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Historic Bridges: 1945

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: 12

3rd Street Islais Creek Bridge
Levon Hagop Nishkian Bridge
HSR

3rd Street Over Islais Creek in San Francisco: San Francisco County, California, United States

Metal Through Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion)

Length: 120 ft. Main Span: 105 ft. Roadway: 68.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1945 By: Unknown and Leon Hagop Nishkian of San Francisco, California

This wide bascule with three girder lines has racks that extend above the deck.

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9th Avenue West Bridge Railings
HSR

9th Avenue West Over Wares Creek in Bradenton: Manatee County, Florida, United States

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 36 ft. Main Span: 36 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1945 By: Unknown and Freeman H. Horton

Although this bridge was sadly demolished and replaced, its distinctive concrete railings were left on the replacement bridge.

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Dennis Road Bridge
HSR

Dennis Road Over Doan Creek in Rural: Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 40 ft. Main Span: 40 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1945 By: E. C. Nolan and Son of Detroit, Michigan

This is one of several small steel stringer bridges in this county that feature an unusual metal railing.

East Pittsburgh Railroad Overpass
HSR

Railroad (Pennsylvania Union Railroad) Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern) in East Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 210 ft. Main Span: 210 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1945 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This through truss can be viewed from the Westinghouse Bridge which looms over this bridge making it look smaller than it is.

Harry S. Truman Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Missouri River in Rural: Jackson County, Missouri and Clay County, Missouri, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,577 ft. Main Span: 417 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1945 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorff of Kansas City, Missouri

This is a later example of a riveted vertical lift bridge, and a rare steel bridge completed during World War II.

I-94 Schaefer Road Railroad Bridge
HSR