Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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"I" Street Bridge (Yolo County, California)
Built 1911
Swing bridge over Sacramento River and railroad tracks on "I" Street in West Sacramento
Open to traffic

145th Street Bridge (New York County, New York)
Built 1900; rehabilitated 1988
Swing bridge over Harlem River on 145th Street in New York
Open to traffic

A&C Canal Bridge (Northampton County, Virginia)
Built 1951
Swing bridge over A&C Canal on VA 165 in Virginia Beach
Open to traffic

Acushnet River Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)
Built 1900; rehabilitated 1997
Swing bridge over Acushnet River on US 6 in Fairhaven
Open to traffic

Alligator River Bridge (Tyrrell County, North Carolina)
Built 1960
Swing bridge over Alligator River on US 64
Open to traffic

Alloway Creek Bridge (Salem County, New Jersey)
Built 1905
Swing bridge over Alloway Creek on CR 623
Closed to all traffic

Alloway Creek Bridge (Salem County, New Jersey)
Built 1952
Swing bridge over Alloway Creek on CR 658
Open to traffic

Alton Railroad Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)
Built 1892-94 under the direction of George S. Morison
Lost through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River on the Burlington Northern Railroad at Alton
Removed after the railroad line was abandoned

Amite River LA 16 Bridge (Livingston Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1960
Swing bridge over Amite River on LA 16 at French Settlement
Open to traffic

Amite River LA 22 Bridge (Livingston Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1974
Swing bridge over Amite River on LA 22 at Clio
Open to traffic

Amite River LA 42 Bridge (Livingston Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1963
Swing bridge over Amite River on LA 42 at Port Vincent
Open to traffic

Atchison Railroad Bridge (Atchison County, Kansas)
Built 1900
Through truss swing bridge over the Missouri River on the Union Pacific railroad at Atchison
Open to traffic

Back River Bridge (Lincoln County, Maine)
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1983
Swing bridge over Back River on SA 5 in Boothbay
Open to traffic

Bacon Island Road Bridge (San Joaquin County, California)
Built 1995
Swing bridge over Middle River on Bacon Island Road
Open to traffic

Banana River Bridge (Brevard County, Florida)
Built 1927
Swing bridge over Banana River on CR 3 in Indian Harbour Beach
Open to traffic

Batesville Bridge (Independence County, Arkansas)
Replaced by a modern bridge in 1979
Lost through truss swing bridge over White River on US 167 at Batesville
Replaced by a new bridge

Bayou Barataria LA 302 Bridge (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1948
Swing bridge over Bayou Barataria on LA 302 in Jean Lafitte
Open to traffic

Bayou Bonfouca LA 433 Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1976
Swing bridge over Bayou Bonfouca on LA 433
Open to traffic

Bayou Desallemand LA 631 Bridge (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1935
Swing bridge over Bayou Desallemand on LA 631 in Des Allemands
Open to traffic

Bayou Dulac LA 57 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1971
Swing bridge over Bayou Dulac on LA 57 in Dulac
Open to traffic

Bayou Grosse Tete LA 77 Bridge (Iberville Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1961
Swing bridge over Bayou Grosse Tete on LA 77
Open to traffic

Bayou Lacassine LA 14 Bridge (Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1959
Swing bridge over Bayou Lacassine on LA 14
Open to traffic

Bayou Lacombe US 190 Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1938
Swing bridge over Bayou Lacombe on US 190 in Lacombe
Open to traffic

Bayou Lafourche LA 310 Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1953
Swing bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 310 in Larose
Open to traffic

Bayou Lafourche LA 3220 Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1986
Swing bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 3220
Open to traffic

Bayou Lafourche LA 649 Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1996
Swing bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 649
Open to traffic

Bayou Liberty LA 433 Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1981
Swing bridge over Bayou Liberty on LA 433
Open to traffic

Bayou Patout LA 83 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1949
Swing bridge over Bayou Patout on LA 83
Open to traffic

Bayou Pidgeon LA 997 Bridge (Iberville Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1957
Swing bridge over Bayou Pidgeon on LA 997
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 3069 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1963
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 3069 in Franklin
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 3156 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1943
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 3156 in New Iberia
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 3182 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1980
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 3182 in Jeanerette
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 3195 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1980
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 3195 in New Iberia
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 320 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1963
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 320
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 322 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1971
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 322 in Franklin
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 323 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1942
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 323
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 324 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1941
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 324 in Charenton
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 344 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1967
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 344
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 670 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built ca. 1990
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 670
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 671 Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1944
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 671 in Jeanerette
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 86 Bridge No. 1 (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1965
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 86 in New Iberia
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 87S Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1957
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 87S
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 96 Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1942
Swing bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 96 in St. Martinville
Open to traffic

Bayou Terrebonne LA 57 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1955
Swing bridge over Bayou Terrebonne on LA 57 in Houma
Closed to all traffic

Bayou Tigre LA 330 Bridge (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Built ca. 1960
Swing bridge over Bayou Tigre on LA 330
Open to traffic

Beaufort River Bridge (Beaufort County, South Carolina)
Built 1960
Swing bridge over Beaufort River on Business US 21 in Beaufort
Open to traffic

Belle River LA 70 Bridge (Assumption Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1958
Swing bridge over Belle River on LA 70
Open to traffic

Berkeley-Dighton Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)
Built 1896
Swing bridge over Taunton River on Elm Street in Berkley
Open to traffic

Bigelow Bridge (Perry County, Arkansas)
Built 1909 by the Southwestern Bridge & Iron Co. of Fort Worth, TX
Abandoned swing through truss bridge over Fourche La Fave River on former Spur AR 113 just southwest of Bigelow
Abandoned, with deck and two panels missing

Black Bayou Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1945
Swing bridge over Black Bayou on a local road
Open to traffic

Black River US 84 Bridge (Concordia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1933
Swing bridge over Black River on US 84 at Jonesville
Open to traffic

Black Rock Railroad Bridge (Lawrence County, Arkansas)
Pony plate-girder bridge with a center swing span over Black River at Black Rock
Open to traffic

Boeuf River LA 4 Bridge (Franklin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1935
Swing bridge over Boeuf River on LA 4
Open to traffic

Borden Avenue Bridge Bridge (Kings County, New York)
Built 1908; rehabilitated 1988
Swing bridge over Dutch Kills on Borden Avenue Bridge in New York
Open to traffic

Boudreaux Canal LA 56 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1959
Swing bridge over Boudreaux Canal on LA 56
Open to traffic

Bridge Street Bridge (Essex County, Massachusetts)
Built 1929
Swing bridge over Bass River on Bridge Street in Beverly
Open to traffic

Bridge Street Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1913
Swing bridge over Passaic River on Bridge Street in Newark
Open to traffic

Bridge Street Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1969
Swing bridge over Apponagansett River on Bridge Street in Dartmouth
Open to traffic

Broad River Draw Bridge (Beaufort County, South Carolina)
Built 1958; replaced 2004
Lost swing bridge over Broad River Draw Bridge on SC 170
No longer exists

Burlington Rail Bridge (Des Moines County, Iowa)
Built 1868; Reconstructed 1893;
Through truss bridge over Mississippi River on BNSF Railroad in Burlington
Open to traffic

C&NW Root River Swing Bridge (Racine County, Wisconsin)
Built 1908 by the American Bridge Co. for the Chicago & Northwestern RR
Deck truss swing bridge over Root River on Union Pacific RR in Racine
Open to traffic

Caddo Lake Railroad Bridge (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1898; replaced in the 1990's
Lost swing railroad bridge over Caddo Lake on the Kansas City Southern Railroad at Mooringsport
Replaced by a new bridge

Camden Railroad Bridge (Ouachita County, Arkansas)
Through truss swing bridge over Ouachita River on the Cotton Belt (now Union Pacific) Railroad at Camden
Still in use

Carroll Street Bridge (Kings County, New York)
Built 1889
Swing bridge over Gowanus Canal on Carroll Street in New York
Open to traffic

Cedar Creek Bridge (Sussex County, Delaware)
Built 1949
Swing bridge over Cedar Creek on DE 36 in Slaughter Beach
Open to traffic

Center Steet Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1900; rehabilitated 1989
Swing through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Center Street in Cleveland
Open to traffic

Centerville Turnpike Bridge (Chesapeake, Virginia)
Built 1955
Swing bridge over the Chesap. & Albe. Canal on Centerville Turnpike in Virginia Beach
Open to traffic

Chapel Street Bridge (New Haven County, Connecticut)
Built 1992
Swing bridge over Mill River on Chapel Street in New Haven
Open to traffic

Chef Menteur Pass Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1929
Through truss swing bridge over Chef Menteur Pass on US 90 in New Orleans
Open to traffic

Chef Menteur Pass Railroad Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Through truss swing bridge over Chef Menteur Pass on the CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

Chincoteague Channel Bridge (Accomack County, Virginia)
Built 1940
Swing bridge over Chincoteague Channel on VA 175
Open to traffic

Choptank River Bridge (Talbot County, Maryland)
Built 1932
Swing bridge over Choptank River on MD 331
Open to traffic

Chutes River Bridge (Cumberland County, Maine)
Built 1954
Swing bridge over Chutes River on ME 11/US 302 in Naples
Open to traffic

Clarendon Railroad Bridge (Monroe County, Arkansas)
Swing-draw through truss railroad bridge over White River at Clarendon, south of the highway bridge
Open to railroad traffic(?)

Clay Street Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1908; rehabilitated 1976
Swing bridge over Passaic River on Clay Street in Newark
Open to traffic

CMStPP RR Kinnickinnic River Swing Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Through truss bridge over Burnham Canal, Kinnickinnic River on Canadian National Railroad in Milwaukee
Open to traffic

CMStPP RR Menomonee River Swing Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Through truss bridge over Menomonee River on Canadian National Railroad in Milwaukee
Open to traffic

Cnrr & City Street Bridge (Erie County, New York)
Built 1909
Swing bridge over I-190, BLACK ROCK CAN on Cnrr & City Street
Open to traffic

Columbus Drive Bridge (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Built 1926
Swing bridge over Hillsborough River on Columbus Drive in Tampa
Open to traffic

Cooper River Bridge (Camden County, New Jersey)
Built 1928
Swing bridge over Cooper River on State Street in Camden
Open to traffic

Coosa River Bridge (Etowah County, Alabama)
Built 1939
Through truss bridge over Coosa River on AL 77 in Southside
Open to traffic

Cotter Railroad Bridge (Baxter County, Arkansas)
Through truss swing railroad bridge over the White River at Cotter, just north of the US 62B bridge
Open to railroad traffic

Cow Bayou Bridge (Orange County, Texas)
Built 1941
Swing bridge over Cow Bayou on Eastbound TX 73 in Bridge City
Open to traffic

Crocodile Bayou Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1960
Swing bridge over Crocodile Bayou on a local road
Open to traffic

Dardanelle Bridge (Yell County, Arkansas)
Built 1929, replacing a pontoon bridge first built 1891. Replaced by a new bridge in 1971.
Lost through truss bridge over Arkansas River on AR 7 at Dardanelle
Replaced with a modern bridge

DuLarge Bayou Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built ca. 1960
Swing bridge over DuLarge Bayou on a local road
Open to traffic

E. Round Bunch Road Bridge (Orange County, Texas)
Built 1960
Swing bridge over Cow Bayou on E. Round Bunch Road in Bridge City
Open to traffic

East Haddam Bridge (Middlesex County, Connecticut)
Built 1913; rehabilitated 1999
Swing through truss bridge over Connecticut River on CT 82 in East Haddam
Open to traffic

East Pearl River US 90 Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1934
Swing bridge over East Pearl River on US 90
Open to traffic

Eight Mile Road Bridge (San Joaquin County, California)
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1975
Swing bridge over White Slu (Honker Canal) on Eight Mile Road
Open to traffic

Eight Mile Road Bridge (San Joaquin County, California)
Built 1989
Swing bridge over Bishop Canal on Eight Mile Road
Open to traffic

Estherwood Bridge (Acadia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1975
Swing bridge over Bayou Plaq. Brule on LA 91 at Estherwood
Open to traffic

Falgout Canal LA 315 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1964
Swing bridge over Falgout Canal on LA 315
Open to traffic

Fifty-Seventh Street Bridge (Allegan County, Michigan)
Built 1879 by the Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Co.; rehabilitated 1980
Pony truss bridge over Kalamazoo River on 57th Street
Unknown status

First Boonville Railroad Bridge (Cooper County, Missouri)
Built 1873-74 by the American Bridge Co. under W.G. Coolidge. Opened to railroad traffic Jan. 10, 1874. Rehabilitated 1883-84 by Kellogg and Maurice, of Athens, Pennsylvania. Replaced by the second Boonvill
Lost through truss swing bridge over the Missouri River on the MKT Railroad at Boonville
Replaced by a new bridge

First Hannibal Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1869 under the direction of Octave Chanute; damaged by tornado in 1887, replaced 1917 by the Second Hannibal Bridge
Lost through truss bridge over Missouri River on Railroad in Kansas City
No longer exists

First Jefferson City Bridge (Cole County, Missouri)
Opened Oct. 15, 1896; demolished 1955
Lost through truss swing bridge over the Missouri River at Jefferson City
Replaced by the current US 54 bridge, but vestiges of south approach remain at end of Bolivar Street

Fort Denaud Way Bridge (Hendry County, Florida)
Built 1963
Swing bridge over Caloosahatchee River on Fort Denaud Way
Open to traffic

Fort Madison Bridge (Lee County, Iowa)
Built 1927
Toll double-decker through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River on IA 2/IL 9/BNSF Railroad at Fort Madison
Open to traffic

Franklin Canal Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1985
Swing bridge over Franklin Canal on a local road in Franklin
Open to traffic

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