are distinguished primarily by the scrollwor... 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 train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mount Pocono Bridge, Fairview Avenue, over Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Mount Pocono, Monroe County, PA

Mount Pocono Bridge, Fairview Avenue, over Delaware, Lackawanna & West...

Significance: The bridge is important at a state and local level as one of three late 19th-early 20th century metal truss bridges standing in Monroe County. The dwindling number of metal truss bridges in Monroe... More

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at River Street (State Route 2004), Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at River Street (State Route 20...

Significance: This filled-spandrel stone arch bridge is distinguished by its 39' span over Mill Creek with an impressive 32'10" clear height. Unusual corbels at the spring line, used to support temporary center... More

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

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

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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

Merritt Parkway, Pequonnock River Bridge, Spanning Pequonnock River, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Pequonnock River Bridge, Spanning Pequonnock River, T...

Significance: Pequonnock River Bridge is a component of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, in large part b... 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

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

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, Proctor, St. Louis County, MN

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...

Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... More

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, Proctor, St. Louis County, MN

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...

Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... 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 vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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 of a canal, water landscape, 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

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

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Elkmont Vehicle Bridge, Spanning Little River at Elkmont Campground, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Elkmont Vehicle B...

Significance: The Elkmont Bridge is a significant component of the transportation system in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Providing access to the first national park in the southern portion of the Unite... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River at Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of ...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... 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

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

Springfield-Des Arc Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Cadron Creek at Old Springfield-Des Arc Road (County Road 222), Springfield, Conway County, AR

Springfield-Des Arc Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Cadron Creek at O...

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Warner's Bridge, Mill Road, spanning Ipswich River, Hamilton, Essex County, MA

Warner's Bridge, Mill Road, spanning Ipswich River, Hamilton, Essex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS MA-251 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1937 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

McCammon Overhead & River Crossing Bridge, Interstate 15, Business, 3.3 mile post , McCammon, Bannock County, ID

McCammon Overhead & River Crossing Bridge, Interstate 15, Business, 3....

Significance: The McCammon Bridge is the longest of the concrete tee-beam bridges built in Idaho between 1915 and 1945. It crosses the Portneaf River and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The bridge was orig... More

McCammon Overhead & River Crossing Bridge, Interstate 15, Business, 3.3 mile post , McCammon, Bannock County, ID

McCammon Overhead & River Crossing Bridge, Interstate 15, Business, 3....

Significance: The McCammon Bridge is the longest of the concrete tee-beam bridges built in Idaho between 1915 and 1945. It crosses the Portneaf River and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The bridge was orig... More

New Fork River Bridge, County Road 136, Boulder, Sublette County, WY

New Fork River Bridge, County Road 136, Boulder, Sublette County, WY

Significance: The New Fork River Bridge is the only two span Kingpost Timber truss in the State. It is the most sophisticated of the few timber trusses still functional on the County Road System. As the best ... 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

Alcovy Road Bridge, Spanning Alcovy River, Covington, Newton County, GA

Alcovy Road Bridge, Spanning Alcovy River, Covington, Newton County, G...

Significance: The Alcovy Road Bridge is composed of two steel bolt connected Warren pony trusses with verticals and one pin-connected Pratt through truss. The overall length of the bridge is 225 feet. The bri... More

Alcovy Road Bridge, Spanning Alcovy River, Covington, Newton County, GA

Alcovy Road Bridge, Spanning Alcovy River, Covington, Newton County, G...

Significance: The Alcovy Road Bridge is composed of two steel bolt connected Warren pony trusses with verticals and one pin-connected Pratt through truss. The overall length of the bridge is 225 feet. The bri... More

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

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

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, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 over a water stream, 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

Miller Ford Bridge, Spanning Grand River at County Road 469, McFall, Gentry County, MO

Miller Ford Bridge, Spanning Grand River at County Road 469, McFall, G...

Significance: The Miller Ford Bridge is a one-span steel, pin-connected camelback through truss, one of few built in Missouri and among the oldest of the ten that remain in use. It was built by the St. Joseph ... More

Miller Ford Bridge, Spanning Grand River at County Road 469, McFall, Gentry County, MO

Miller Ford Bridge, Spanning Grand River at County Road 469, McFall, G...

Significance: The Miller Ford Bridge is a one-span steel, pin-connected camelback through truss, one of few built in Missouri and among the oldest of the ten that remain in use. It was built by the St. Joseph ... More

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...

Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... More

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...

Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... More

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...

Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... 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

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

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

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

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 vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway 36, Kingston, Caldwell County, MO

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway...

Significance: The main span of the Gould Farm bridge is an example of common Pratt truss used extensively through the country from 1844 to the early part of this century. It was fabricated by the Cleveland Bri... More

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway 36, Kingston, Caldwell County, MO

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway...

Significance: The main span of the Gould Farm bridge is an example of common Pratt truss used extensively through the country from 1844 to the early part of this century. It was fabricated by the Cleveland Bri... More

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

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

Curry Creek Bridge, Spanning Curry Creek at State Route 15, Jefferson, Jackson County, GA

Curry Creek Bridge, Spanning Curry Creek at State Route 15, Jefferson,...

Significance: Curry Creek Bridge represents the solid concrete arch bridge type. One of forty-six concrete arch bridges recorded in the state of Georgia and one of thirty-seven identified as a solid concrete a... 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

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

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

Oak Creek Administrative Center, One half mile east of Zion-Mount Carmel Highway at Oak Creek, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Oak Creek Administrative Center, One half mile east of Zion-Mount Carm...

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

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