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Historic Bridges: 1877

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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Total Bridges Found: 14

Bieneman Farm Bridge
Bridge Street Bridge
HSR

Private Drive Over Honey Creek in Burlington: Racine County, Wisconsin, United States

Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 106 ft. Main Span: 106 ft. Roadway: 17 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The oldest highway truss bridge in the state, this bridge has very unusual details.

Byram Road Bridge
Danboro - Point Pleasant Pike Bridge
HSR

Byram Road (Danboro - Point Pleasant Pike) Over Delaware Canal in Point Pleasant: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 89 ft. Main Span: 87 ft. Roadway: 17 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1877 By: Murray Dougal and Company of Milton, Pennsylvania

A very early and unique example of an iron pony truss bridge, this bridge has been preserved!

Chili Mills Bridge
Stuart Road Bridge
HSR

Stuart Road Over Black Creek in Rural: Monroe County, New York, United States

Metal 8 Panel Threaded Rod-Nut Connected Bowstring Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 77 ft. Main Span: 74 ft. Roadway: 9.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

A textbook example of the King Bridge Company's patented bowstring truss bridge design.

Devereux Road Bridge
HSR

Devereux Road Over East Branch Brandywine Creek in Rural: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 78 ft. Main Span: 76 ft. Roadway: 15 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio

This bridge is an extremely early Pratt truss bridge and has some very unique details, notably its vertical members.

Division Street Bridge
HSR

Division Street (Grace Street) Over Seekonk River and Taft Street in Pawtucket: Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Stone and Brick Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 447 ft. Main Span: 54 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 9

Built 1877 By: Horace Foster of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Cushing and Company of Providence, Rhode Island

This multi-span high-level stone arch viaduct with a brick barrel is the most impressive stone arch bridge in the state.

Echo Bridge
HSR

Sudbury River Aqueduct and Pedestrian Walkway Over Charles River and Ellis Street in Newton: Middlesex County, Massachusetts and Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 475 ft. Main Span: 127 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: George W. Phelps of Springfield, Massachusetts and Alphonse Fteley

This large stone arch bridge aqueduct was an impressive engineering feat for its time, and it has been beautifully preserved for use as a pedestrian crossing as well.

Eveland Bridge
Wilson's Ferry Bridge
HSR

Fulton Avenue Over Des Moines River in Rural: Mahaska County, Iowa, United States

Metal Pin-Connected Whipple (Double-Intersection Pratt) Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 647 ft. Main Span: 164 ft. Roadway: 18 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1877 By: Western Bridge Works of Fort Wayne, Indiana

One of the longest of its type in the nation, also an early, unusual, pre-1880 example of its type, with cast iron components.

Green Mill Farm Bridge
HSR

Green Farm Road (Falls of Rough Church Lane) Over Rough River in Rural: Grayson County, Kentucky and Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States

Metal 14 Panel Threaded Rod-Nut Connected Bowstring Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 152 ft. Main Span: 148 ft. Roadway: 15 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

This is an outstanding example of a mid-1870s King Bridge Company cast and wrought iron bowstring truss bridge.

Grosvenor Railroad Bridge
Fayette Branch Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Abandoned New York Central) Over River Raisin in Rural: Lenawee County, Michigan, United States

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 210 ft. Main Span: 105 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1877 By: King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

Featuring extremely unusual design details that are testament to the ancient age of this bridge, this is an abandoned cast and wrought iron railroad truss in Michigan.

Nubia Bridge
Elm Street Extension Bridge
HSR

Park Walkway Over Park Grounds in Groton: Tompkins County, New York, United States

Metal 6 Panel Bowstring Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 46 ft. Main Span: 46 ft. Roadway: 12 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York

This primitive-looking bridge was a special patent that creative engineers designed using railroad rails.

Rexford Falls Bridge
HSR

Pedestrian Walkway Over Mad Brook in Sherburne: Chenango County, New York, United States

Metal Bowstring Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Wood Threaded Rod-Nut Connected Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Main Span: 75 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: William Sheldon of Sherburne, New York

This unique bowstring footbridge has unusual design details.

Tivoli Island Bridge
HSR

Pedestrian Walkway Over Rock River (West Channel) in Watertown: Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States

Metal 6 Panel Threaded Rod-Nut Connected Bowstring Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 106 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1877 By: King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

This is one of the only surviving bowstring bridges in Wisconsin and given the age and rarity of the bridge type is one of the most significant highway bridges in Wisconsin.

White Bridge
HSR

Riverside Drive Over Yellow Creek in Poland: Mahoning County, Ohio, United States

Metal 14 Panel Threaded Rod-Nut Connected Bowstring Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 129 ft. Main Span: 127 ft. Roadway: 18 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: Ohio Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio and William Rezner of Cleveland, Ohio

This is one of the only surviving examples in the country of the unusual Rezner patent bowstring truss bridge.

Whites Ridge Road Bridge
HSR

Whites Ridge Road Bridge (TR-515) Over Tenmile Creek in Near Waynesburg: Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Hammond Through Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1877 By: Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio

With a bizzare and unique truss configuration this is among the oldest and most important bridges in the region.

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