Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...
Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More
Upper Paris Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at Sutton Road, Paris,...
Significance: This Whipple through truss is structurally significant wagon crossing and a rare example of a double-intersection Pratt truss with the rare use of wrought iron components along with its truss conf... More
Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owens...
Significance: Good representative example of a pin-connected through truss. Only example in Kentucky built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company (Ohio). Survey number: HAER KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1897 I... More
Kentucky Route 762 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Panther Creek, Owens...
Significance: Good representative example of a pin-connected through truss. Only example in Kentucky built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company (Ohio). Survey number: HAER KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1897 I... More
Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson Cou...
Significance: Wrought iron bowstring arch. Survey number: HAER KS-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870- ca. 1879 Initial Construction
Merritt Parkway, Marvin River Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, N...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More
Yeakle Mill Bridge, State Route 3026 (Mill Road) spanning Little Cove ...
Significance: The Yeakle Mill Bridge is one of a few surviving Pratt pony truss structures that once were common throughout South Central Pennsylvania. Designed by the Pittsburgh Bridge Company and erected thr... More
West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...
Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More
Sac River Bridge, Spanning Sac River at U.S. Route 160, Ash Grove, Gre...
Survey number: HAER MO-110 Building/structure dates: 1926-1927 Initial Construction
Meeting House Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad 0.1 mile east o...
Significance: Meeting House Bridge has state-level significance as an increasingly rare example of timber-truss bridge technology. Howe-patent trusses such as this, combining wooden compression members with wr... More
Big Piney Creek Bridge, Spanning Big Piney Creek at State Highway 123,...
Significance: The bridge over Big Piney Creek provides an interesting example of a State Highway Department bridge design of the early 1930s executed with limited funds; although there is no apparent loss of qu... More
Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...
Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More
Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...
Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More
Mitchell's Mill Bridge, Spanning Winter's Run on Carrs Mill Road, west...
Significance: The Mitchell's Mill Bridge is a surviving example of the late 19th century wrought iron bridges once found throughout rural Maryland. The Pratt pony truss employed in the Mitchell's Mill span was... More
Covered Bridge, Carlisle, Warren County, IA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS IA-30-2 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1965- before. 1969 Subsequent Work
MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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Warren Bridge, Spanning Palmer River at State Route 114, Warren, Brist...
Significance: The Warren Bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by Daniel B. Luten's National Bridge Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was determined eligible ... More
Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...
Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More
Rolling Hill Mill Road Bridge, Grove Road, spanning east branch of AuS...
Significance: One of the older through Pratt truss bridges in New York State. This bridge was a very important link between the extensive iron, pulp, and paper processing district and the commercial and reside... More
Custer Road Bridge, Spanning Black River Drain, Carsonville, Sanilac C...
Significance: With a main span of 27.52m (90.3 feet), this is among the longest known surviving Warren pony truss bridges in Michigan, since only fifteen percent of the total exceed eighty feet. Survey number:... More
Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...
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Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...
Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More
Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...
Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More
Benson Bridge, Spanning Cutler Reservoir, Benson, Cache County, UT
Significance: The Benson Bridge is a steel through Pratt truss bridge. It is one of only 53 remaining truss bridges in Utah and one of only three remaining pin connected truss bridges left in Utah. It is also... More
Cape Creek Bridge, Spanning Cape Creek at Oregon Coast Highway, Floren...
Significance: The Cape Creek Bridge is an example of an ancient bridge design combined with early twentieth-century use of reinforced concrete construction techniques. While reminiscent of Roman stone aqueduct... More
Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River, Michigan & Bridge Streets,...
Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a rare example of a reinforced concrete arch, earth-filled bridge, and one of great size, measuring 468 feet long overall. This bridge is the second largest known surv... More
Crow Creek Bridge, Spanning Crow Creek on Grove Way, Castro Valley, Al...
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Leaday Crossing, Spanning Colorado River on Farm-Ranch Road 2134, Voss...
Significance: Located near the site of Trap Crossing, an old and much-traveled crossing of the Colorado River on the road from Coleman City to Fort Concho to the south, this bridge was the last of a long series... More
Fayette Station Bridge, Spanning New River at County Route 82, Fayette...
Significance: Fayette Station Bridge was the first bridge to cross the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia. The bridge was a result of the road building process when it was a local issue instead of the ... More
Harshman Bridge, Spanning Four Mile Creek, Concord-Fairhaven Road, Fai...
Significance: Harshman Bridge is one of seven Childs trusses in the United States. Patented in 1846 by Horace Childs of New Hampshire, the Childs truss never came into the mainstream of covered bridge building... More
Hobbs Bridge, Spanning Elk River on Curtis Road (A494), Coldwater, Lin...
Significance: The bridge is the only known surviving Baltimore Petit truss bridge in Tennessee. Survey number: HAER TN-23 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
Jones Road Bridge, Spanning Grand River, Eagle, Clinton County, MI
Significance: The bridge is part of Clinton County's local road system which primarily serves existing agricultural development, rural residential uses, and related traffic. The bridge is a steel Baltimore thr... More
Cuttingsville Bridge, Spanning Mill River at State Route 103, Shrewsbu...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More
Kuhn's Fording Bridge, Spanning Conewago Creek on Township Road 552 (H...
Significance: The Kuhn's Fording Bridge is a partially surviving example of a covered Pratt truss bridge with a wooden Burr arch. It was constructed in 1897 by local builders. Survey number: HAER PA-68 Build... More
Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...
Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More
Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Co-op Creek Bridge, Spanning Co-op Creek, S...
Significance: The Co-op Creek Bridge was constructed by the Bureau of Public Roads as part of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway. The development of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway is significant to the development of th... More
Pine Bluff Bridge, Spanning Big Walnut Creek, CR 950N, Bainbridge, Put...
Significance: J.A. Britton, one of Indiana's most prolific covered bridge builders, built the Pine Bluff Bridge in 1886. It is an excellent example of the Howe truss, patented in 1840 by William Howe of Massac... More
Pine Bluff Bridge, Spanning Big Walnut Creek, CR 950N, Bainbridge, Put...
Significance: J.A. Britton, one of Indiana's most prolific covered bridge builders, built the Pine Bluff Bridge in 1886. It is an excellent example of the Howe truss, patented in 1840 by William Howe of Massac... More
Academia Bridge, Spanning Tuscarora Creek, bypassed section of Mill Hi...
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Rodrick Bridge, Spanning Wills Creek, Otsego, Muskingum County, OH
Significance: The Rodrick Bridge is a bowstring arch bridge constructed of cast-iron segments with a lower chord of wrought-iron chain. Built in 1872 by the Coshocton Iron Works, a company managed by James W. ... More
Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...
Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More
Mitchell-Griggs Road Bridge, Spannning Caney Fork on Mitchell-Griggs R...
Significance: The Mitchell-Griggs Road Bridge is an early riveted Warren pony truss, built on a slight skew. Survey number: HAER KY-6 Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Building/structure da... More
Jenny Lind Bridge, Spanning Vache Grasse Creek tributary at County Roa...
Significance: The Jenny Lind Bridge is one of eight known masonry arch bridges in Arkansas. It is a good example of WPA bridge construction in the state. Survey number: HAER AR-54 Building/structure dates: c... More
Cedar Falls Road Bridge, Spanning Flat River, East of U.S. Highway 67,...
Significance: The bridge is one of the few remaining examples of multiple-span Pratt through truss bridges in Missouri. Constructed by the still existing Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, it is on... More
Osborn Avenue Bridge, Spanning New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley Line ...
Significance: The Osborn Avenue Bridge (currently known as the Tuttle Parkway Bridge) represents the application of an important technology and is significant as one of the few surviving truss bridges associate... More
Bedford County Bridge No. 4, Township Route 655 spanning Yellow Creek,...
Significance: This steel-constructed Pratt through truss is a typical metal truss span of the late nineteenth century. It is, however, one of the region's few surviving Keystone Bridge Company spans built for ... More
Doe River Bridge, Spanning Doe River, Third Avenue, Elizabethton, Cart...
See also HABS No. TN-224 (Elizabethton Covered Bridge) for additional documentation. Significance: The Doe River Bridge played an integral role in the historical development of the City of Elizabethton and is o... More
Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...
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Morrison Bridge, Spanning Willamette River on Morrison & Alder Streets...
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Vancouver-Portland Interstate Bridge, Interstate Route 5 Spanning Colu...
Significance: The original 1917 bridge represented an enormous financial and engineering accomplishment, shared by the counties of two states. It was designed by the renowned engineering firm Waddell & Harring... More
Old US-131 Bridge, Spanning Big Cedar River, Mecosta, Mecosta County, ...
Significance: The bridge was constructed using standardized bridge plans developed by the Michigan State Highway Department. The bridge's 4 spans make it one of the longest surviving steel multi-girder bridges... More
Pendleton Avenue Bridge, Spanning Fall Creek, Pendleton, Madison Count...
Significance: The existing structure is a four span steel beam bridge(jack arch) constructed on masonry abutments and interior concrete piers. The bituminous over concrete deck is bordered by architecturally ar... More
Pendleton Avenue Bridge, Spanning Fall Creek, Pendleton, Madison Count...
Significance: The existing structure is a four span steel beam bridge(jack arch) constructed on masonry abutments and interior concrete piers. The bituminous over concrete deck is bordered by architecturally ar... More
Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, P...
Significance: As the only crossing of the Colorado River for some 600 miles, the Navajo Bridge has had a profound impact on the commerce and transportation of a rugged, remote and isolated part of Arizona. Its ... More
Duck Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River on Route 329, Southwest ...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its associations with the homestead boom in Montana. The bridge is an important representative example in Montana of the riveted Warren through truss. The bridge is a... More
Wagon Trail Road Bridge, Spanning Eau Galle River on Wagon Trail Road,...
Significance: The Wagon Trail Road Bridge is a representative example of an early riveted version of a Pratt through truss. The Worden-Allen Company of Milwaukee was one of the significant bridge-building comp... More
Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...
Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More
Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...
Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More
Crum Bridge, Spanning Little Muskingum River, TR 384A (formerly Old Ca...
Significance: Crum Bridge is an unusual example of a multiple king post truss with tied arch center span. At 192', it is one of the two longest covered bridges in Ohio. Survey number: HAER OH-123 Building/st... More
Stoneman Bridge, Spanning Merced River on Stoneman Crossover Road, Yos...
part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview Significance: The Stoneman Bridge was the last of seven stone-faced reinforced concrete spandrel arch b... More
Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Cochrane, Pickens County,...
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Paradise River First Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Narad...
Significance: The gently-arched Paradise River First Crossing Bridge above Narada Falls is a characteristic "rustic style" bridge of the type commonly employed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Pub... More
Jordan Narrows Bridge, Crossing Jordan River at 9600 North, Lehi, Utah...
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U.S. Route 1-601 Bridge, U.S. Route 1, 601 spanning Wateree River, Cam...
Significance: The U.S. Route 1/601 bridge is identified as Kershaw 1 in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Non-Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. This continuous steel stringer and concrete T... More
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of ...
Significance: Bath-Haverhill Bridge is the oldest existing Town lattice truss, and one of the oldest covered bridges in the country. The Town lattice truss was one of the most widely used wooden truss forms. ... More
East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Mancheste...
Significance: The 23rd Street Viaduct is significant in the areas of Politics/Government and Community Planning and Development. The steel girder structure is an existing example of the 1935 civic improvement ... More
Griggs County Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Route 2, Cooperstown,...
Significance: The Griggs County Bridge is a single-span, Warren type through truss bridge. The Warren type was commonly built on larger roadway systems in North Dakota in the period 1900-1940. Because of incr... More
Mallaham Bridge, County Route M-6 spanning Riley Creek, Pandora, Putna...
Significance: The bridge is an example of "Morrison's Patent Wrought Iron Arch Truss Bridge," based on a patent granted David H. Morrison in 1867. Unique among bowstring arches, this design used vertically-ori... More
Wolf Creek Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Craig, Lewis and Clark Cou...
Significance: Located on the Recreation Road south of Craig, it was erected in 1933 by W.P. Roscoe Co. of Billings. The bridge was the first continuous steel truss bridge built in Montana. Following its constru... More
Cement Plant Road Bridge, Spanning Leatherwood Creek on County Road 50...
Significance: The bridge is significant as an early example of a reinforced concrete, continuous girder structure in Indiana. Such bridges are rare in the state. It is locally significant for its association wi... More
Indian Timothy Memorial Bridge, U.S. Route 12 spanning Alpowa Creek, S...
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Cambria Road Bridge, Spanning West branch of St. Joseph River on Cambr...
Significance: The Cambria Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a bridge built by an Ohio company of this era in Michigan. Survey number: HAER MI-43 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Hampden County Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on Memorial...
Significance: The Hampden County Memorial Bridge's main span is the longest concrete deck arch span in Massachusetts. The bridge is a finely-engineered example of a rare self-supporting arch rib reinforcement ... More
Gardner River Bridge, Spanning Gardner River at North Entrance Road, L...
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Carroll Overhead Bridge, Altamont Pass Road, Livermore, Alameda County...
Significance: The Carroll Overhead Bridge is composed of 26 spans of reinforced concrete T beams, with a curvilinear alignment and superelevation. Built in 1922-1923, it is the longest bridge of its type and a... More
Oakgrove Road Bridge, Township Road 42 Spanning Little Miami River, Do...
Significance: The Oakgrove Road Bridge is a 147' bowstring arch truss bridge. Such bridges were popular in the nineteenth century, especially in Ohio. This is an example of "Column Plate and Channel Arch Brid... More
Corinth Street Viaduct, Spanning Trinity River at Corinth Street, Dall...
Significance: This major viaduct over the Trinity River in Dallas features the largest steel girders fabricated in Texas at time of its construction. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Heath Bridge, Bloomberg road over Chippewa River, Exeland, Sawyer Coun...
Significance: Crossing the Chippewa River in southern Sawyer County, Wisconsin, the Heath Bridge is a steel, riveted, two-span, overhead, Pratt truss highway bridge. Constructed in 1914, it is one of the first... More
Fairmont Bridge, Spanning Ogden River in Ogden Canyon, Ogden, Weber Co...
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Roxie Road Bridge, Spanning Cane Creek at County Road 450, Poplar Bluf...
Significance: The bridge is one of few remaining examples of small span high Pratt through truss steel bridges in unaltered condition in Missouri. The bridge is also a good example of early 20th century work b... More
Waupaca River Bridge, Spanning Waupaca River at Mill Street, Waupaca, ...
Significance: The Waupaca River Bridge is a six-arch, granite structure that was built in 1891. Waupaca County is among those Wisconsin counties unique for the number of stone-arch bridges they once had. Of t... More
East Fork Little Tarkio Bridge, Spanning East Fork of Little Tarkio Ri...
Significance: Significance lies in the pin connected through truss Pratt, which retains its integrity. It reflects the 1890s transportation expansion program in Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-54 Building/s... More
Gross Covered Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek, Route 574, Beaver Springs...
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Crooked River High Bridge, Spanning Crooked River Gorge at Dalles-Cali...
Significance: Crooked River High Bridge was completed in 1926 as part of the Dalles-California Highway (U.S. 97). It was designed by State Bridge Engineer Conde B. McCullough. The bridge is a single-span stee... More
Smith Bridge, Spanning Meduxnekeag River at Lowery Road, 0.3 mile sout...
Significance: Constructed in 1910 by the Town of Houlton at a cost of $6,310.07, the Smith Bridge is a riveted steel, two-span Warren pony truss with an overall length of 173 feet. It is the second oldest and ... More
Cohas Brook Bridge, Spanning Cohas Brook, Highway 28 (South Willow Str...
Significance: The bridge is significant as the first example of an open spandrel, reinforced concrete, parabolic arch bridge erected in New Hampshire, and one of only three, apparently, in the state. The struct... More
Butzow Bridge, Crescent City, Iroquois County, IL
Significance: This two-span bridge, located at a historic crossing on Spring Creek, includes a 119' Through Pratt truss, the oldest known through truss in Illinois, an early example built by the Smith Bridge Co... More
Parker Bridge, Spanning Verdigris River 1.5 miles Southeast of Coffeyv...
Significance: The combination bowstring/camelback bridge is a riveted steel high through truss and is one of only five camelbacks known to exist in the state. The bowstring pony truss is the only identified ex... More
Parker Bridge, Spanning Verdigris River 1.5 miles Southeast of Coffeyv...
Significance: The combination bowstring/camelback bridge is a riveted steel high through truss and is one of only five camelbacks known to exist in the state. The bowstring pony truss is the only identified ex... More
Puente San Antonio, Spanning San Antonio Channel, San Juan, San Juan M...
Significance: Puente San Antonio was constructed in 1924-25 to carry a new highway serving the dock area of the San Juan islet. It was erected parallel to existing highway, railroad and trolley bridges spannin... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Chicago Terminal Railroad, South Branch of ...
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Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More