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Historic Bridges: 1959

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: 46

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18th Street Bridge
HSR

US-69 (18th Street) Over Kansas River and Railroad (BNSF) in Kansas City: Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States

Metal Continuous (Straight Chords) Bolt-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,227 ft. Main Span: 424 ft. Roadway: 56 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This is a large deck truss bridge composed of a wide deck supported by three truss lines.

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1st Line Bridge
Nassagaweya 1st Line Bridge
HSR

Nassagaweya 1st Line Over KH-401 (King's Highway 401, MacDonald-Cartier Freeway) in Milton: Halton Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 118 ft. Main Span: 59 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1959 By: Unknown

One of a couple overpasses on this section of the 401 that offer a double-span configuration instead of the single span design.

24 Mile Road Bridge
HSR

24 Mile Road Over I-94 in Rural: Calhoun County, Michigan, United States

Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 227 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1959 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department

This bridge is one of a small, declining group of curved t-beams that retain original railings.

Agawa River Bridge
HSR

KH-17 (Trans-Canada Highway) Over Agawa River in Rural: Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Metal 16 Panel Bolt-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 330 ft. Main Span: 330 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This truss bridge is noted for its span length and uncommon truss configuration.

Avenue A Bridge
HSR

Avenue A Over Allegheny River in Coudersport: Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Length: 75 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This is a late example of a highway plate girder bridge in Pennsylvania.

Broadway Avenue US-31 Bridge
HSR

Broadway Avenue Over US-31 in Norton Shores: Muskegon County, Michigan, United States

Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 189 ft. Main Span: 59 ft. Roadway: 48 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1959 By: Darin and Armstrong, Inc of Detroit, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department

This noteworthy bridge is perhaps the most technologically significant curved t-beam overpass in Michigan.

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Brockport - Holley Road Bridge
Bridge E-185
HSR

Brockport - Holley Road (NY-31) Over Erie Canal (New York State Barge Canal) in Rural: Monroe County, New York, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 327 ft. Main Span: 110 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This bridge was a good example of bridge with pin and hanger technology and a suspended span.

Brorein Street Bridge
HSR

Brorein Street Over Hillsborough River in Tampa: Hillsborough County, Florida, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule and Approach Spans: Pre-Stressed Concrete Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 318 ft. Main Span: 132 ft. Roadway: 42 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Paul Smith Construction Company of Tampa, Florida and Hedman, Hopkins and Horton

This is the youngest of the group of historic bascule bridges on this river in downtown Tampa.

Chagrin Valley Hunt Club Bridge
HSR

Chagrin Valley Hunt Club Drive Over Mill Race in Gates Mills: Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

Crossing what may be an old mill race, this bridge appears to be a small stone arch bridge, or possibly a concrete bridge with stone facing, and it serves a historic hunt club nearby.

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Elliott Bridge
Mill Street Bridge
HSR

Mill Street (CR-90) Over Nottawasaga River in Angus: Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

Metal 13 Panel Welded Parker Pony Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 235 ft. Main Span: 162 ft. Roadway: 32.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

Demolished ca. 2015, this bizarre and long pony truss had an unusual top chord design and was a rare welded truss.

Fort Duquesne Bridge
HSR

I-279 Over Allegheny River in Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Tied Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous Box Beam, Fixed

Length: 921 ft. Main Span: 432 ft. Roadway: 53.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Richardson, Gordon, and Associates of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (George S. Richardson)

The smaller of two similar double-deck arch bridges that frame the Point at Pittsburgh.

Fort Pitt Bridge
HSR

I-279 and I-376 Over Monongahela River in Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Tied Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,207 ft. Main Span: 750 ft. Roadway: 51.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Richardson, Gordon, and Associates of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (George S. Richardson)

This is the larger of two nearly identical bridges leading to the Point and downtown Pittsburgh.

Gates Mills Bridge
HSR

Old Mill Road (CR-427) Over Chagrin River in Gates Mills: Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Metal Tied Through Arch, Fixed

Length: 119 ft. Main Span: 116 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown and Osborne Engineering Company of Cleveland, Ohio

This is an unusual small-scale occurrence of a steel through arch bridge, and its distinctive design was chosen to harmonize with its charming surroundings.

Gibbs Road Bridge
HSR

Gibbs Road Over I-94 in Rural: Jackson County, Michigan, United States

Concrete Continuous Curved T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 227 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1959 By: L. A. Davidson of Saginaw, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department

This bridge received an interesting paint job that should help protect the bridge.

Goulais River Bridge
HSR

TC-17 (KH-17) Over Goulais River in Rural: Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Metal 16 Panel Bolt-Connected Modified Warren (Subdivided) Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 300 ft. Main Span: 299 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Ardelt Industries of Canada

A 1950s truss bridge, this is impressive to look at, and has an odd truss configuration.

Hastings Road Bridge
HSR

Hastings Road Over I-96 in Rural: Ionia County, Michigan, United States

Concrete Curved T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 240 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1959 By: Walter Toebe Company and Sargent Construction Company and Michigan State Highway Department

Although Armco guardrail has been added, this bridge is an example of a curved t-beam overpass with attractive R4 railings.

Houghton Hancock Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
HSR

US-41 (M-26) and Rail-Trail Over Portage Lake (Keweenaw Waterway) in Houghton and Hancock: Houghton County, Michigan, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,310 ft. Main Span: 269 ft. Roadway: 53.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Hazelet and Erdal of Chicago, Illinois

The record-setting double-deck vertical lift is the only one of its kind in Michigan and is an icon for the region.

Humphreys Gap Bridge
HSR

Blue Ridge Parkway Over US-60 in Rural: Amherst County, Virginia, United States

Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 78 ft. Main Span: 78 ft. Roadway: 30.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This is a later example of a style of overpass bridge that first saw popular usage in the 1930s.

I-94 Conner Street Railroad Bridges
HSR

Railroad (Conrail) Over I-94 (Edsel Ford Expressway) in Detroit: Wayne County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 127 ft. Main Span: 65 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This is a representative example of a pair of riveted steel railroad overpasses on an mid 20th century Michigan expressway.

I-96 Grand River Bridge
HSR

I-96 Over Grand River and Market Street in Near Portland: Ionia County, Michigan, United States

Metal Continuous Variable Depth Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 414 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Roadway: 35.4 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1959 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department

This pair of identical bridges are good examples of cantilever deck plate girder bridges in Michigan.

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Inner Belt Bridge
Central Viaduct
HSR

I-90 Over Cuyahoga River in Cleveland: Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Metal Cantilever 16 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 5,078 ft. Main Span: 400 ft. Roadway: 110 ft. Main Spans: 9

Built 1959 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This very long, curving deck truss bridge was demolished and replaced!

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KH-40 Bear Creek Bridge
HSR

KH-40 Over Bear Creek in Rural: Chatham-Kent Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 72 ft. Main Span: 36 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This bridge is larger and features slightly different design than other bridges on this stretch of road between Chatham and Wallaceburg.

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KH-40 Big Creek Bridge #1
HSR

KH-40 (St. Clair Road) Over Big Creek in Rural: Chatham-Kent Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Main Span: 39 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

One of several nearby, nearly identical, KH-40 bridges; while individually undistinguished, together form a unique image of the past.

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KH-40 Big Creek Bridge #2
HSR

KH-40 (St. Clair Road) Over Big Creek in Rural: Chatham-Kent Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Main Span: 39 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

One of several nearby, nearly identical, KH-40 bridges; while individually undistinguished, together form a unique image of the past.

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KH-40 Big Creek Bridge #3
HSR

KH-40 (St. Clair Road) Over Big Creek in Rural: Chatham-Kent Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Main Span: 46 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

One of several nearby, nearly identical, KH-40 bridges; while individually undistinguished, together form a unique image of the past.

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KH-40 Big Creek Bridge #4
HSR

KH-40 (St. Clair Road) Over Big Creek in Rural: Chatham-Kent Region, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Main Span: 46 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

One of several nearby, nearly identical, KH-40 bridges; while individually undistinguished, together form a unique image of the past.

KH-69 Magnetawan River Bridge
HSR

KH-69 (Trans-Canada Highway) Over Magnetawan River in Rural: Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 170 ft. Main Span: 90 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This is a locally rare but also a very late example of a concrete arch bridge in Ontario.

Kiskatinaw River Railway Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Canadian National) Over Kiskatinaw River in Rural: Peace River District, British Columbia, Canada

Wood Howe Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Wood Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 477 ft. Main Span: 150 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown and J. S. C. Frost

This is a rare example of a timber truss railway bridge.

LaBelle Bridge
LaBelle Draw
HSR

FL-29 (Bridge Street) Over Caloosahatchee River (Okeechobee Waterway) in LaBelle: Hendry County, Florida, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Pre-Stressed Concrete Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 502 ft. Main Span: 105 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This deck plate girder bascule bridge is noted for its riveted construction.

Lockport Company Canal Bridge
HSR

LA-1 (Crescent Avenue) Over Company Canal in Lockport: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States

Metal Through Girder, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Concrete Slab, Fixed

Length: 370 ft. Main Span: 150 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown and Louisiana Highway Commission

This bridge is a good example of a state standard 150 foot vertical lift bridge,and it has a different appearance from shorter lift bridges in the state.

Lutz Road Bridge
HSR

Lutz Road Over Fawn River in Rural: St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States

Pre-Stressed Concrete Box Beam, Fixed

Length: 90 ft. Main Span: 45 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1959 By: Brooks and Metcalfe

As a pre-1960 bridge, this is among the earlier pre-stressed concrete bridges in Michigan.

M-222 Overpass
HSR

M-222 (116th Avenue) Over US-131 in Rural: Allegan County, Michigan, United States

Concrete Pre-Stressed Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 188 ft. Main Span: 59 ft. Roadway: 40.4 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1959 By: Carl Goodwin and Sons of Allegan, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department

A representative example of an early pre-stressed concrete overpass in Michigan.

M-66 Whetstone Creek Bridge
HSR

M-66 (30th Avenue) Over Whetstone Creek in Rural: Osceola County, Michigan, United States

Pre-Stressed Concrete Adjacent Box Beam, Fixed

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

Built 1959 By: Erickson Trucking Service Company and Michigan State Highway Department

A relatively early pre-stressed concrete bridge in Michigan.

Monaca - East Rochester Bridge
East Rochester Monaca Bridge
HSR

PA-51 (Pennsylvania Avenue) Over Ohio River and Railroad (Norfolk Southern) in Monaca and East Rochester: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Cantilever 20 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,037 ft. Main Span: 730 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1959 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Michael Baker Jr. Inc.

Later examples of cantilever truss bridges such as this bridge are becoming increasingly rare and historically significant as older examples are replaced.

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Morrin Bridge
HSR

AB-27 Over Red Deer River in Rural: Kneehill County, Alberta and Starland County, Alberta, Canada

Metal 10 Panel Bolt-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 590 ft. Main Span: 200 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1959 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec (Dominion Bridge Company of Calgary, Alberta)

This mid 20th century truss bridge was demolished and replaced with an ugly slab of concrete.

Olde Oneida Street Bridge
Oneida Street Bridge
HSR

Olde Oneida Street Over Fox River Navigation Canal in Appleton: Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule and Approach Spans: Concrete Slab, Fixed

Length: 128 ft. Main Span: 88 ft. Roadway: 36 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: La Crosse Dredging Corporation of Chicago, Illinois and Fenner-Brey Engineering of Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Charles W. Yoder and Associates of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This is a small bascule bridge noted for its single leaf design, since most highway bascule bridges are double-leaf.

Pont ferroviaire du Canal de la Rive Sud (South Shore Canal Railway Bridge)
HSR

Railroad (Canadian Pacific) Over South Shore Canal (Canal de la Rive Sud) in Kahnawake: Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder,

Length: 595 ft. Main Span: 330 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This bridge is configured as a pair of vertical lift superstructures which were built to accommodate the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway at the same time.

Pont Lafleur (Lafleur Bridge)
HSR

Avenue Dollard (Avenue Saint-Pierre) Over Canal de Lachine in Montréal: Montréal, Québec, United States

Metal Through Girder, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift)

Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

This bridge sits next to an older bascule bridge, and it creates a unique site where two major bascule bridge types can be compared.

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Rushville US-22 Bridge
HSR

US-22 (Cincinnati Zanesville Road) Over Little Rush Creek and Railroad (Conrail) in Near Rushville: Fairfield County, Ohio, United States

Metal Continuous Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 515 ft. Main Span: 214 ft. Roadway: 33.8 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This uncommon continuous truss with cantilevered end spans was replaced even though it was in good condition.

Southampton Bridge
HSR

KH-21 (Albert Street) Over Saugeen River in Southampton (Saugeen Shores): Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

Metal Continuous 14 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 450 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1959 By: Unknown and Reginald Arthur Blyth

A rare, and relatively late example of continuous deck bridge construction.

Summit Bridge
HSR

DE-71 and DE-896 Over Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) in Summit Bridge: New Castle County, Delaware, United States

Metal 20 Panel Bolt-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Cantilever Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 2,058 ft. Main Span: 600 ft. Roadway: 58.4 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1959 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and John Edwin Greiner (J. E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois)

This large high level truss bridge is also noted for its fairly wide roadway width.

Upper Hackensack Lift Bridge
HSR

Railroad (New Jersey Transit) Over Hackensack River in Lyndhurst and Secaucus: Hudson County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 723 ft. Main Span: 220 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This mid 20th century bridge is located in a difficult to access combination of swampland and industrial development.

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Watson Road Bridge
HSR