Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.684036,-76.194739
Carries Bell Manor Road over Conowingo Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Five panel pin-connected Pratt through truss
Total Length: 107.9 Feet
Span Length: 105.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Conowingo Creek on Bell Manor Road
History: Built 1902 (State Historic Bridge Inventory claims 1885)
Built: 1902
Location: Cecil County
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309246
Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
349899
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349900
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349901
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349902
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349903
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349904
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.529245,-75.813889
Carries MD 213 over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Design: arch/through/steel
Design Details: Steel through arch
Total Length: 3955.2 Feet
Span Length: 540.1 Feet
Overview: Steel through arch bridge over C&D Canal on MD 213 in Chesapeake City
History: Built 1949; rehabilitated 1978
Built: 1949
Location: Cecil County
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344267
Bridge colorful
Chesapeake City, Md.
349905
Photo taken by nathan myers in September 2015
349906
Photo taken by nathan myers in September 2015
453832
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453833
Marked for repairs
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453834
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453835
Driving across 1
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453836
Driving across 2
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453837
Driving across 3
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453838
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453839
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453840
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453841
Detail
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453842
View from the sidewalk
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
453843
Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in October 2018
Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 39.675615,-75.836465
Carries Gallaher Road over Gramies Run
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 30.8 Feet
Span Length: 30.8 Feet
Overview: Lost wooden bridge over Gramies Run on Gallaher Road
History: Built 1930; replaced 2004
Built: 1930
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.642130,-75.866698
Carries MD 545 over Little Elk Creek
Design: truss/pony/polygonal
Design Details: "Hybrid" Pony truss
Total Length: 98.1 Feet
Span Length: 95.1 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Little Elk Creek on MD 545. Replaced by ugly plain concrete bridge.
History: Built 1900; rehabilitated 1932. Replaced in 2011.
Built: 1900
Location: Cecil County
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349896
Photo taken by nathan myers in March 2016
349897
Photo taken by nathan myers in March 2016
349898
Photo taken by nathan myers in March 2016
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.661836,-76.147054
Carries McCauley Road over Basin Run
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 56.1 Feet
Span Length: 53.2 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Basin Run on McCauley Road
History: Built 1884; rehabilitated 1993
Built: 1884
Location: Cecil County
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349685
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349686
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349687
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349688
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349689
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.706789,-76.115114
Carries New Bridge Road over Octoraro Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 132.9 Feet
Span Length: 128.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Octoraro Creek on New Bridge Road
History: Built 1884
Built: 1884
Location: Cecil County
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349690
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349691
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349692
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349693
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
349694
Photo taken by nathan myers in May 2015
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.600380,-75.947787
Carries MD 7C over Northeast Creek
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 152.9 Feet
Span Length: 59.1 Feet
Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Northeast Creek on MD 7C
History: Built 1921
Built: 1921
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Closed to all traffic
on the county highway department's list of bridges to be replaced in the next few years
Location: 39.520000,-75.941667
Carries Old Elk Neck Road over Piney Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 23.0 Feet
Span Length: 22.0 Feet
Overview: Wooden bridge over Piney Creek on Old Elk Neck Road
History: Built ca. 1930
Built: 1930
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.580556,-76.031111
Carries US 40 over Principio Creek
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 70.9 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Principio Creek on US 40
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Collapsed in truck accident Sept. 2006
Location: 39.605199,-75.937348
Carries Rolling Mill Road over Northeast Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 85.0 Feet
Span Length: 83.0 Feet
Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Northeast Creek on Rolling Mill Road
History: Built 1885
Built: 1885
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.650284,-76.106992
Carries Russell Road over Basin Run
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
wooden deck
Total Length: 22.0 Feet
Span Length: 21.0 Feet
Overview: steel stringer w/ wooden deck over Basin Run on Russell Road
History: Built ca. 1930; rehabilitated 2004
Built: 1930
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 39.659890,-76.152754
Carries Former Pennsylvania RR over Octoraro Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Octoraro Creek on Former Pennsylvania RR
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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477907
PRR - Octoraro Creek Bridge
looking west (NS Octoraro Creek Bridge in background)
Photo from mdrails
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.709618,-75.837606
Carries Tawes Drive over Big Elk Creek
Design: truss/through/multiple-kingpost
Design Details: Multiple Kingpost through truss
Total Length: 22.3 Feet
Span Length: 65.9 Feet
Overview: Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Big Elk Creek on Tawes Drive
History: Built 1860; rehabilitated 1992
Built: 1860
Location: Cecil County
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349697
Photo taken by nathan myers in November 2014
349698
Photo taken by nathan myers in November 2014
349699
Photo taken by nathan myers in November 2014
349700
Photo taken by nathan myers in November 2014
349701
Photo taken by nathan myers in November 2014
Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 39.648841,-75.955632
Carries old ne road over North East Creek
Design: truss/through/burr
Design Details: Burr Arch Truss
Total Length: 119.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.0 Feet
Overview: Burr Arch through truss bridge over North East Creek on old ne road
History: Built 1860, rehabillitated 1959,1990,2009
Built: 1860
Location: Cecil County
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192589
www.mdcoveredbridges.com
194683
Almost Lost
Summer following Roof and Tie / Lateral Bracing collapse under heavy snow load the winter of '58/'59
194684
Joseph George Johnson
Local Cecil County bridgewright, he built at least four other spans for the county as well as area Railroad stations
362372
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
362373
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
362374
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
362375
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
362376
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
362377
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
362378
Photo taken by John Loxton in August 2016
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.664431,-75.814513
Carries Appleton Road over Csx Railroad
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony/through plate girder
Total Length: 69.9 Feet
Span Length: 67.9 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Csx Railroad on Appleton Road
History: Built 1921
Built: 1921
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.664431,-75.814513
Carries Appleton Road over CSX Railroad
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony/through plate girder
Total Length: 69.9 Feet
Span Length: 67.9 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over CSX Railroad on Appleton Road
History: Built 1921
Built: 1921
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Destroyed by collision & replaced
Location: 39.529467,-75.814848
Carries MD 213 over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss vertical lift
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on MD 213
History: Destroyed July 28, 1942 by M/V Franz Klasen; Replaced 1948
Built: 1927
Location: Cecil County
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285236
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge
Destroyed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
375780
Chesapeake City Bridge (Old)
Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2017
Status: No longer exists
Location: 39.559965,-76.091639
Carries Route 40 over Susquehanna River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Route 40
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928
Location: Cecil County
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285093
Route 40 Bridge
Open Great American Bridges and Dams (Donald C. Jackson)
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
285094
Route 40 Bridge
Bridge closed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
435504
Photo taken by Bridges And Dams Donald C Jackson
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.618591,-75.959780
Carries Baron Road over Csx Railroad
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 137.1 Feet
Span Length: 54.1 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Csx Railroad on Baron Road
History: Built 1940, replaced by new steel stringer in 2014
Built: 1940
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.660338,-76.156952
Carries Md 222 over Octoraro Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 170.9 Feet
Span Length: 81.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Octoraro Creek on Md 222
History: build date unknown, rehabilitated in 1930
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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349695
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349696
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 39.658619,-76.144983
Carries Pennsylvania Railroad over Basin Run Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned through truss bridge over Basin Run Creek on Pensylvania Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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349801
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349802
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349803
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349804
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
349805
Photo taken by nathan myers in April 2015
474904
PRR Basin Run Bridge
Photo courtesy of the HSCC
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.659805,-76.153394
Carries Norfolk Southern Port Road Branch over Octoraro Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Closed-spandrel concrete arch bridge over Octoraro Creek on Norfolk Southern Port Road Branch
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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456035
NS - Octoraro Creek Viaduct
looking west
Photo from singlemalt-capebreton-norvellhimself
456036
NS - Octoraro Creek Viaduct
former PRR Octoraro Branch in foreground
Photo from mdrails
464689
NS - Octararo Creek Viaduct
Octararo Branch bridge in foreground
Photo taken by Rick F.
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.660578,-76.173232
Carries US Route 1 over Susquehanna River
Design: other
Design Details: Other
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge on Conowingo Dam over Susquehanna River on US Route 1
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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456037
Conowingo Dam - US Route 1
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.644991,-75.869193
Carries CSX RR over Little Elk Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Little Elk Creek on CSX RR
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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462875
CSX - Little Elk Creek Bridge
looking north
Photo taken by Ken Lewis in 2015
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.657748,-76.171815
Carries Road over Susquehanna River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Road
History: Removed for Conowingo Dam construction
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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466037
Conowingo Bridge
view c1916
Photo from The Lost Village of Conowingo
470094
Conowingo Bridge
looking east
Photo from Pinterest
496046
Conowingo Bridge
1906 view
Photo from old postcard
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.599856,-75.950838
Carries Amtrak over Old Philadelphia Road MD 7
Design: arch/deck/stone
Design Details: Stone arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Stone arch bridge over Old Philadelphia Road MD 7 on Amtrak
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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469506
Amtrak - Old Philadelphia Road Underpass
looking southwest
Photo from eastcoastroads
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.363939,-75.882003
Carries SR 213 over Sassafras River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Steel stringer bridge over Sassafras River on SR 213
History:
Built: 1917
Location: Cecil County
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477908
Sassafras River Bridge (Old)
looking west
Photo from Facebook
477909
Sassafras River Bridge (Old)
looking north in 1968
Photo from The Cecil Whig
489509
Photo taken by Cecil Whig
489511
Tech drawing from Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2020
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 39.690208,-76.128117
Carries Porters Bridge Road (formerly MD 591) over Octoraro Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 8-panel Pratt pin-connected through truss with a wooden deck.
Total Length: 121.0 Feet
Span Length: 121.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Octoraro Creek on Porters Bridge Road (formerly MD 591)
History: Built 1885
Built: 1885
Location: Cecil County
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478095
CE-914
Porters Bridge, circa 1980
From the Cecil County CE-914 Architectural Survey File
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.571823,-76.030965
Carries Amtrak over Principio Creek
Design: arch/deck/stone
Design Details: Stone arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Stone arch bridge over Principio Creek on Amtrak
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.711934,-76.221317
Carries NS RR over hillside
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Tunnel under hillside on NS RR
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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483286
NS - Wildcat Point Tunnel
looking north c1978
Photo taken by Evard O. DeMott
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.718751,-76.225007
Carries NS RR over hillside
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Tunnel under hillside on NS RR
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.528744,-75.811630
Carries George Street/Hemphill Street over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Design: unknown
Design Details: Wooden swing bridge
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost wooden swing bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on George Street/Hemphill Street
History: Built before 1898; Replaced 1927
Built: pre-1898
Location: Cecil County
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485413
High bridge north view
Here’s a shot of the wooden swing bridge (High Bridge) looking north towards Chesapeake City’s Hemphill Street. This bridge spanning the narrow canal was activated by the tender engaging a small electric motor. The bridge pivoted from the North Side and swung towards the east. Note the bridge tender’s shack at left.
Photo posted by R. Harper Hazel at rharperhazelpic.blogspot.com
485414
Old high bridge east view
Here’s an east view of the old High Bridge. You can see two old cars crossing over to Hemphill Street. An older Chesapeake City resident told me that one time, when his grandfather tried to drive a heavy horse and wagon across, the bridge collapsed into the canal. The building just to the right of the first car was the Woolley House.
Photo posted by R. Harper Hazel at rharperhazelpic.blogspot.com
485487
Tech Drawing by Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2019
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.621185,-75.828638
Carries Newark Road over Big Elk Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Big Elk Creek on Newark Road
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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496045
Gilpin's Bridge
1920s view
Photo from old postcard
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 39.605419,-75.832017
Carries Bridge Street over Big Elk Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 8-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 106.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Big Elk Creek on Bridge Street
History: Built 1871
Built: 1871
Location: Cecil County
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511406
Bridge Street Bridge
Photo from old postcard
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.559112,-76.073484
Carries Norfolk Southern Railroad over Broad Street
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Broad Street on Norfolk Southern Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.559075,-76.073506
Carries Norfolk Southern Railroad over Broad Street
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Broad Street on Norfolk Southern Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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512380
File:Perryville Railroad Bridges(Eastbound).jpg
DanTD
512381
File:Perryville Railroad Bridges(Westbound).jpg
DanTD
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.558951,-76.073943
Carries Norfolk Southern Railroad over Broad Street
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Broad Street on Norfolk Southern Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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512382
File:Perryville Railroad Bridges(Eastbound).jpg
DanTD
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.558103,-76.073216
Carries Amtrak over Road
Design: arch/deck/stone
Design Details: Stone arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Stone arch bridge over Road on Amtrak
History:
Built:
Location: Cecil County
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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.
