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Bridgehunter.com is a database of historic and notable bridges in the United States, past and present. Everything here, from the bridge listings to the photographs, is contributed by a community of volunteer editors and bridge enthusiasts. The site is maintained under the stewardship of the Historic Bridge Foundation.
Bridgehunter.com was founded in 2002 by James Baughn, a newspaper webmaster from Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. What began as a personal project to document interesting bridges he found on drives and hikes around Southeast Missouri grew, over nearly two decades, into one of the largest bridge databases in the world: tens of thousands of listings covering all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, built up by hundreds of contributing editors.
James ran the site until his death in December 2020. In 2021, at the request of James' family, the Historic Bridge Foundation stepped in to maintain Bridgehunter.com so that the community he built could carry on his work. The site you are reading now is a complete rebuild of the original, launched to keep the database and its community going for decades to come. The listings, photographs, and contributor credits from the original site have been preserved.
Bridgehunter.com is not a government agency, does not represent or work with any governmental agencies, is not a hired consultant for any government agency, and is not in any way associated with any government agency.
Like Wikipedia, Bridgehunter.com is composed of user-edited and contributed content. Therefore, Bridgehunter.com offers no guarantee as to the accuracy of the information offered as fact on the website, and will not be held responsible for any consequences resulting from the use of such information. Information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Information may include technical inaccuracies or errors of omission. Those making use of information from Bridgehunter.com have the responsibility of confirming and verifying its accuracy. The website may also offer opinions and commentary, and these opinions should be seen as the opinions of the person or persons who made them.
Government agencies and other owners of bridges have the responsibility to understand the legal status of Bridgehunter.com and its contributors. Bridgehunter.com content is not and may not be used in place of official content, correspondence, and communications of governments and any government agency or organization. Bridgehunter.com and the Historic Bridge Foundation are not responsible for any consequences resulting from the use or misuse of Bridgehunter.com content, correspondence, and communications in this manner. Owners and users of bridges have the responsibility of correctly following all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, regardless of the circumstances.
Bridgehunter.com and all its content is by default copyrighted and should be considered "All Rights Reserved." This includes, but is not limited to, the many photos appearing on Bridgehunter.com. While some content on Bridgehunter.com is old enough so as to be out of copyright and in the public domain. some content may also be licensed through a Creative Commons license, which allows for reuse under specific conditions. This content may be mixed in with website copyrighted content, and users have the responsibility of discerning between content under copyright and out of copyright, and any content licensed under Creative Commons. For the convenience of website users, Bridgehunter.com has attempted to provide citation for many of these out-of-copyright resources. However, Bridgehunter.com makes no guarantee of the accuracy of these citations and assumes no responsibility for these citations. Bridgehunter.com reserves the right to take any and all appropriate action to protect its content. All website visitors and/or users have the responsibility to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
Bridgehunter.com includes many photographs and images from outside contributors. Photographers who submit photos to Bridgehunter.com for display on the website give Bridgehunter.com and the Historic Bridge Foundation permanent and irrevocable permission to display the photo(s) on the website. By default, Bridgehunter.com will consider photos provided to the website to be the property of the photographer, and all rights to the photo will be retained by the photographer, with the exception that the terms and permission to display the photo on Bridgehunter.com may not be revoked. Anyone wishing to use copyrighted photos on Bridgehunter.com that were taken by an outside contributor must contact the third-party photographer for permission to make use of the photo. By default, and unless otherwise noted, any third-party photos are and should be assumed to be copyrighted and "All Rights Reserved."
If you are the owner of a copyrighted photo that has been posted on Bridgehunter.com without your permission, please use the Report an Issue button on the bridge page in question, and the image will be removed.
Bridgehunter.com is intended to be a resource, community accessible and appropriate to people of all ages. It is expected that all users of the website will be respectful and courteous. The Historic Bridge Foundation reserves the right to remove any inappropriate content posted to the website that does not meet this expectation.
Browsing Bridgehunter.com is open to everyone. You can search the database and explore bridges by state or by tag without an account.
To take part, create a free account. Registration asks for your email, a username, your first and last name (used to credit any photos you upload), and a password. Bridgehunter.com then emails you a link to verify your address before the account becomes active.
Once you are signed in, you can comment on any bridge's page and upload photos. Questions about a specific bridge are best posted as a comment on that bridge's page, where other contributors can see and answer them. After your email is verified, you can also submit new bridges to the database.
Bridgehunter.com does not maintain an email account. If something on the site is broken, wrong, or confusing, use the Report an Issue link while signed in and the team will take a look.
The Historic Bridge Foundation is a national advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation of historic bridges in the United States. The Foundation advocates for the rehabilitation and reuse of historic bridges, assists communities and agencies working to save them, and has maintained Bridgehunter.com since 2021.
Bridgehunter.com is built by its contributors. If you would like to add bridges, photos, or information, register for an account to get started.