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Historic Bridges: 18

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: 35

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Alexandra Bridge (Pont Alexandra)
Interprovincial Bridge (Pont Interprovincial)
HSR

Saint Patrick Street and Murray Street (Boulevard des Allumettières) Over Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Ottawa and Gatineau: Ottawa City, Ontario and Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,857 ft. Main Span: 556 ft. Roadway: 62 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1900 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

Located next to Parliament Hill, this beautiful bridge represents a significant engineering achievement as an early surviving large-scale cantilever truss bridge.

Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge
CSX Castleton Bridge
HSR

Railroad (CSX) Over Hudson River in Castleton-On-Hudson: Rensselaer County, New York and Albany County, New York, United States

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

Length: 5,255 ft. Main Span: 599 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1924 By: McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Olaf Hoff of New York, New York

This large railroad bridge its noted for its largest span, nearly 600 feet in span length, and thus a significant engineering achievement.

Arsenal Street Bridge
HSR

Arsenal Street Over San Antonio River in San Antonio: Bexar County, Texas, United States

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 103 ft. Roadway: 37.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: Walsh - Burney and Moore and S. F. Crecelius

This unusual pony truss is noted for its polygonal design, but with a long horizontal section.

Boston Bridge
HSR

Walnut Street (PA-48 - Orange Beltway) Over Youghiogheny River in Versailles: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,182 ft. Main Span: 420 ft. Roadway: 29.5 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1931 By: Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This distinctive and unique bridge was built with aesthetics in mind.

Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge
Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Mass Coastal Railroad) Over Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 806 ft. Main Span: 544 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1935 By: Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and Parsons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff and Douglas of New York City, New York

This enormous vertical lift bridge had the longest lift span in the world for many years and is also noted for its ornamental detailing.

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Champ Clark Bridge
HSR

US-54 (Mansion Street) Over Mississippi River and Railroad in Louisiana: Pike County, Missouri and Pike County, Illinois, United States

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

Length: 2,279 ft. Main Span: 419 ft. Roadway: 20 ft. Main Spans: 5

Built 1928 By: Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company of Leavenworth, Kansas and Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri

The beautiful design of this bridge with its large Pennsylvania truss spans was not enough to save it from the scrapyard.

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Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge
Nitro - St. Albans Bridge
HSR

I-64 Over Kanawha River, WV-817, and Railroad in Rural: Putnam County, West Virginia, United States

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,400 ft. Main Span: 563 ft. Roadway: 61.4 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1962 By: Unknown

This mid 20th century cantilever truss bridge continues to carry interstate highway traffic.

Dunbar Toll Bridge
Dunbar - South Charleston Bridge
HSR

10th Street (CR-25/47) Over Kanawha River and US-60 in Dunbar and South Charleston: Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States

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

Length: 1,383 ft. Main Span: 450 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1953 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Hazelet and Erdal of Chicago, Illinois

This is a good and increasingly rare example of a mid 20th century riveted cantilever truss bridge.

Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge
Bushkill Street Bridge
HSR

US-22 (Bushkill Street) Over Delaware River in Easton and Phillipsburg: Northampton County, Pennsylvania and Warren County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 18 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 550 ft. Main Span: 550 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1938 By: Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and John Edwin Greiner (J. E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois)

This bridge was when built was among the longest simple truss spans built.!

Falls of the Ohio Bridge
14th Street Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Conrail) Over Ohio River and Riverside Drive in Louisville and Jeffersonville: Jefferson County, Kentucky and Clark County, Indiana, United States

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive)

Length: 5,218 ft. Main Span: 644 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1919 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Waddell and Son of Kansas City, Missouri

This bridge includes a truss span that was the longest simple rivet-connected truss span in the world when completed.

Freeport Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Allegheny River in Freeport: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States

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

Length: 1,104 ft. Main Span: 440 ft. Roadway: 25 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This bridge is noted for its impressive Pennsylvania through truss main span.

General Pierce Bridge
HSR

Montague City Road Over Connecticut River in Greenfield: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 753 ft. Main Span: 398 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1947 By: Unknown

This bridge is noted for its striking skew and unusual portal bracing.

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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.

Glenwood Bridge
HSR

PA-885 Over Monongahela River, Railroad, and Carson Street in Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

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

Length: 2,276 ft. Main Span: 567 ft. Roadway: 54 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1966 By: Unknown and Richardson, Gordon, and Associates of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (George S. Richardson)

This bridge is unusual because most of the trusses are below deck except at the piers where they rise up forming a through truss design.

Kentucky and Indiana Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Ohio River and Water Street in Louisville and New Albany: Jefferson County, Kentucky and Floyd County, Indiana, United States

Metal 18 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier)

Length: 2,713 ft. Main Span: 625 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1912 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and John Edwin Greiner (J. E. Greiner Company of Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois)

Featuring former vehicular decks cantilevered from the sides of the trusses with a railroad deck in the middle, this bridge is also noted for its variety of truss designs.

Liberty Bridge
HSR

Crosstown Boulevard (Liberty Avenue) Over Monongahela River in Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,663 ft. Main Span: 450 ft. Roadway: 56 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1928 By: Independent Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A massive cantilevered deck truss span is one of the core downtown historic bridges.

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MacArthur Bridge
St. Louis Municipal Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis) Over Mississippi River and Various Streets and Railroads in St. Louis and East St. Louis: St. Louis City, Missouri and St. Clair County, Illinois, United States

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

Length: 13,300 ft. Main Span: 668 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1917 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Boller, Hodge, and Baird of New York, New York

Even with most of the highway portion of this combined use double-deck bridge removed, the remaining bridge is one of the most complex bridges around.

McKinley Bridge
HSR

Salisbury Street Over Mississippi River in St. Louis and Venice: St. Louis City, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois, United States

Metal 18 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 5,734 ft. Main Span: 518 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1910 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Ralph Modjeski

This massive truss bridge is an early surviving example of work by a master engineer and also is noted for the length of its simple truss spans.

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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.

Mosgrove Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad) Over Allegheny River and Various Roads in West Mosgrove: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States

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

Length: 1,680 ft. Main Span: 450 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 4

Built 1899 By: Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This spectacular bridge features some of the longest pin-connected deck truss spans in the country.

Navarro Street Bridge Middle
HSR

Navarro Street Over San Antonio River in San Antonio: Bexar County, Texas, United States

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 99 ft. Main Span: 97 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1922 By: Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia and Terrell Bartlett Engineers of San Antonio, Texas

This unusual pony truss is noted for its polygonal design, but with a long horizontal section, and use of concrete railings.

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Newark Bay Bridge
Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, Turnpike Extension Bridge
HSR

New Jersey Turnpike Extension (I-78) Over Newark Bay in Newark and Bayonne: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Continuous 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 6,170 ft. Main Span: 671 ft. Roadway: 77 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1955 By: Unknown

This large high level bridge is adds interest to this extension of the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects to Bayonne.

Northport Bridge
HSR

WA-25 Over Columbia River (Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake) in Northport: Stevens County, Washington, United States

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Curved T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 1,540 ft. Main Span: 504 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1951 By: Midland Structural Steel Company and Washington Department of Highways

This attractive cantilever truss bridge includes a series of curved t-beam approach spans to accomodate flooding.

Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge
Brunot Island Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Ohio River in Pittsburgh: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 4,548 ft. Main Span: 525 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1915 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

Constructed with innovative methods, this is a very long bridge with a record-breaking rivet-connected truss span.

Pont Duplessis (Duplessis Bridge)
HSR

QC-138 (Boulevard du St. Maurice) Over Rivière Saint-Maurice (West Channel) in Trois-Rivières: Mauricie, Québec, Canada

Metal Continuous (Straight Chords) 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,330 ft. Main Span: 180 ft. Roadway: 42 ft. Main Spans: 8

Built 1948 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec and Dufresne Engineering Company

This is a very long, low-level deck truss bridge with a complicated history.

Pont Ferroviaire Saint-Laurent (St. Lawrence Railway Bridge)
HSR

Railroad (Canadian Pacific) Over St. Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent) in Montréal and Kahnawake: Montréal, Québec and Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 3,660 ft. Main Span: 409 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1913 By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

This impressive through truss bridge sits on the location of an earlier famous continuous truss bridge from 1887.

Pont Rapides-des-Joachims (Swisha Bridge)
HSR

Highway 635 (Swisha Road), Rue Principale Over Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Rapides-des-Joachims: Renfrew County, Ontario and Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 430 ft. Main Span: 225 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built By: Dominion Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec

This spectacular riveted truss bridge is the centerpiece of a beautiful, scenic setting.

Pont Saint-Pie (Saint-Pie Bridge)
HSR

Rue Montcalm Over Rivière Noire in Saint-Pie: Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 228 ft. Main Span: 221 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1908 By: Phoenix Bridge and Iron Works of Montréal, Québec (Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania)

This modified (subdivided) Double-Intersection Warren through truss bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic, but remains open to pedestrian use.

Putnam Railroad Bridge
North County Trailway Bridge
HSR

Railroad (North County Trailway Rail-Trail) Over New Croton Reservoir in Rural: Westchester County, New York, United States

Metal 18 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch,

Length: 459 ft. Main Span: 384 ft. Roadway: 18 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: New York Central Railroad Forces and Olaf Hoff of New York, New York

This former railroad bridge has a spectacular through truss main span and has become a centerpiece of a rail-trail in the area.

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.

Spanish River Bridge
Espanola Bridge
HSR

KH-6 (Centre Street) Over Spanish River in Espanola: Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Metal Continuous (Straight Chords) 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 690 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built By: Unknown

This is a large, multi-span deck truss bridge on a major regional highway.

Walkway over the Hudson
Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Walkway over the Hudson, Hudson Valley Rail-Trail) Over Hudson River and Various Streets and Railroads in Poughkeepsie and Highland: Dutchess County, New York and Ulster County, New York, United States

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Pin-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Pin-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 6,767 ft. Main Span: 548 ft. Roadway: 35 ft. Main Spans: 7

Built 1888 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

This massive and ancient cantilever truss bridge is one of the most important historic bridges in the country, and has been beautifully converted for pedestrian use.

Watkins Glen Iron Foot-Bridge
HSR

Watkins Glen State Park Trail Over Glen Creek in Watkins Glen: Schuyler County, New York, United States

Metal 18 Panel Bowstring Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 90 ft. Main Span: 90 ft. Roadway: 10.6 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1870 By: Unknown and John L. Foreman

This nationally significant and unique structure is made of cast and wrought iron.

Winfield Toll Bridge
Ross Booth Memorial Bridge
HSR

WV-34 Over Kanawha River, WV-62, and Railroad (Norfolk Southern) in Winfield: Putnam County, West Virginia, United States

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

Length: 1,434 ft. Main Span: 462 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1955 By: Vincennes Bridge Company of Vincennes, Indiana and John F. Beasley Company of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Harrington and Cortelyou

This is an increasingly rare example of a large-scale cantilever truss bridge in this region.

York Haven Road Bridge
HSR

Old York Haven Road (Old PA-181 Alignment) Over Conewago Creek in Rural: York County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 295 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1888 By: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio

This is the only known example in the country of a Pennsylvania truss built by the most prolific pre-1900 bridge company in the nation.

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