WEIGHT LIMIT 3 TONS. BUILT BY CANTON OHIO BRIDGE BUILDERS IN 1907. CR 28/8
This is a Marsh Arch pony span.
1/5/2008
Taken 1/5/08
WEIGHT LIMIT 8 TONS. BUILT IN 1908 BY CANTON OHIO BRIDGE BUILDERS.
I recently uploaded photos of a nearby bridge on this page by mistake. Those two pics have now been moved to the appropriate bridge page.
This bridge can be seen in a 1935 photograph that is part of a magazine article that can be found at http://www.wepowerthefuture.com/wepowernews/news_20050731_topplant.pdf
There is a flat slab bridge just to the west of this King post truss that carries Wisconsin Street across Sauk Creek. If the King post truss shown in these photos is not the original bridge captioned here, this flat slab might have replaced the original subject bridge. There is evidence on the abutments that an older bridge was here prior to the slab.
I have not been able to locate any other spans that cross Sauk Creek.
I have swam here as a child many times, and also as an adult. I have even waded my new 6 month old baby girl in the water here. Very nice memories.
I am from Fort Smith and this is a very warming site to see, I love trains, and old bridges. This bridge was used in Mathew Broderick's movie, Blouxi Blues.
Look closely in the foggy looking soft background as they show the train he is on passing over the bridge, and you can see the new highway bridge in the upper portion of the screen. Would not be there in the time this movie depicts. Kind of cool.
I guess Gene and I ran in the same circles, but maybe at different times. This is also another old swimming hole of mine as a child. I too was shocked again when I saw the new very modern bridge replace this old very nastalgic bridge. Like Gene says, you have to drive 45 minutes on out of the way paved road to get here, then it turns to turn. The dirt road is an old back way in to Devil's Den State park. I also do not see the reasoning behind this change and loss of Arkansas and family history.
I would like to add: As an adult I would drive there just to see it again and to walk and explore again, from a new perspective. It was very shocking the first time I drive there and saw wthat someone had brought the property and gated it after the new highway went in. Now no one is able to even see the bridge without trespassing. This bridge is being lost to all of us that remember it and to those that could know it and use it, as one post said, as a walking path. I am even unable to show my children when my fondest memories are.
I grew up as a child swimming and jumping off of this bridge, called "Silver Bridge". My siblings and I could not wait to get here every weekend of the summer, our parents brought us camping. It is the fondest memories of my life.
On December 20, 2005, the Washington County Highway Committee agreed to let the consulting firm of Graef Anhalt & Schloemer design a new bridge for this location.
If anything has happened since then, I cannot find it.
http://www.co.washington.wi.us/washington/MeetingsAgendas/MIN_HWY_12-20-05.pdf
Classified as "failed" during the week of Jan 28, 2008...
"A representative of the Ellis County Public Works department asked me to spread the word immediately that the bridge on 8th Street on the west edge of campus has failed and will be closed indefinitely.
All traffic will have to reroute over to 12th Street or down Gustad Drive to exit campus from the west."
This bridge was replaced in 2005? by Kiewit Constructors
This bridge was replaced in 2002? by Kiska Construction.
This is not a well known bridge despite being a five minute drive from downtown Pasadena and a 15 minute walk from the Rose Bowl and JPL. It crosses a beautiful rocky creek and trail.
To see more photographs of bridges in Los Angeles County goto
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or
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Anyone visiting this bridge must lock their car doors and beware of their surroundings. The bridge is near a correctional facility! Also, next to this bridge is a high railroad bridge.
The bridge you're referring to is also known as the Labatt Road bridge. It has since been moved and restored., now residing along a hike and bike trail outside Floresville. A new, concrete bridge sits in its original place.
This is the southern most of the historic Los Angeles river bridges built before WWII. Although the LA River is paved at this point, for unknown reasons many rocks are visible embedded in the concrete floor of the river channel.
To see addtional photographs of the Bridges of Los Angeles County, go to...
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles
You guys are weird. You visit enough to comment on a site that obsessively catalogs bridges everywhere yet you feel offended or annoyed somehow that someone dare obsessively photograph said bridges. You'd rather have one photo and be done with it? I'd rather have as many as possible for each of these bridges so I can see exactly what makes them each unique.
More photos, please.
Additional pics.
This double span, five panel, pin connected Pratt through truss spans the Medicine Lodge River south of Mingona, Kansas.
This five panel, pin connected Pratt through truss carries Reutlinger Road over the Medicine Lodge River.
Photos taken in December, 2007
Bridge now serves as a dead end to nearby property. The bridge is privately owned although a 3-ton weight limit is still posted.
Nice looking bridge.
Photos taken in December, 2007
Photos were taken in December 2007. The first two were taken at night while the whole park was lighted up for Christmas.
This bridge is strangely isolated and rather unknown despite being not 10 minutes from downtown Pasadena and just walk from the Rose Bowl. It crosses a rocky creek and dirt equestrian trail. The bridge and the location are both quite beautiful.
For more photographs of bridges in Los Angeles County go to -
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles
Howdy JR, I like all your bridge photos but I have to ask. What is up with the pink shading ? Are you shooting through a filter, using photo manipulation, or is it a camera aberration ? I am not trying to be critical ,it doesn't affect the quality of the photos. I am just curious. Thanks, and keep all the great bridge pics coming.
Wayne
I also visited this bridge. The bridge is also called the Ditto Landing Bridge.
Well, I guess that Mr. Manning got to the bridge before I did. Oh well! Here are the pictures that I took of the bridge. I also remember crossing the old (northbound 231) bridge. It was torn down in 2006 I think. I got good pictures of the remaining truss (southbound 231) bridge because I ran up to the approach to the bridge and took the pictures when there was a break in the traffic. I do not advise anyone to do what I did, however!
This seven panel, pin connected Pratt through truss spans Spillman Creek south of K-18.
My father in laws helped build this arch. I found this website through the recent cleanup of graffitti that a boy scout group did. I sent them a thank you as this holds wonderful memories for my husband as well as me. I have a picture where he is standing below the scaffling. the props for the forming of the Archway were cut by my father in law and drug off of Dochter Saw mill which now belongs to us. The shed sitting there was at the sawmill. What history!
The road was built with skids and a team of mules. My father in Laws mule team. I think his brother helped also. He would be Bill Feister. My Father in Law was Dennis Feister. My husband could tell more. This is the road to our high pasture fields. We live below the arch and forest off 21.7
This area holds alot of history. I wish he could be here today to tell you the stories of this area. All summer we pass through this arch. Every year new graffitti is put on it. It was wonderful to drive through this fall and see nothing but the beuaty that the kids left us with.
This bridge has been replaced by a modern concrete bridge.
My middle name is Eldean. I was named after my Aunt, Eldean Kratzer Campbell, and she came from Ohio. I've never heard the name anywhere else, but found this bridge after typing in my middle name on Photobucket, and then looking up the bridge on Dogpile, I found this page. It is kind of neat to find out where my name may have originated.
I have been unable to locate any photos of the lost viaduct. As I look at the massive amounts of excavations that were done to build this bridge, it makes me wonder what the original looked like.
Can anyone provide photos of the original bridge?
MoDOT announced on 28 January, 2008 this bridge will be torn down to make way for a new bridge along 2 new southbound lanes of US 65.
I was out at this bridge today 1/27/2008 at 4:40PM, and took this picture.
It is still there, still not in use, but still looks good.
The dashboard of my van got in the photo, but you can still clearly see the bridge.
Enjoy the photo!
I was out on the bridge today, and I was snaping pictures, and right before I got to the bridge, I ran out of film.
The best photo I have is about 1000 feet from the bridge, but, here it is, this is heading southbound, right after I-70's overpass.
you can see the bridge, just look close, down the road, and you can just barely see it, as I ran out of film right before i got there, so I was able to get an on-deck view.
Too help you see the bridge, in the photo, look close were the roadway turns to the right, that is where it is.
But, here it is.
I was out at the bridge today, 1/27/2008 at 4:30PM.
The photo is heading westbound on the north bridge, near the east end.
This bridge has been replaced.
This bridge and its abutments no longer exist.
This bridge has been replaced by a 2-span modern pony truss.
For more about this bridge and the renovation, see the Lincoln Highway Association Iowa Chapter website:
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/iowa/iowa/linnCo/mtvernon.html
For more about the bridges and the history of this area, see the Lincoln Highway Association Iowa Chapter website:
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/iowa/iowa/greeneCo/gjunction.html
Correction:
1. The "Sturgeon Bay Bridge" as viewed here, is officially called the "Bayview Bridge" and is also called the By-Pass or Highway bridge.
2. The "Michigan Street Bridge" as viewed here, is officially called the "Sturgeon Bay Bridge", as listed on the national register as such and is also called the michigan street bridge or the old bridge.
3. The map actually shows only the Bayview bridge location.
The Historic Bridge (sturgeon bay bridge) is located just north of the bayview as shown on the map in downtown sturgeon bay.
see steelbridgesongfest.org for more information.
Please see Correction of information
Length, type, etc.
Edited from WisDOT website:
Sturgeon Bay Bridge (aka:Michigan Street bridge)
The Sturgeon Bay bridge spans the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in the central business district of Sturgeon Bay in scenic Door County. In engineering terms, the 1,420-foot bridge is comprised of a scherzer-type rolling-lift bascule "movable" span and 12 concrete and steel truss approach spans. The Michigan Street bridge was built in 1930 and was the largest bridge built in Wisconsin at the time.
The bridge is nationaly significant because of its engineering and locally because of the central location in the city It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The bridge rehabilitation will replace much of the operating machinery while preserving the historical integrity of the operating system. The estimated cost of rehabilitation is $13 million.
An older photo of this bridge, before the road was repaved, can be found at the Lincoln Highway Association, Iowa Chapter website.
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/iowa/iowa/greeneCo/scranton.html
This stunning open-spandrel arch bridge features five spans and four large pylons that make up this majestic memorial to George Westinghouse. It was built to carry the Lincoln Highway (US 30 in this part of Pennsylvania) over the heavily industrialized and very congested area known as Turtle Creek.
Before the opening of this bridge in 1932, Lincoln Highway traffic was carried on the Greensburg Pike. (See #BH 30251.) The highway crossed Turtle Creek via the Greensburg Pike Bridge and into the congested valley, climbing slowly back up the other side of the valley. The typical journey through the valley took motorists an average of 40 minutes. With the opening of the George Westinghouse Bridge, the trip was shortened to just a few minutes.
This is a very difficult bridge to photograph because of its length and location. The only photos of the entire span that this reporter has seen have been aerial, digitally enhanced, or taken with wide-angle lenses that result in a fish-eye appearance.
In addition, foliage has grown up around both ends, obfuscating the two outside arches.
There are four pylons that mark the portals of this bridge. Each pylon is inscribed with the government officials involved with construction. Each portal has a granite sculpture honoring the historical nature of the valley below the bridge. Each pylon also has a bas relief sculpture of the Allegheny County coat of arms.
This bridge is a stunning memorial to Westinghouse. It is also a stunning design and can be admired from top and bottom.
checked out the bridge today and talked to a near by land owner (nice guy) aparently the bridge was brought down from michigan on a barge. there was aparently a mill there as well. you can see the foundations on the guys property. he said it was the old fourche river mill co. (finding info on that now)
This through truss must have been replaced by a modern pony truss bridge. That is what was on Perrill Road across Walnut Creek. If you go south of this bridge on Walnut Creek Road, there is another modern pony truss bridge on the right.
Was this bridge really open in 2000!?
This bridge is surrounded by brush, so getting a photograph can be difficult.
This bridge carries 70th Road over Turkey Creek. Several stone arch bridges remain in use in this region.
This riveted pony truss crosses Mission Creek on the west side of Echo Cliff Park.
This five panel, pin connected, Pratt through truss carries Carlson Road over Mission Creek at the Shawnee-Wabaunsee County Line.
I spent the better part of an hour looking for this bridge. It just doesn't seem to exist any longer. There is some new development in the area where this bridge should be located but I know nothing more about it.
I'd love to be corrected. Can anyone shed some light on this mystery bridge?
The bridge is closed to traffic. It appears to have only recently been closed, just prior to my visit on Thanksgiving Weekend, 2007.
Before the opening of the Westinghouse Bridge in 1932, this five span truss carried the Lincoln Highway in and out of the heavily congested Turtle Valley. The journey through the valley could take a motorist as long as 40 minutes.
After the opening of the Westinghouse bridge, the trip across Turtle Creek was shorted to a few minutes. Both bridges remain vital links to, and across, the valley.
The Wheeling Tunnel allows I-70 to pass below a ridge that runs parallel to the Ohio River that separates the river front from the rest of the city.
It carries and average of 44,000 vehicles per day.
There are 928 lights in the tunnel, which we'll come back to later. There is an abandoned coal mine above the tunnel.
The tunnel was proposed in 1956 as a part of the Federal Highway Act, which built the Interstate Highway System. The tunnel was planned for the rerouting of US 40. (Later on, US 40 remained the National Road and Interstate 70 was assigned to the tunnel.) The Federal Highway Act provided 90% of the construction cost while West Virginia was responsible for the last 10%. ("Wheeling Intelligencer," September 26, 1956.)
The New York consulting firm of Richardson, Gordon and Associates was hired to design the tunnel. ("Wheeling News-Register," November 5, 1956.)
The idea of a tunnel under Wheeling Hill was proposed as far back as 1892 but was never undertaken. Ground was broken on August 22, 1963 and the first tube was punched through on April 7, 1964. The tunnel opened on December 12, 1966. New, high-pressure sodium lights were intstalled in 1991 at a cost of $2.5 Million. ("Wheeling Intelligencer," July 3, 1991.)
Safety has been an issue for years. In 2001, darkness in the tunnel was a constant complaint, even with the lights that had been upgraded in 1991. Bob Whip, District Engineer with the West Virginia Division of Highways reported that the tubes are washed twice a year. A fatal crash in May of 2001 was a concern to all of Wheeling. Vernon Seals, a Wheeling City Councilman, was referring to safety issues in the tunnel when he said, "Another major catastrophe waiting to happen." ("Wheeling Intelligencer," July 6, 2001.)
The eastbound tunnel was closed for refurbishing in January 2007. The task was to be completed in time for Memorial Day. It wasn't. It was rescheduled to open November 1. It didn't.
The westbound tunnel is scheduled to be refurbished upon completion of the eastbound tunnel. Local citizens want the lights brighter, but that is not part of the refurbishment contract, however, the 928 light bulbs are scheduled to be replaced.
UPDATE: The eastbound tube of the Wheeling Tunnel opened at 4:30 PM on Thursday, Nov 15 even though the renovations were not completed. The project was five months past its May 8 deadline, over budget and incomplete. Bids will be let for completion of the project, scheduled for next Spring.
Less than 48 hours after opening, the tube was closed again to repair damage caused when a manhole cover broke into three pieces.
The tubes remain open as of this posting.
Just a little note on the bridge's operation: There is no bridge tender or lift operator on site, nor is the bridge's lift automatic. The lift is remotely operated by a Union Pacific Train Dispatcher in Omaha Nebraska. When a boat needs to clear the bridge, the vessel's captain radios the dispatcher who then operates the controls to lift the bridge. When the boat is clear of the bridge the captain calls back in and the dispatcher lowers the bridge. If there is a train on the bridge or closely approaching it, the boat has to wait a while.
BridgeHunter 2.0 looks good so far. I am excited to see the updates.
I’m interested in building model railroad bridges from scratch since the kits available do not meet custom size needs with details I desire. I need some plans or blueprints that I would be able to scale to 1:87.1 for HO scale railroad building. Does anyone know where I would be able to find such plans that I would be able to build from?
Thanks,
dhd
Funny you'd say that the New River Gorge Bridge was awesome at night. I was on a business trip to West Virginia two years ago and the bridge was on my list of places to see. I was still looking for it when someone pointed out to me that I had already driven across it three times! At night, to me anyway, it just looked like a long, straight stretch of pavement.
If you ever decide to go back, it is part of the New River Gorge National Park. There is no camping in that particular park, but you're not that far away from lodging.
All my life i have lived around this bridge. I have jumped off it into the water. "The water use to be alot deeper than now". I have heard talk of the county wanting to replace it. I hope they don't cause i want to take my kids back there some day to show them what my great great gandfather help build.
This may well be the most ornate bridge remaining in the United States. It would be nice if the city had the finials that originally topped this bridge replicated.
This may well be the most ornate bridge remaining in the United States. It would be nice if the city had the finials that originally topped this bridge replicated.
This bridge has been replaced with a slab.
In this photo you can see two bridges. The lower one is the 26th Street bridge which is surprisingly narrow for bridge that services a heavily industrialized area. The upper one is very new for commuter trains crossing over the river and is now separated from the older railroad bridge for freight trains. The top of the city hall of Los Angeles is visible to the right and Mt. Hollywood to the left. Western gulls can be seen in the riverbed and trees are growing out of the concrete lined walls.
To see other photographs of bridges in Los Angeles County go to...
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_hB9XJIQc
The lower level of this bridge is not open to auto traffic.
Only bicycles and pedestrians, the lower level was closed somtime in the 80's, restored, and reopened as a pedestrian crossing.
Also, when this bridge was built, it did not have the lower level, the lower level was not added until 1930, and it was only big enough for one lane car traffic.
The reason they closed the lower level to car traffic?
Simple, todays cars are too heavy, cars back in the 30's, 40's, 50's, were not that heavy, however, todys cars and trucks are too heavy for the little one lane truss.
This bridge was recently re-painted dark blue about 2 years ago.
This bridge no longer exists - -I have heard from friends it was extensively photographed by the city of middletown prior to demolishion but I do not know where the pictures are or how to get them. If you look on google maps, arial image, you can see the site of where the bridge was, is under construction.
Photos taken 1-23-08
Hello, in my last comment, I said the bridge was being redone, well 1-9-08, I went out and took pictures of the bridge.
here the pictures, the first one, is form the west heading toward the bridge.
the second, is a east view from the bridge.
the third, the bridge is seen from Stine Avenue, and the arch of the bridge is in the background.
Enjoy!
Photos taken 1-23-08
It is so nice with what they are doing with these bridges.
restoring them, bringing them back to use.
I mean, you think about it, alot of people did hard work to build these bridges, and not just the Katy Trail bridges, but all truss bridges that were ever built.
It is insane to leave a bridge that so many people worked hard to make, just sit, rust and rot away to nothing.
I am glad the Katy Trail is doing this, they are saving fine works of art, these bridges and tunnels need to be restored, and put back in use.
Thanks to www.bridgehunter.com and The Katy Trail for doing all this to keep these bridges and tunnels famous.
I discovered this whilesurfing the net looking for information on John and Sarah McCally. Do you have information on any of their children?
I feel this Nicholas is their son.
Sandra
Attached is a photograph of the Vignes Street bridge. Vignes actually goes down, under the incoming rails to Union Station for passager trains (Amtrak), commuter trains (Metrolink), and light rail (Gold Line)which can be seen in the upper right. The street is named after the man who introduced French style commerical wine production to California - Vin-yeah - whose name appropriately means vines. However the street is universally called Vig-Ness.
To see more photographs of bridges in Los Angeles County go to...
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bridgesoflosangeles
This bridge has been replaced with a slab.
I drove over the bridge about 4 days ago, and it really needs a new asphalt coating.
the asphalt is worn down and the ride over the bridge is pretty bumpy.
It's interesting that these swing bridges in Lockport and Lemont had offset pivot points and counterweights. Apparently the builders were trying to maintain the widest possible shipping channel they could.
I know that each of these bridges had been hit by barge traffic at least once each during my childhood in the 1960's and '70s. I wonder if there was ever a case of cars driving into the canal when the bridge was open? They had railroad type crossing gates in my memory, but what about the early days? Did they even have warning gates in 1907?
Functionally Obsolete does NOT mean unsafe or dangerous. It only means that the bridge is not built to modern standards. For example, the Murray Baker Bridge (I-74) in Peoria is listed as functionally obsolete because it has no shoulders, which are part of any new multi-lane interstate highway bridge. A bridge being listed as functionally obsolete does not mean that is is decrepit and going to fall down, it just means that it is outdated by today's standards. If maintained, it can last just as long as any other bridge.
No sooner did I ask for help finding this bridge, when I found it myself on Flikr and thanks to a person from my hometown, Lockport Illinois (SW of Chicago). This is an early picture of the swing bridge in Lockport, over the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping canal. I know when I was a kid during the entire 1960's in Lockport, the bridge tender's house was located above the pivot point up in the structure....just like the 135th street bridge which is pictured on this sight. Also like the 16th street bridge, but I think the 9th street bridge was slightly larger than the 16th street bridge. Anyway, here it is at long last. I'm grateful to my fellow townsman who had posted this pictutre on the net. I'm glad someone did...and I'm surprised that the Lewis University web site didn't have a picture of it as well.
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I am looking for pictures of the swing bridge that used to cross the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping canal at 9th street in Lockport Illinois. It was removed in 1969 or early in 1970 when the current high level bridge was constructed. Any help with this would be appreciated. I have searched the internet many times and found nothing....on the Internet. I find it hard to believe that there are no pictures of a bridge that was in place and functioning for 70 years. Even the substantial historical collection on the Lewis University web site which features the construction of the canal, doesn't show the swing bridge at 9th street. Thanks again.
On November 3, 2007, a new pre-cast beam bridge was dedicated and named the Austin-Hammond Memorial Bridge in honor of the two founders of Herculaneum, Moses Austin and Samuel Hammond. Construction began on the new bridge on January 4, 2007 and was completed on November 1, 2007. The bridge was constructed by Pace Construction of St. Louis, Missouri and was designed by EFK Moen Engineering of St. Louis. The main span length is 280 feet and the total length is 320 feet. The deck width is 36 feet.
I just posted a comment about this bridge, how it scared me when I was growing up. I still travel a lot between MO and KY but I usually go through Cairo and take the Cairo-I-57 bridge into MO.
As a kid growing up in the late 40's that bridge scared me to death! It seemed so far down to the water and when we would get to the toll booth I was afraid they wouldn't let us across. Then in the late 50's riding on the school bus to a football game in Cairo, the bus would sometimes hit the side of the bridge and sparks would fly! Of course we would all scream.
I grew up within miles of this bridge, and some of the adjacent land has been owned by may family for generations. This picture caught me off guard, as I didn't know anyone had done so much research on the bridge. I'm happy to see it on the internet, and even more happy they chose to leave the bridge standing as a pedestrian and fishing bridge instead of destroying it when the new bridge was built a few years ago. A lot of memories here...
Thanks!
When a child and we went over the bridge I got down in the floorboard I was so worried. It was a toll bridge for a long while and the teeners would go cross the pond to Cairo as it had quite a few watering holes, sometimes in an ambulance with the siren on so as not to pay the toll. It was where we all went to the hospital. I had a flat on this bridge and yes it shakes but it has to or it would fall. Quite nice memories of the old bridge which the new one does not have.
The City of Elkader, Iowa claims to have the longest stone arch bridge west of the Mississippi River. It is 80.1 feet in length. We have tried various references but are not sure of this claim. Can you assist us? We would like to verify this before a more permanent sign is erected. Thanks.
Interesting old bridge. I spent a lot of time hunting and fishing in the area as I was growing up in Sumner County. My aunt and uncle lived just to the southwest of the bridge in Oklahoma.
I remember one time in the late 1960's when I delivered an old John Deere model 55 combine with a 12' header to a person in Hunnewell. I had to cross the bridge, and it was a really narrow bridge! I also remember wondering if the bridge would hold up under the weight of the combine.
This through and the nearby pony truss must be inside Jefferson Proving Grounds if they still exist. I'm not sure if the public would even have access to them.
Yes, this may have been the bridge at the edge of Miamitown on what used to be US 52. It may have been bigger and longer than the Blue Rock Bridge. One of the three Pennsylvania through trusses over the Great Miami should have been saved. The Harrison Road Bridge was replaced like way back in 1989. This may have also been the site where the part of the temporary bridge was washed out and two people were killed when their car plunged in the rushing water.
Photos circa 1988.
Photos circa 1986.
Taken in the late 80's. I've got others, but they'll require some excavation.
And here it is 21+ years later.
Somehow I missed this on my last trip to the nearby covered bridge. I'll try to get back for more detailed pics when it's warmer.
There was quite a bit of controversy about this bridge before the 1989 rehabilitation. The state wanted to close it, but the locals prevailed to have it repaired. Before the stop lights were installed, it used to be quite a game of "chicken" to get across -- the eastern approach is very steep, and you can't see if there's an approaching vehicle on the bridge until you are nearly on it yourself!
In addition to the Davis Ferry bridge, there used to be two more similar one-lane bridges nearby -- one just north at Americus, and one south of Lafayette called the Granville bridge. Both have been replaced.
This bridge is on BNSF Railway's ex-Santa Fe "Transcon" main line.