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Historic Bridges: George Shattuck Morison

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: 5

Armitage Bridge
Coburg Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Rail-Trail) Over McKenzie River in Coburg: Lane County, Oregon, United States

Metal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Whipple (Double-Intersection Pratt) Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Wood Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 485 ft. Main Span: 405 ft. Roadway: 16.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1887 By: Unknown and George Shattuck Morison

This incredible bridge is one of the best preserved works in the entire country of famous engineer George Morison and his Whipple truss design.

Bellefontaine Bridge
HSR

Railroad (BNSF) Over Missouri River in Old Jamestown and West Alton: St. Louis County, Missouri and St. Charles County, Missouri, United States

Metal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,660 ft. Main Span: 440 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1893 By: New Jersey Steel and Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey and George Shattuck Morison

This bridge is one of the few surviving bridges designed by one of the greatest engineers in American history.

Butler Bridge
Lester Bridge
HSR

Butler Road (Formerly North Glendale Road) Over Housatonic River in Stockbridge: Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 92 ft. Main Span: 88 ft. Roadway: 15.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1882 By: Morison, Field and Company of Buffalo and New York, New York and George Shattuck Morison

This unique bridge, an unusual example of a tiny bridge designed by a famous engineer, has stone posts allowing for the bridge to bear at the level of the top chord, and a bottom chord that runs up to the top chord.

Frisco Bridge
Memphis Bridge
HSR

Railroad (BNSF) Over Mississippi River in Memphis: Shelby County, Tennessee and Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States

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

Length: 4,988 ft. Main Span: 790 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1892 By: Baird Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and George Shattuck Morison

The Frisco Bridge is the crowning achievement of a great engineer, and one of the oldest and largest cantilever truss bridges in the world.

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Merchants Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis) Over Mississippi River in St. Louis and Venice: St. Louis City, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois, United States

Metal 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 4,340 ft. Main Span: 518 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1890 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York and George Shattuck Morison

Despite national significance as the design work of famous engineer George Morison and extremely long truss span length, this bridge was sentenced to scrapping.

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