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Historic Bridges: 1968

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

127th Street Bridge
HSR

127th Street Over Calumet Sag Channel in Alsip: Cook County, Illinois, United States

Metal 12 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 610 ft. Main Span: 396 ft. Roadway: 53.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown and Alfred Benesch and Associates of Chicago, Illinois

This imposing bridge is noted for its very heavy skew.

Allen Road Bridge
HSR

Allen Road Over Wolf Creek in Rural: Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 27 ft. Main Span: 27 ft. Roadway: 21.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown

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

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Gerald Desmond Bridge
HSR

Ocean Boulevard (I-710, Seaside Freeway) Over Back Channel (Port of Long Beach) in Long Beach: Los Angeles County, California, United States

Metal Cantilever (Arch and Suspended Deck) 18 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 6,075 ft. Main Span: 527 ft. Roadway: 61 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1968 By: Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Moffatt and Nichol

This bridge is an uncommon example of a bridge which is configured as a cantilever truss bridge with a tied arch suspended span.

Horace Wilkinson Bridge
New Bridge
HSR

I-10 Over Mississippi River and Various Roads and Railroads in Baton Rouge: East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States

Metal Cantilever 28 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Cantilever 12 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 4,550 ft. Main Span: 1,235 ft. Roadway: 81.7 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1968 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Modjeski and Masters

This late example of a cantilever truss bridge is noted for its span length and significant roadway width.

Jimmie Davis Bridge
HSR

Jimmie Davis Highway (LA-511) Over Red River, Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway, and Arthur Ray Teague Parkway in Bossier City and Shreveport: Bossier Parish, Louisiana and Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States

Metal 12 Panel Bolt-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,823 ft. Main Span: 400 ft. Roadway: 30.2 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1968 By: O. L. Sims Company of Louisiana

This bridge is a late example of a metal truss bridge, but is noted for its large 300 foot spans.

McKeesport Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (CSX) Over Youghiogheny River in McKeesport: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 10 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 930 ft. Main Span: 248 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown

This is a late example of a steel truss bridge that uses rivets in its construction.

NY-129 Bridge
HSR

NY-129 Over Taconic State Parkway (Northbound) (NY-987G) in Rural: Westchester County, New York, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 64 ft. Main Span: 54 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown

This is a very late example of a concrete rigid-frame overpass bridge in New York State.

Peace River Bridge
HSR

AB-2 Over Peace River in Peace River: Northern Sunrise County, Alberta, Canada

Metal Tied Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 1,840 ft. Main Span: 410 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1968 By: Unknown

This is a large, but fairly late example of a steel tied arch bridge.

Portal Bridge
HSR

I-279 Over Point State Park Walkway in Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 186 ft. Main Span: 182 ft. Roadway: 154 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown and Richardson, Gordon, and Associates of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (George S. Richardson)

This unusual bridge was designed with aesthetics in mind for the sake of the park it crosses over.

Raceland Bridge
HSR

Unnamed LA-308 to LA-1 and LA-182 Connector Over Bayou Lafourche in Raceland: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States

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

Length: 195 ft. Main Span: 75 ft. Roadway: 25 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown and Louisiana Highway Commission

This bridge is one of a significant number of vertical lift bridges built in Louisiana from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Reedy Point Bridge
HSR

DE-9 Over Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) in Rural: New Castle County, Delaware, United States

Metal Cantilever (Arched) 18 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 8,433 ft. Main Span: 600 ft. Roadway: 25.6 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1968 By: John F. Beasley Company of Dallas Texas and Novo Industrial Group of Chicago Illinois (Beasley-Nova Joint Venture) and Modjeski and Masters

This is a late but impressive example of a cantilever truss bridge with an arch-like appearance.

Second Narrows Railway Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Canadian National) Over Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver and West Vancouver: Greater Vancouver District, British Columbia, Canada

Metal 16 Panel Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,175 ft. Main Span: 500 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown

This bridge features one of the longest vertical lift spans in North America.

Siesta Key Bridge
HSR

Stickney Point Road (FL-72) Over Intracoastal Waterway in Siesta Key: Sarasota 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: 564 ft. Main Span: 117 ft. Roadway: 28.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1968 By: Unknown

Although not a particularly old bascule bridge, this is noted for its design as a pair of bascule spans.

Torrence Avenue Railroad Bridge
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Bridge
HSR