Historic Bridges of the U.S.

There are 710 bridges in this category · Only showing 306 bridges with photos
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180th Street Bridge (Dickinson County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1910; rehabilitated 1999
Pony truss bridge over Little Sioux River on 180th Street
Open to traffic

210th Street Bridge (Dickinson County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1920; rehabilitated 2001
Pony truss bridge over Little Sioux River on 210th Street
Open to traffic

360th Street Bridge (Winneshiek County, Iowa)
Built 1904
Two-span pony truss bridge over Upper Iowa River on 360th Street northwest of Kendallville
Open to one-lane traffic

465th Street Bridge (Pocahontas County, Iowa)
Built 1927
Two-span pony truss bridge over West Fork Des Moines River on CR C-26 (465th Street) east of Rolfe
Open to traffic

4th Street Bridge (Potter County, Pennsylvania)
Built ca. 1910; rehabilitated ca. 1970
Pony truss bridge over Allegheny River on 4th Street in Coudersport
Closed to all traffic

8002 Road Bridge (Bates County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1925
Pony truss bridge over Miami Creek on 8002 Road
Open to traffic

Acorn Bridge (Polk County, Arkansas)
Built 1929; made obsolete by a new bridge in 1965
Pony truss bridge over Ouachita River on CR 109 (Old US 71) near Acorn
Open to traffic

Algoa Railroad Bridge (Cole County, Missouri)
Deck truss bridge over Moreau Creek on the Union Pacific Railroad, along Algoa Road east of Jefferson City
Open to traffic

Apple Road Bridge (White County, Arkansas)
Built 1925
Pony truss bridge over Bull Creek on Apple Road (CR 50)
Open to traffic

Auxvasse Creek Katy Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
This bridge is very similar to the nearby Middle River Bridge, which was built 1926 by the American Bridge Company
Through truss bridge over Auxvasse Creek on the Katy Trail (former MKT Railroad)
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Auxvasse Creek Old US 54 Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1921; rehabilitated 1993
Two-span deck truss bridge over Auxvasse Creek on Old US 54 between Auxvasse and Kingdom City
Open to two-lane traffic

B&O Railroad Bridge (Lawrence County, Illinois)
Built ca. 1920
Three-span pony truss bridge over the B&O railroad tracks on TR 92, 0.5 mi. west of Bridgeport
Open to traffic

Baldwin Railroad Bridge (Randolph County, Illinois)
Through truss railroad bridge over the Kaskaskia River on the CNRR west of Baldwin next to IL 154
Open to traffic

Baring Cross Bridge (Pulaski County, Arkansas)
Originally completed Dec. 21, 1873; destroyed by flooding on April 3, 1927; rebuilt 1929
Vertical-lift railroad bridge over the Arkansas River in Little Rock on the Union Pacific Railroad
Open to two tracks of railroad traffic

Baseline Bridge (Adams County, Colorado)
Built 1926 by the Levy Construction Co.; replaced 1989
Lost three-span pony truss bridge over South Platte River on 168th Avenue (Baseline Road) in Brighton
Replaced by modern bridge

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 Bartholomew AR 11 Bridge (Lincoln County, Arkansas)
Lost pony truss bridge over Bayou Bartholomew on AR 11 east of Star City
Replaced by a new bridge in 1954

Bear Creek AR 160 Bridge (Union County, Arkansas)
Built 1961; replaced 2005
Lost pony truss bridge over Bear Creek on AR 160
No longer exists

Beech Creek Bridge (Clark County, Arkansas)
Built ca. 1920; rehabilitated 1991; replaced ca. 2004
Lost pony truss bridge over Beech Creek on McKenzie Road (CR 194)
Replaced by new bridge made from recycled train car chassis

Bellefontaine Road Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built 1942; replaced 2007
Lost pony truss bridge over the BNSF Railroad on Bellefontaine Road in West Alton
Removed

Belleville Turnpike Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1914 by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.; replaced 2003
Lost through truss bascule bridge over Passaic River on NJ 7 in Belleville/North Arlington/Kearny
No longer exists

Benton Railroad Bridges (Saline County, Arkansas)
One standing and one lost railroad bridges over the Saline River south of Benton, next to the Old River Bridge
Open to traffic

Bess Slough Old US 60 Bridge (Stoddard County, Missouri)
Built 1922
Pony truss bridge over Bess Slough Ditch on MO 114 (Old US 60) east of Dexter
Open to traffic

Bethel Bridge (Ripley County, Missouri)
Built 1959
Pony truss bridge over Little Black River on Route KK southwest of Oxly
Open to one-lane traffic on a paved road

Big Fork Creek CR 67 Bridge (Polk County, Arkansas)
Built 1915; replaced ca. 2004
Lost two-span pony truss bridge over Big Fork Creek on CR 67
Replaced by a modern bridge

Big Fork Creek CR 675 Bridge (Polk County, Arkansas)
Built 1915; rehabilitated 1987
Pony truss bridge over Big Fork Creek on CR 675 just off AR 8
Open to one-lane traffic

Big Lake Creek Bridge (Wayne County, Missouri)
Built 1956. Last painted December 2003.
Pony truss bridge over Big Lake Creek on Route FF
Open to one-lane traffic on a paved road

Big Sioux River BNRR Bridge (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)
Built 1909 by the Penn Steel Co.
Through truss bridge over Big Sioux River on the Sioux River Bike Trail (formerly Burlington Northern Railroad) in Sioux Falls
Open to pedestrians only

Big Sioux River Bridge at Falls Park (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)
Warren through truss bridge over Big Sioux River at Falls Park in Sioux Falls on pipeline
Open to traffic

Big Slough Ditch Bridge (Greene County, Arkansas)
Built 1947 by the Pioneer Construction Co. of Malvern, Arkansas
Lost three-span deck truss bridge over Big Slough Ditch on a county road near Brighton
No longer exists

Billies Creek CR 1205 Bridge (Lawrence County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1930
Pony truss bridge over Billies Creek on CR 1205
Open to traffic

Black Rock Bridge (Lawrence County, Arkansas)
Built 1949 by the Massman Construction Company
Twelve-span deck truss bridge on US 63/US 412 over Black River and AR 25 at Black Rock
Open to two-lane traffic

Black Vermillion River Bridge (Marshall County, Kansas)
Warren through truss bridge over Black Vermillion River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Blackhand Gorge Bridge (Licking County, Ohio)
Originally built 1880 over Claylick Creek on TR 332; relocated 1983
A-frame through truss bridge within Blackhand Gorge Nature Preserve
Open to pedestrians only

Blackwater River Old MO 13 Bridge (Johnson County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1922; made obsolete by new bridge in 1971
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Blackwater River on Old MO 13 (NW 21st Road)
Closed to all traffic

Boggy Creek Bridge (Polk County, Arkansas)
Built ca. 1938; relocated April 2005
Relocated pony truss bridge over Briar Creek in Mena City Park, previously over Boggy Creek on AR 370
Open to pedestrians only

Bois Brule Creek CR 212 Bridge (Perry County, Missouri)
Pony truss bridge over Bois Brule Creek south of Belgique on CR 212
Open to traffic on a gravel road with a 6 ton weight limit

Bois Brule Creek CR 216 Bridge (Perry County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1905
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Bois Brule Creek south of the CR 212 bridge
Closed to all traffic

Boonville Railroad Bridge (Cooper County, Missouri)
Built 1932, replacing an earlier bridge built in 1874. Abandoned in 1986.
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Missouri River on the abandoned MKT Railroad in Boonville
Railroad line discontinued

Branch Rabbit Creek Bridge (Miami County, Kansas)
Built 1915
Pony truss bridge over a branch of Rabbit Creek, 3.5 mi. south and 0.3 mi. west of Louisburg
Open to traffic

Branch Rock River Bridge (Rock County, Minnesota)
Built 1915
Pony truss bridge over a branch of Rock River on a local road southeast of Hardwick
Open to one-lane traffic

Bridge 54 (Carroll County, Indiana)
Built 1914
Pony truss bridge over Little Deer Creek on CR 600 East
Replaced by a modern bridge in 2004

Bridge 8 (Carroll County, Indiana)
Built 1908
Pony truss bridge over Sugar Creek on CR 250 South
Replaced by a modern bridge in 2004

Bridge 81 (Carroll County, Indiana)
Built 1903
Pony truss bridge over Paint Creek on CR 150 East
Will be replaced by a modern bridge in fall of 2008 (possibly moved for use as a pedestrian bridge over the Old Wabash & Erie Canal)

Bridge 87 (Carroll County, Indiana)
Built 1932 as a State Highway Bridge - relocated in 1968 to current location
Pony truss bridge over Deer Creek on Meridian Road
Open to traffic

Broadway Street Viaduct (La Salle County, Illinois)
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1976
Pony truss bridge over BNSF railyard on Broadway Street in Streator
Open to traffic

Brookfield Bridge (Linn County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Yellow Creek somewhere near Brookfield
No longer exists

Browns Bridge (Palo Alto County, Iowa)
Built 1931, replacing a 1919 trestle bridge
Pony truss bridge over Old Channel Des Moines River on 490th Street west of West Bend
Open to traffic

Buffalo Creek Bridge (Polk County, Arkansas)
Built 1915
Pony truss bridge over Buffalo Creek on CR 288
Open to one-lane traffic

Buffalo Creek MO 79 Bridge (Pike County, Missouri)
Built 1935
Pony truss bridge over Buffalo Creek on MO 79 south of Louisiana
Open to two-lane traffic

Bundy Bridge (Yellowstone County, Montana)
Built 1915
Warren through truss bridge over Yellowstone River on Bundy Road at Pompey's Pillar National Monument
Open to pedestrians

Byrd Creek Route D Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1954
Pony truss bridge over Byrd Creek on Route D northwest of Jackson
Open to two-lane traffic

Cache River Ditch CR 324 Bridge (Clay County, Arkansas)
Built 1923
Pony truss bridge over Cache River Ditch #1 on CR 324
Open to traffic

Caddo Lake Bridge (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1914; lift mechanism disabled in the 1940s; replacement bridge built 1994; rehabilitated and reopened as a pedestrian bridge in 1995
Vertical lift bridge over Caddo Lake on LA 538 at Mooringsport
Open to pedestrians only

Cairo Railroad Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Built 1949-52, replacing the First Cairo Railroad Bridge, but reusing many of the piers
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Illinois Central (now Canadian National) Railroad in Cairo
Open to railroad traffic

Calamus Creek Lincoln Highway Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1930
Pony truss bridge over Calamus Creek on 235th Street (former Lincoln Highway)
Closed to all traffic

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

Captain Creek Bridge (Johnson County, Kansas)
Built 1916
Pony truss bridge over Captain Creek, 1.4 mi. east of Douglas Co. Line
Open to traffic

Carver Creek Bridge (Iron County, Missouri)
Built 1932
Pony truss bridge over Carver Creek on MO 21/49/72 east of Lesterville
Open to two-lane traffic

Cedar Creek Katy Trail Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1927 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Cedar Creek on the Katy Trail (former MKT Railroad)
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Cemetery Road Bridge (White County, Arkansas)
Built ca. 1930; rehabilitated 1991
Pony truss bridge over Muddy Bayou on Cemetery Road (CR 17)
Open to one-lane traffic

Chalk Creek CR 292 Bridge (Chaffee County, Colorado)
Built 1989
Pony truss bridge over Chalk Creek on CR 292 just north of CR 371, near Lake Alpine
Open to two-lane traffic

Charrette Creek Katy Trail Bridge (Warren County, Missouri)
Through truss bridge over Charrette Creek on the Katy Trail
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Chicago and Northwestern Clarksville Crossing (Butler County, Iowa)
Warren through truss bridge over Shell Rock River on Iowa Northern Railroad just south of Clarksville and 0.3 miles east of IA Hwy. 188 Bridge

Chloride Bridge (Iron County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1930
Pony truss bridge over Big Creek just off MO 49 on Little Creek Road near Chloride
Open to one-lane traffic

Christians Creek Route 794 Bridge (Augusta County, Virginia)
Built 1910
Pony truss bridge over Christians Creek on Route 794 in Fishersville
Open to one-lane traffic

Cicero Avenue Cal-Sag Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1963
Through truss bridge over Calumet Sag Channel on Cicero Avenue (IL 50) in Chicago
Open to four-lane traffic

Clabber Creek Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Pony truss bridge over Clabber Creek on CR 445
Open to traffic

Clark County Road 213 Bridge (Clark County, Arkansas)
Built 1925; rehabilitated 1993; made obsolete by new bridge in 1998
Pony truss bridge over an unnamed creek on CR 213
Open to one-lane traffic(?)

Clark Memorial Bridge (McCracken County, Kentucky)
Built 1931
Three-span through truss bridge over Tennessee River on US 60 in Ledbetter
Open to traffic

Clay's Ferry Bridge (Fayette County, Kentucky)
Built 1946 as part of US 25; twin span added 1963 as part of I-75; both spans widened in 1998 to form a single six-lane bridge
Deck truss bridge over the Kentucky River on I-75/US 25/US 421 at Clay's Ferry south of Lexington in Lexington
Open to six lanes of traffic

Clem Lowell Road Bridge (Carroll County, Georgia)
Built 1928
Pony truss bridge over Whooping Creek on Clem Lowell Road
Open to traffic

Cleves Railroad Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Four-span through truss railroad bridge over the Great Miami River next to US 50 at Cleves
Open to traffic on two railroad tracks

Clinch River US 70 Bridge (Roane County, Tennessee)
Built 1929-31; demolished 2006
Lost four-span through truss bridge over Clinch River on US 70/TN 1 in Harriman
No longer exists

Coal Creek IL 97 Bridge (Fulton County, Illinois)
Built 1936; replaced 1995
Lost pony truss bridge over Coal Creek on IL 97
Replaced by modern bridge

Cooks-Yankeetown Road Bridge (Fayette County, Ohio)
Built 1949
Pony truss bridge over North Fork Paint Creek on CR 34 (Cooks-Yankeetown Road)
Open to traffic

Coon Creek Bridge (Benton County, Arkansas)
Built ca. 1930; rehabilitated 1976
Pony truss bridge over Coon Creek on CR 24
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

Crooked Creek US 62 Bridge (Marion County, Arkansas)
Built 1948 by the Pioneer Construction Co. of Malvern, Arkansas
Three-span deck truss bridge over Crooked Creek on US 62 in Pyatt
Open to traffic

Crow Creek CR 344 Bridge (St. Francis County, Arkansas)
Built 1928; replaced 2001
Lost pony truss bridge over Crow Creek on CR 344
Replaced by a modern bridge

Crow Creek US 70 Bridge (St. Francis County, Arkansas)
Built 1930
Lost deck truss bridge over Crow Creek on US 70 in Madison
No longer exists

Cypress Bayou Old US 67 Bridge (White County, Arkansas)
Bypassed by new alignment in 1950
Pony truss bridge over Cypress Bayou on US 67 (later AR 367)
Partially collapsed with one truss still standing

De Soto Railroad Bridge (Johnson County, Kansas)
Built 1907
Pony truss railroad bridge over Lexington Avenue in De Soto
Open to railroad traffic above and highway traffic below

Deceiper Creek Bridge (Clark County, Arkansas)
Built ca. 1930; rehabilitated 1991
Pony truss bridge over Deceiper Creek on Hasley Road (CR 17)
Open to one-lane traffic

Derstler Road Bridge (Ray County, Missouri)
Built or relocated here ca. 1950
Pony truss bridge over Crooked River on Derstler Road
Open to traffic

Des Moines River Bridge (Cottonwood County, Minnesota)
Built 1917
Pony truss bridge over Des Moines River on CR 177
Open to traffic

Discovery Bridge (St. Charles County, Missouri)
Built 1992
Pair of through truss bridges over the Missouri River on MO 370 between St. Charles and Bridgeton
Open to traffic

Ditch 14 Bridge (Mississippi County, Missouri)
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1954
Pony truss bridge over Drainage Ditch 14 on MO 75 west of Anniston
Open to traffic

Ditch 23 Bridge (Mississippi County, Missouri)
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1954
Pony truss bridge over Drainage Ditch 23 on MO 80
Open to traffic

Ditch 23 Route J Bridge (Mississippi County, Missouri)
Built 1925
Pony truss bridge over Drainage Ditch 23 on Route J northwest of Wyatt
Open to one-lane traffic

Ditch 29 Bridge (Mississippi County, Missouri)
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1954
Pony truss bridge over Drainage Ditch 29 on MO 80 just west of intersection with MO 77
Open to traffic

Dixie Bridge (Craighead County, Arkansas)
Built 1942
Deck truss bridge over Locust Creek Ditch carrying CR 988 (formerly CR 513) east of Dixie, just off AR 135
Open to traffic

Dog River Bridge (Douglas County, Georgia)
Abandoned warren pony truss bridge over Dog River
Abandoned

Dornsife Bridge (Northumberland County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1994
Through truss bridge over Mahanoy Creek on PA 225 near Dornsife
Open to traffic

Dowd Creek Bridge No. 1 (Marshall County, Iowa)
Built 1916 by the Des Moines Bridge & Iron Co.; rehabilitated 1950
Pony truss bridge over Dowd Creek on a local road
Open to traffic

Dowd Creek Bridge No. 2 (Marshall County, Iowa)
Built 1916; rehabilitated 1950
Pony truss bridge over Dowd Creek on a local road
Open to traffic

Doxie Creek Bridge (Chariton County, Missouri)
Built 1928 by the St. Joseph Structural Steel Co.; replaced 1999
Lost five-span skewed pony truss bridge over Doxie Creek on MO 5
Replaced by a new bridge

Dry Fork Creek Route P Bridge (Montgomery County, Missouri)
Built 1957
Pony truss bridge over Dry Fork Creek on Route P
Open to traffic

Dudley Bridge No. 1 (Stoddard County, Missouri)
Built 1922
Pony truss bridge over Lick Creek Ditch on CR 488 (Old US 60), northeast of Dudley
Open to traffic on a paved frontage road

Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge (St. Louis County, Minnesota)
Opened as a transporter bridge in 1905; reconstructed as a vertical-lift bridge in 1930; rehabilitated 2000
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Duluth Ship Canel on Lake Avenue in Duluth
Open to traffic

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