Inventory Earth is a feature of HistoricBridges.org that is intended to provide basic location and bridge type data for selected locations across the globe that are not in the United States and are not covered by HistoricBridges.org. Many countries on this planet have spectacular historic bridges that are carefully preserved and maintained, yet research on the Internet shows that there are few websites out there that help people quickly identify and locate these bridges. The webmaster of HistoricBridges.org felt that creating a database to list bridges that are found in the process of online research and exploration to share with website visitors would be an easy way to help raise awareness of some of these bridges, without undertaking the effort needed to add a bridge to HistoricBridges.org's main Bridge Browser. The primary goal of an entry in Inventory Earth is to provide the location of the bridge, provide basic bridge type information, and offer a small comment about the bridge. In this sense, Inventory Earth is not so much the source of information and photos for a bridge, but moreso a search tool, organizer, and gateway to aid in Internet research and trip planning. There is also an intent in coverage and comments here to offer evidence to American visitors that historic bridges in the United States are not maintained as they should, and are also being demolished when rehabilitation is in fact feasible and prudent.
This project is currently in its infancy. The database should grow dramatically over time, and a search tool will be provided to filter results.
Special Bridge Conditions Legend |
! | Confirmed demolition date within one year or an especially historic bridge that is threatened with demolition at any level. |
X | The bridge has been confirmed demolished or collapsed. |
S | The bridge has been dismantled or moved to an offsite location and is not currently available for public viewing. |
L | Most or all of the original bridge material has been demolished and replaced, including historically significant elements, but some original parts of the bridge remain. |
Note: This website cannot guarantee the current condition of any bridge on this website. Bridges lacking these icons should not necessarily be considered condition-free. |
Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Discussion | Maps | Links | Supplemental Data | Photo | Logierait Bridge | Private Roadway, Open To Public Over River Tay |
Logierait Scotland United Kingdom |
1865 Metal Lattice Girder, Through |
This beautiful lattice girder remains in place. Formerly a railway bridge it is now a privately owned bridge open to the public. |
Google Maps |
http://logieraitbridge.com/ |
![]() Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geograph-1009548-by-Russel-Wills_aberfeldy.jpg | Sheffield District Railway Bridge | Railway (Abandoned) Over River Don |
Sheffield England United Kingdom |
1900 Metal Lattice Truss, Deck |
This bridge is a traditional example of its type. Abandoned, but remains in place as of 2010. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Don,_South_Yorkshire#Sheffield_District_Railway_bridge |
![]() Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brightside_-_railway_bridge_over_River_Don.jpg | Partick Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Kelvin |
Partick England United Kingdom |
1900 Metal Lattice Girder, Through |
A small and traditionally composed lattice girder. Has deck plate girder approach spans. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geograph-2112393-by-Thomas-Nugent_partick.jpg |
![]() Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geograph-2112393-by-Thomas-Nugent_partick.jpg | Burntisland Viaduct | Railway Over Various Streets |
Burntisland Scotland United Kingdom |
1888 Metal Lattice Girder, Through |
Decorated in a three color paint scheme, these girder spans carry the railway over several streets, while a stone structure is present in between road crossings. |
Google Maps |
![]() Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burntisland_viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_422407.jpg | Llandeilo Bridge | Railway (Heart of Wales) Over River Towy |
Llandeilo Wales United Kingdom |
1852 Metal Lattice Girder, Through |
An attractive two span lattice girder that was repainted in 2011. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandeilo#Llandeilo_Bridges |
![]() Flying Stag, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lattice_girder_railway_bridge_over_River_Towy,_Llandeilo.JPG | Cadishead Viaduct | Railway (Abandoned) Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
1893 Metal Lattice Girder, Through |
This impressive lattice girder is one of many bridge with heritage value on this canal. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadishead_Viaduct | Darcy Lever Railway Bridge East | Railway Over River Tonge |
Bolton England United Kingdom |
1848 Metal Lattice Girder, Deck |
This is a large high level lattice girder. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darcy_Lever_railway_station |
![]() Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darcy_Lever_-_geograph.org.uk_-_93794.jpg | Darcy Lever Railway Bridge West | Railway Over A666 |
Bolton England United Kingdom |
Metal Double-Warren Truss, Deck |
This bridge is a high level bridge over a divided highway. |
Google Maps | Marton Junction Bridge | Ridgeway Lane Over Railway (Abandoned) |
Hunningham England United Kingdom |
1851 Metal Lattice Girder, Deck |
This is an ancient lattice girder. It is on a county road that is not formally maintained, but appears passable. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_high_bridge,_Hunningham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1658756.jpg |
![]() Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_high_bridge,_Hunningham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1658756.jpg | Bennerley Viaduct | Railway (Abandoned Great Northern Railway) Over Erewash Valley |
Awsworth and Ilkeston England United Kingdom |
1877 Metal Lattice Girder, Deck |
This is an enormous multi-span lattice deck girder that is abandoned. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennerley_Viaduct |
![]() Grant Shaw, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bennerley_Viaduct_Ilkeston.jpg | Kew Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1869 Metal Lattice Girder, Through |
This bridge is an outstanding example of its type and it rests on beautiful piers. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kew_Railway_Bridge |
![]() Chris McKenna, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kew_Railway_Bridge.jpg | Chiswick Bridge | A316 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1933 Concrete Deck Arch, Closed Spandrel |
This concrete arch has a stone facing to make it look like a stone arch bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiswick_Bridge |
![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chiswick-Bridge-15-540-3.jpg | Barnes Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1849 Cast Iron Deck Arch and Metal Through Truss, Riveted Connections |
Two superstructures side by side sharing a single pier. Arch date is 1849. Truss date is 1895 |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Railway_Bridge |
![]() Graeme Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.5, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BarnesRailwayBridgeUpstream.jpg | Hammersmith Bridge | Hammersmith Bridge Road (A306) Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1887 Metal Eyebar Chain Suspension |
This is a beautiful and ornate suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.historicbridges.org/unitedkingdom/hammersmith/ |
![]() Alex.muller, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hammersmith_Bridge_2008_06_19.jpg | Putney Bridge | A219 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1886 Stone Deck Arch |
This is a traditionally composed stone arch arch bridge. Putney Bridge is often very busy on Saturdays, when Fulham F.C. are playing at home. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putney_Bridge |
![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Putney_Bridge_723-5.JPG | Fulham Railway Bridge | Railway (London Underground) Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1889 Metal Lattice Girder |
Pedestrian sidewalks are cantilevered off of this attractive lattice girder style bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_Railway_Bridge |
![]() Chris Guy, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelhut/2727369367/ | Battersea Railway Bridge | Railway (Network Rail) Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1863 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
This cast iron deck arch has a laced mesh for its spandrel walls. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Railway_Bridge |
![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BatterseaRailBridge.jpg | Battersea Bridge | A3220 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1890 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
This bridge is a good example of an English cast iron deck arch. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Bridge |
![]() Iridescent, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battersea_Bridge_1.JPG | Albert Bridge | Albert Bridge Road Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1873 Metal Eyebar Suspension |
This is a very old bridge that combines an eyebar-stayed and suspension system. It has been altered, with the most visible aspect being a pier in the middle. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bridge,_London |
![]() Iridescent, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Bridge_view.JPG | Chelsea Bridge | A3216 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1937 Metal Cable Suspension |
This suspension bridge has simple riveted box towers. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Bridge |
![]() Tom Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chelsea_Bridge,_London.jpg | Vauxhall Bridge | A202 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1906 Metal Deck Arch |
This is a riveted steel deck arch and its piers have statues in them. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge |
![]() Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vauxhall_Bridge_2009.jpg | Lambeth Bridge | A3203 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1932 Metal Deck Arch |
An attractive steel deck arch with ornate piers. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth_Bridge |
![]() Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lambeth_Bridge_upstream_side1.jpg | Westminster Bridge | A302 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1862 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Right next to Parliament, this iconic bridge retains its cast iron ribs on the outside but has modern ribs in between. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Bridge |
![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Bridge | Hungerford Bridge | Railway (Northern Line) Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1864 Metal Double-Warren Pony Truss, Pin Connections |
This is a rare pin connected truss. Modern pedestrian bridges block the elevation view of this bridge, but appear to afford up-close views of the trusses. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungerford_Bridge_and_Golden_Jubilee_Bridges |
![]() Calotype46, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/calotype46/6812239330/ | Blackfriars Bridge | A201 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1869 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
One of two cast iron deck arch bridges in this location, this bridge sports a vibrant red and white paint scheme. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfriars_Bridge |
![]() Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackfriars_Bridge,_London,_England,_240404.jpg | Blackfriars Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1886 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
This cast iron deck arch, and the piers from the previous bridge here are being adaptively reused for railway station expansions. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge |
![]() Nobrook, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OldBlackfriarsRRBridgeP1090233b.jpg | Southwark Bridge | A300 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1921 Steel Deck Arch |
This bridge looks like an old cast iron arch but is a newer steel deck arch, but still nice looking and historic. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Bridge |
![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Southwark_Bridge,_River_Thames,_London,_England.jpg | Tower Bridge | A100 Over River Thames |
London England United Kingdom |
1894 Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections, bascule. |
This is the unique and iconic world-famous bascule bridge of London. |
Google Maps |
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk |
![]() Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_Bridge_from_London_City_Hall.jpg | Onloppskanalen Canal Bridge | Highway and Railway Over Onloppskanalen Canal |
Stockholm Sweden |
Strauss heel-trunnion bascule, through truss |
Strauss heel-trunnion bascule. 131 ft 6 in single leaf combined highway and railway bridge at Danviken. |
Google Maps | Jiefang Bridge | Highway Over Haihe River |
Tianjin China |
1927 Metal truss, through with riveted connections, bascule |
Liberation Bridge is a Scherzer type rolling lift bascule bridge. 96.7 meters long. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27126547 | Owari Bridge | Tokai-do (Highway 1) Over Ibi River |
Kuwana Japan |
1933 Metal arch, through |
As if this 15 span through arch were not spectacular enough for its unusual length and attractive design, this unique bridge has one span on an island that has a hole in one side to admit a road that intersects with the bridge. Length: 2883 feet, |
Google Maps |
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%BE%E5%BC%B5%E5%A4%A7%E6%A9%8B |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() tsuda, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsuda/3493481318/ | Saphan Phut Bridge | Highway Over Chao Phaya River |
Bangkok Thailand |
Metal truss, through with riveted connections, bascule |
This appears to be a very unusual bascule bridge that features some fixed through truss approach spans as well. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46667033 | Yangon Bridge | Highway Over Ngamoeyeik Creek |
Rangoon Myanmar |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This multi-span bridge has seen better days. Some spans are replaced with Bailey trusses and the deck is very primitive. The original truss spans are sturdy looking. There may be a movable span component. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1204489 | Inwa Bridge | Highway and Railway Over Ayeyarwady River |
Sagaing Myanmar |
Metal Pennsylvania truss, through with riveted connections. |
This large multi-span bridge carries railway in the center and highway on cantilevers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8862936 | Thames River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Thames River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Deck Truss |
NOT CONFIRMED. This may be a deck truss. |
Google Maps | MacDonald Road Bridge | MacDonald Road Over Black Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
A relatively heavy riveted rural pony truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9V22_MacDonald_Road_Truss_Bridge_Bluewater_Ontario | Ramsey Swing Bridge | East Street Over Sulby River |
Ramsey Isle of Man United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
The of the only noteworthy bridges on Isle of Man, this is an excellent example of a European swing bridge and it appears to be in excellent condition. Also note that Ramsey is home to a beautiful bridge-like pier called Queens Pier that was built in the 1880s. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trolleyfan/3817038399/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldmiwl/3998204367/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pier_Ramsey.JPG | Most na Stepane | Highway 9 Over River |
Czech Republic |
1912 Metal suspension |
This is a very unusual bridge that appears to be a combination of truss and suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/50550494 | Auckland Harbour Bridge | Northern Motorway (HWY-1) Over Auckland Harbour |
Aukland New Zealand |
1959 Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections, arched cantilever |
A noteworthy example of this distinctive style of cantilever truss, which features a smoothly curved design. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge | Ponte dell'Industria | Ponte dell'Industria Over Tiber |
Rome Italy |
1863 Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This unusually configured two span through truss has supplemental Warren trusses for pipelines. One of the only truss bridges in Rome. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24310444 http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_dell'Industria |
![]() Vincenzo Surace, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1154732 | Ingram Bridge | Highway Over River Till |
Ingram England United Kingdom |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This is a small multi-span girder. |
Google Maps | River Till Bridge | Highway Over River Till |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren truss, pony with riveted connections. |
This is a tiny truss bridge in good condition. |
Google Maps | River Till Bridge | Highway Over River Till |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Bowstring truss, pony with riveted connections. |
This is a tiny bowstring bridge in good condition. |
Google Maps | River Till Bridge | Highway Over River Till |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This is a tiny lattice girder bridge in good condition. |
Google Maps | Fords Road Bridge | Fords Road Over Water of Leith |
Saughton Scotland United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through with riveted connections. |
Small truss remains open to pedestrians. |
Google Maps | Victoria Swing Bridge | Tower Street Over Water of Leith |
Leith Scotland United Kingdom |
Metal Truss, Through, Swing |
This is a bobtail swing bridge that has been bypassed and remains in use for pedestrians. It no longer operates for boats. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7590719 |
![]() Scott Denham, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdenham/532169018/ | Chain Brige | B4598 (Chain Bridge Road) Over River Usk |
Newport Wales United Kingdom |
Metal Arch, Through |
This beautiful riveted crescent arch bridge with stone abutments is quite a sight to see. Ornate railing. Attractive arched overhead bracing. Rare trussed floorbeams. Roadway name suggests it replaced a chanin suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/881738 |
![]() David Owen, CC BY-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/48578703 | Newport Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Usk |
Newport Wales United Kingdom |
Metal Pratt Truss, Deck With Riveted Connections |
Has deck plate girder approaches and lattice railings. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbuck007/3710567688/ |
![]() Matt Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23298098 | Newport Bridge | B4591 Over River Usk |
Newport Wales United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
A beautiful cast iron deck arch bridge with apparantly good historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23298098 | Newport Transporter Bridge | Highway Over River Usk |
Newport Wales United Kingdom |
1906 Transporter |
One of the few remaining transporter bridges in the world. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Transporter_Bridge |
![]() James Stringer, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesstringer/2748097817/ | Aare Footbridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Aare |
Bern Switzerland |
Eyebar Chain Suspension with pony truss stiffening |
A small eyebar suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15560751 |
![]() _Tasmo, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tasmo/4671016213/ | Kirchenfeldbrucke | Highway Over Aare |
Bern Switzerland |
1883 Metal Arch, Deck |
This is a magnificent landmark arch bridge |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1534614 |
![]() Owen Massey McKnight, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/addedentry/3238879655/ | Puente Victorino de la Plaza | Francisco Pievoni Over Riachuelo |
Buenos Aires Argentina |
1916 Metal truss, through with riveted connections, bascule |
This bridge is an attractive example of a rolling lift bascule bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/35369596 |
![]() Talleres-Cba, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Puente_Victorino.jpg | Rio Mayari Railway Bridge | Railway Over Rio Mayari |
Cuba |
Metal truss |
Little is known about this bridge. It appears to be a one span truss with a polygonal top chord and some manner of approach spans. |
Google Maps | Sagua le Chica Railway Bridge | Railway Over Sagua le Chica |
Cuba |
Metal truss |
Little is known about this bridge. It appears to be a two span truss. |
Google Maps | Sagua le Grande Railway Bridge | Railway Over Sagua le Grande |
Cuba |
Metal truss, through |
Little is known about this bridge. It is a single span through truss. |
Google Maps | Sagua le Grande Bridge | Highway Over Sagua le Grande |
Sagua La Grande Cuba |
1905 Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections. |
This is a very attractive Parker truss, very lightweight in design. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26500081 | Rio Canimar Bridge | CD Over Rio Canimar |
Matanzas Cuba |
Concrete Arch, Open Spandrel, Deck |
A high level multi-span strucure. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42736903 |
![]() bluedoglaw, CC BY 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4090027 | Calle 298 Bridge | Calle 298 (San Luis) Over Rio San Juan |
Matanzas Cuba |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is one of several interesting bridges on this river. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16386400 |
![]() Ole Holbech, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8454043 | Puente Calixto Garcia | Calle 272 Over Rio San Juan |
Matanzas Cuba |
1899 Metal Double-Intersection Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This beautiful bridge has very ornate stone abutments that rise up above the deck in decorative stone pillars. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34487725 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34485435 | Rio San Juan Railway Bridge | Railway Over Rio San Juan |
Matanzas Cuba |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, Swing |
This traditionally composed bridge is in good shape. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/35628071 |
![]() Ole Holbech, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8454047 | Rio Yumuri Railway Bridge | Railway Over Rio Yumuri |
Matanzas Cuba |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This traditionally composed bridge is in good shape. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34487749 | Rio Corriente Bridge | Railway Over Rio Corriente |
Argentina |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections |
This long truss bridge has beautiful arched portal bracing. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8471201 | Arroyo Palmar Bridge | Railway Over Arroyo Palmar |
Argentina |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
Lightweight portal bracing, and lightweight counters. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1709496 | Puente Ferrocarril | Railway Over Arroyo Baru |
Argentina |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is noted for its attractive arched portal bracing, which appears to be designed to increase overhead clearance. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24877339 | Glamis Road Bridge | Glamis Road Over Shadwell Basin |
London England United Kingdom |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, bascule |
This bridge reportedly used to lift by pumping water into the counterweight which then raised the bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultrapom/4626786222/ |
![]() Darius Norvilas, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/istorija/4193788603/ | School Road Bridge | School Road Over Bridgewater Canal |
Sale England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Part of this bridge contains a cast iron arch. The rest is composed of other materials. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12378916@N08/4234606082/ | Jackson's Boat Bridge | Rifle Road (Pedestrian Walkway) Over River Mersey |
Sale England United Kingdom |
Metal Warren truss, with riveted connections. |
This is an interesting lightweight truss bridge. The overhead arched bracing may not be original. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seentwistle/3424361370 | Giurgiu-Rousse Friendship Bridge | Highway 2 Over Danube |
Giurgiu Romania |
1954 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, vertical lift. |
This is a double deck bridge with one span whose lower deck can raise up to allow boats to pass under. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19515225 | Giurgiu Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Waterway |
Giurgiu Romania |
1905 Metal bowstring truss, pony |
This bridge is noted for its curve and its four truss line design. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16479774 | Old Godavari Bridge | Abandoned Over River Godavari |
Rajahmundry India |
Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections |
This extremely long bridge has been left standing as a historic monument but is no longer in use. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9995291 | Godavari Bridge | Highway and Railway Over River Godavari |
Rajahmundry India |
Metal K-Truss, Deck With Riveted Connections |
This is a bridge of enormous length and is considered the longest highway-rail combination bridge in Asia. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/31157073 |
![]() Rishabhchandan, CC-BY-SA-3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nwgbridge.JPG | Long Bien Bridge | Gam Cau Over Red River |
Hanoi Vietnam |
1903 Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This is a large landmark cantilever truss that has a very unusual appearance. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Bien_Bridge |
![]() Tran Trung Kien, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kientt/4289625948/ | Kabato Road Bridge | Kabato Road Over Ishikari River |
Japan |
Metal Polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This five span through truss bridge has an uncertain future as a new bridge was seen to be under construction. |
Google Maps | Highway Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
Traditionally composed compared to other Tokyo truss bridges. |
Google Maps | Kiba Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
1929 Metal Pratt truss, pony with riveted connections |
This is a traditionally composed bridge with the exception of the oval-shaped cutouts on some built-up beams, a characteristic of a number of Tokyo bridges. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellkaz/4982658688/ | Pedestrian Footbridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This is a lightweight truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7685109 | Highway Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This graceful arch is traditionally composed and riveted. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/35539220 | Highway Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This pony truss has attractive curved outriggers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scratchbeck/3254214668/ |
![]() mthr110, CC BY-NC 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44724261 | Kamehisa Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
1930 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is noted for its vertical end posts. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37780711 | Toutomi Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
1930 Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a traditionally composed example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34522645 |
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![]() yoppy, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/spilt-milk/2706168085/ | Sakikawa Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
One of several similar riveted truss bridges in this area. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37780630 | Daiei Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
One of several similar riveted truss bridges in this area. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37780600 | Fukuju Bridge | Highway Over Waterway |
Tokyo Japan |
1929 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
A two color paint scheme highlights the attractive v-lacing and lattice on this bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37780666 | Ecchu-jima Freight Line Bridge | Railway Over Onagi River |
Tokyo Japan |
1929 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge also has a plate girder approach span. The truss crosses a river and roadway with low clearance. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44864585 |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/4176883314/ | Onagi River Bridge | Highway Over Onagi River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
Massive members define this well maintained bridge. Lower portion of members encased in concrete. Ornate railings. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34322196 | Onagi River Bridge | Highway Over Onagi River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
Massive members define this well maintained bridge. Lower portion of members encased in concrete. Ornate railings. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34459836 | Nishi-fukagawa-bashi | Highway Over Onagi River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
Massive members define this well maintained bridge. Lower portion of members encased in concrete. Ornate railings. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34104053 |
![]() shuets udono, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/udono/17824445/ | Shahpura Railway Bridge | Railway Over Narmada River |
Shahpura India |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is noted for its massive tapered riveted steel bents which elevate this bridge to a fairly high level. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28028849@N02/3734704128/ | Narrow Gauge Bridge | Railway Over Narmada River |
Jamtara India |
Metal Whipple Truss, Through |
With its uncommon truss configuration, this bridge sits on impressive high stone piers. A new bridge has been under construction This bridge may be at risk for demolition despite its high level of heritage value. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28028849@N02/2926915646/ | Omkareshwar Railway Bridge | Railway Over Narmada River |
Omkareshwar India |
Metal Pratt truss, deck |
This deck truss sits on stone piers. The trusses have an unusual shape. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43426197 | Bharuch Railway Bridge | Railway Over Narmada River |
Bharuch India |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This traditional truss bridge is a companion bridge for an older highway bridge nearby. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28930778 | Golden Bridge Bridge | Old NH-8 Over Narmada River |
Bharuch India |
1881 Metal Whipple Truss, Through |
This is a very old long bridge and a noteworthy example of an uncommon truss type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/48122620 |
![]() Sharada Prasad, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharadaprasad/3329594396/ | Railway Overpass Bridge | Highway Over Railway |
Pyongyang North Korea |
Metal truss, through |
Very little is known about the bridges of isolated North Korea. No photos have been found of this bridge but it looks like a three span through truss open to pedestrians only. |
Google Maps | P'yongch'on Bridge | Highway Over Railway |
Pyongyang North Korea |
Metal Parker truss, through with pinned connections |
Very little is known about the bridges of isolated North Korea. This is a rare look at one of its historic bridges. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47844725 |
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![]() (stephan), CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/fljckr/2605004958/ | Yanggakdo Island Bridge | Highway Over TaeDong River |
Pyongyang North Korea |
Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
Very little is known about the bridges of isolated North Korea. This is a rare look at one of its historic bridges. Two cantilever truss bridges which appear to be identical connect Yanggakdo Island to each side of the river. Reportedly, foreigners are allowed on the island but cannot cross either bridge. Also, photography is reported to be heavilly restricted. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeowatzup/2911407291/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnehenderson/4342082856/ | Taedong Bridge | Highway Over TaeDong River |
Pyongyang North Korea |
1926 Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections. |
Very little is known about the bridges of isolated North Korea. This is a rare look at one of its historic bridges. This truss bridge is a large multi-span structure. It was reportedly built by the Japanese, which makes sense since the style of the truss members is of the American style (rather than European) and the Japanese use the American style of built-up beams and such. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/462720747/ | Yodogawa Bridge | Kintetsu Railway Over River |
Japan |
Metal Pennsylvania truss, through with riveted connections. |
This is a beautiful long-span example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13428603 |
![]() Nosound, CC BY-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/48914241 | Zhongshan Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Yellow River |
Lanzhou China |
1907 Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections |
This appears to be a traditional American style pin-connected Pratt truss that had an arch structured added on top to make it look somewhat like a Parker truss. First permanent fixed bridge over the Yellow River, 234 meters long. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5605543 |
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![]() dayu490301, CC BY 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38807714 | ZheJiang Road Bridge | ZheJiang Road Over Suzhou Creek |
Shanghai China |
Metal Lenticular Truss, Through With Riveted Connections |
This bridge is a lenticular truss bridge similar to those designed, patented, and built in the United States except that it is newer, more massive, and has riveted connections. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27954469 |
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![]() bricoleurbanism, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/bricoleurbanism/5231537064/ | Nishigori Highway Bridge | Nishigori Highway (HWY-346) Over Kitakami River |
Yatomi Japan |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is well maintained. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6765924 | Kiso River Bridge | Tokai-do Over Kiso River |
Yatomi Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This unusual bridge is actually more like a pony truss with an arch mounted on top of it. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/junku/2806631651/ |
![]() yamagen1701, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46276210 | Hachiman-bashi | Pedestrian Walkway Over Pedestrian Walkway |
Tokyo Japan |
1878 Metal bowstring truss, pony (Whipple Arch) |
This is the first bridge built of iron manufactured in Japan in 1878. The figure was based on the patent of an American engineer, Squire Whipple. It was originally built over Kaede -gawa in Kyoubashi and called Danjou-bashi. It was moved here in 1929 and renamed. The bridge is 15.2 meters long and 2 meters wide. |
Google Maps |
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![]() jmho, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://ja.wikipedia.org | Shirahige Bridge | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal suspended-deck cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This design of bridge was often used for high level crossings but is generally less common as a low level crossing like this. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38424814@N07/3666105883/ |
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![]() K.Suzuki, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/koichiwb/1345128057/ | Kototoi Bridge | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Girder, Deck. |
This is riveted variable depth plate girder. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() jmho, CC BY 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10271737 | Azuma-bashi | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Deck |
This bridge is a good example of a riveted steel deck arch. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo, plus additional photos by the same photographer. |
![]() pictureTYO, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pict_u_re/2626964305/ | Sumidagawa Bridge | Tobu Railway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss. |
This bridge is a partial pony/deck truss, with some truss above and below the deck. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10796348 | Komagata-bashi | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This graceful arch bridge has a main through span flanked by curved approach span superstructures. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32407845 |
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![]() Takuhito Sotome, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sotome/450409740/ | Umaya-bashi | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This bridge is unlike the other arch bridges on this river since it has three arch spans. |
Google Maps |
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![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3371984433/ | Kuramae-hashi | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Deck |
This bridge's vibrant yellow color is apparantly a nod to the color of rice husks since the bridge's name means in front of a granary. |
Google Maps |
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![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/5471529408/ | Toyomi-bashi | Roadway Over Nihon-bashi River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Vierendeel truss, through. |
This bridge appears to be a Vierendeel truss, an exceedingly rare design found scattered across the globe. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3059051 |
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![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3598290052/ | Man'nen-bashi | Roadway Over Onagi River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This attractive riveted trussed arch is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Japan. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3619213755/ | Yanagi-bashi | Roadway Over Kanda River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Japan. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/5271041071/ | Senju-ohashi | Roadway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This beautiful arch bridge has been sandwiched between two other more modern bridges. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3969136988/ | Golf-bashi | Roadway Over Todoroki Valley |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Deck |
This small riveted deck arch bridge is an attractive part of a park. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/4375489241/ | Ecchu-jima Freight Line Bridge | Railway Over Onagi River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
A traditionally composed rail bridge. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/4176883314/ | Keikyu Line Bridge | Railway Over JR Line |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
A traditionally composed but skewed rail bridge. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3726790990/ | Shinko-Bashi | Pedestrian Walkway Over Waterway |
Yokohama Japan |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This traditionally composed bridge is a former railway bridge. |
Google Maps |
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![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3228790490/ | Sobu Line Bridge | Railway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This bridge is a good example of a riveted through arch bridge. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/2989434656/ | Minamitakahashi Bridge | Highway Over Kamejima River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Parker truss, through with pinned connections |
This rare bridge with its ornate portal and vertical end posts has pinned connections and v-lacing just like American bridges. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26415141 |
![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/3209818328/ | Eitai Bridge | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
Metal Arch, Through |
This bridge is a graceful riveted through arch bridge. Riverwalk railings next to the bridge has inset patterns to the design and color of the bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10271677 |
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![]() ykanazawa1999, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/27889738@N07/2817435742/ | Kiyosu Bridge | Highway Over Sumida River |
Tokyo Japan |
1928 Eyebar Chain Suspension with Plate Girder Stiffening, Self-Anchored |
This bridge was built at the same time and to a similar design as the Three Sisters bridges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. |
Google Maps |
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0005692 |
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![]() tarawo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarawo/1391313019/ | Upperton Street Bridge | Upperton Street Over River Soar |
Leicester England United Kingdom |
1890 Metal Arch, Through |
This interesting bridge has a shallow arch which rises above the road somewhat. |
Google Maps |
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=188825 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyrmworld/5113999953/ |
![]() Matt Neale, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattneale/5274158305/ | Mill Lane Road Bridge | Mill Lane Over River Soar |
Leicester England United Kingdom |
1890 Metal Arch, Through |
This interesting bridge has a shallow arch which rises above the road somewhat. |
Google Maps |
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=188731 | St Augustine Road Bridge | St Augustine Road Over River Soar |
Leicester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Stringers support the load under the deck, but this bridge retains beautiful arches on the outside. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philmciver/3380031414/ |
![]() uk_cam, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8851667 | Duke of Westminsters Bridge | Buerton Approach Over River Dee |
Aldford England United Kingdom |
1824 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
This bridge is a long single span example of its kind, and magnificent in beauty. It is a Grade I listed structure. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34706738@N07/3226285136/ | Hibaldstow Bridge | South Carr Lane Over River Ancholme |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Arch, Deck |
One of a series of diverse bridges serving the rural farmlands of River Ancholme. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() David Wright, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhwright/352220520/ | Saxby All Saints Bridge | North Carr Lane Over River Ancholme |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Arch, Deck |
One of a series of diverse bridges serving the rural farmlands of River Ancholme. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() David Wright, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhwright/1374524994/in/photostream/ | Castlethorpe Bridge | Carr Lane Over River Ancholme |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
One of a series of diverse bridges serving the rural farmlands of River Ancholme. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() David Wright, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhwright/1374422406/in/photostream/ | Cadney Bridge | Bridge Lane Over River Ancholme |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Arch, Deck |
One of a series of diverse bridges serving the rural farmlands of River Ancholme. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() David Wright, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhwright/1373454253 | Horkstow Bridge | Bridge Lane Over River Ancholme |
England United Kingdom |
1835 Eyebar Chain Suspension |
This tiny eyebar chain suspension bridges has stone towers just like some of the bigger ones in England. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhwright/1373245239/ |
![]() Jim Flewker, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/millview/5068267670/ | Broughton Bridge | Bridge Road Over River Ancholme |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Arch, through. |
This bridge appears as though it may have pinned connections. It is reminiscent of the American style of bowstring bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=165991 |
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![]() David Wright, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhwright/1374476880/ | Throstle Nest Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Bridgewater Canal |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Metal Girder, Through |
This girder has pierced openings in it which make it look a little like a truss bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/41641811 |
![]() pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pit-yacker/3318713557/ | Brabyns Park Iron Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over River Goyt |
Marple England United Kingdom |
1813 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
This is a very old and lightweight cast iron arch bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20359175 |
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![]() deadmanjones, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmanjones/3916429166/ | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Water Street |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This is a very short span example. |
Google Maps | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Bridgewater Canal |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This span is one of three impressive metal bridges crossing here. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11687767 |
![]() Zornfalke, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7251061 | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Gloucester Street |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This seems to be the easternmost cast iron span in this area. The design is also more different than the other spans. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/petersandbach/2876232250/ |
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![]() Mikey, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/3574555608/ | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Bridgwater Viaduct / Deansgate (A56) |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This span is on a different line than the other three spans near to this span. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-swailes/3113397947/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-swailes/3113400253/in/photostream/ | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Bridgwater Viaduct (A56) |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This span is the leftmost span in the external link photo. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9102909 |
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![]() Mikey, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/3836277205/ | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Rochdale Canal |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This span is the rightmost span in the external link photo. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9102909 |
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![]() Mikey, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/5191041772/in/photostream/ | Manchester Railway Viaduct Cast Iron Arch Span | Railway Over Castle Street |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch |
Manchester is home to an unparalleled collection of cast iron arch bridges. Most of these spans display an unrivaled historic integrity, which makes them equally as significant as larger multi-span cast iron arch bridges in England. They are each individually significant, but may be part of a larger viaduct. Classifying these bridges either individually or as part of a greater viaduct has been difficult. For now, they are listed in loose terms. Feel free to email us with more specific information for these bridges. This is one of the best restored spans. Bridge is the center span in the external link photo. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9102909 |
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![]() Mikey, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/fire_up_the_quattro/5172549401/ | Castlefield Viaduct | Railway (Abandoned) Over Bridgewater Canal and Other Features |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a long multi-span bridge that runs over a series of features next to another old railway bridge. This bridge has been abandoned but recently some restoration work has taken place. |
Google Maps |
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/castlefield.html http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3936856 |
![]() mari, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdies-perch/407496478/ | Crown Point Bridge | Crown Point Road (a61) Over River Aire |
Leeds England United Kingdom |
1842 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
It appears the inner arches of this bridge have been replaced, but the outer arches remain in place and well cared for. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/91631986@N00/4262681975/ |
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![]() rojabro, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rojabro/5366020981/ | Leeds Bridge | Bridge End Over River Aire |
Leeds England United Kingdom |
1873 Cast Iron Deck Arch |
First built in 1730 and often advertised as a 1730 bridge, it appears the bridge seen today actually dates to 1873. Further, it appears only the outer arches are cast iron. This is regardless an extremely significant historic bridge. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Bridge http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6972061 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40665667 | Whitehall Road Bridge | Whitehall Road Over River Aire |
Leeds England United Kingdom |
Metal lattice truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge gains considerable beauty from its decoratvie abutment posts, cast decorations that are overlaid on the truss, and the green and the detailed white and green paint scheme. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/harryhalibut/2106591084/ | Warrington Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Mersey |
Warrington England United Kingdom |
Metal Whipple truss, through with riveted connections |
This Whipple truss has three truss lines. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uk_greg/3934081886/in/photostream/ | Ruver Mersey Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Mersey |
England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through |
This bowstring bridge is similar to the bridges seen on the nearby Manchester Ship Canal but is over the river instead. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunzel412/3836760978/ | Trafford Road Swing Bridge | Trafford Road Over Manchester Ship Canal |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
This bridge no longer swings open and has a fixed bridge next to it forming a one way couplet. However, this bridge remains in good condition with an attractive two-color paint scheme. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/12378916@N08/3354096611/ | Barton Swing Aqueduct | Bridgewater Canal Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
1893 Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
Reportedly the first and only swing aqueduct in the world. A remarkable engineering feat. Gates on each end of the bridge and at each bank hold back the water when the structure swings open. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Swing_Aqueduct http://www.flickr.com/photos/alr1970/3682146527/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26858740 |
![]() G-Man, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barton_Swing_Aqueduct.jpg | Barton Road Bridge | Barton Road (B5211) Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
One of several very similar and interesting bridges on the canal. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Road_Swing_Bridge |
![]() Graham Horn, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barton_road_bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_532790.jpg | Irlam Railway Viaduct | Railway Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through |
One of several very similar and interesting bridges on the canal. This looks like the swing bridges on the canal in terms of superstructure, but was built as a high level fixed bridge. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2123343 |
![]() Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Over_the_Canal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_44674.jpg | Warburton Bridge | Warburton Bridge Road Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This aptly named bridge is one of two very unusual bridges with a strange appearance. From above the deck they look like continuous pony trusses, but under the deck the trusses extend far below at the pier points. For unknown reasons, a portion of the bottom chord is encased in concrete. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mals_uk_buses/5032967037/ | Latchford Viaduct | Railway Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
1893 Metal bowstring truss, through |
One of several very similar and interesting bridges on the canal. This looks like the swing bridges on the canal in terms of superstructure, but was built as a high level fixed bridge. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2121897 | Knutsford Road Bridge | Knutsford Road Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
One of several very similar and interesting swing bridges on the canal. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2121846 | Cantilever Bridge | Ackers Road Over Manchester Ship Canal |
Stockton Heath England United Kingdom |
Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This aptly named bridge is one of two very unusual bridges with a strange appearance. From above the deck they look like continuous pony trusses, but under the deck the trusses extend far below at the pier points. For unknown reasons, a portion of the bottom chord is encased in concrete. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2121764 | London Road Bridge | London Road (A49) Over Manchester Ship Canal |
Stockton Heath England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
One of several very similar and interesting swing bridges on the canal. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/27278447@N00/3266035485/ | Chester Road Bridge | Chester Road (A5060) Over Manchester Ship Canal |
Stockton Heath England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
One of several very similar and interesting swing bridges on the canal. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2121424 |
![]() muba, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5375309 | Acton Grange Railway Viaduct | Railway Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through |
One of several very similar and interesting bridges on the canal. This looks like the swing bridges on the canal in terms of superstructure, but was built as a high level fixed bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2121358 | Moore Lane Bridge | Moore Lane Over Manchester Ship Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
One of several very similar and interesting swing bridges on the canal. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2119822 | Old Quay Bridge | Mason Street Over Manchester Ship Canal |
Runcorn England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, through, swing |
Parts of this bridge has a truss web that has plate riveted in place between the members. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2119752 |
![]() Peter I. Vardy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Quay_Bridge.jpg | Silver Jubilee Bridge | A533 Over River Mersey |
Runcorn England United Kingdom |
1961 Metal suspended-deck cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This large monumental bridge sits next to an older and more significant railway bridge but is still an impressive companion bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_Bridge |
![]() jimd2007, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7738503@N05/1322076347/ | Runcorn Railway Bridge | Railway (Liverpool Branch West Coast Main Line) Over River Mersey |
Runcorn England United Kingdom |
1868 Metal Lattice Girder, through |
This stunning high level bridge is a large, and impressive example of this distinctive bridge type. |
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![]() Peter I. Vardy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Runcorn_Railway_Bridge.jpg | Menai Suspension Bridge | A5 Over Menai Straits |
Menai Bridge Wales United Kingdom |
1826 Eyebar Chain Suspension with pony truss stiffening |
The majority of the metal on this bridge dates to 1938. Regardless, it remains one of the greatest of the eyebar chain suspension bridges in United Kingdom. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge |
![]() underclasscameraman, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/underclasscameraman/3367013752/ | Devil's Bridge | A4120 Over River Mynach |
Wales United Kingdom |
1200 Stone arch, deck. |
This unique bridge is actually three bridges one on top of each other. The bottom one was built in 1075-1200, the next one up in 1753, and finally a 1901 bridge on top. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Bridge,_Ceredigion |
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![]() Rose Davies, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosedavies/566203959/ | River Wye Bridge | Highway Over River Wye |
Wales United Kingdom |
Cable suspension bridge with lattice girder stiffening. |
Has finials on top of its latticed towers. Historic integrity appears to be good. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18476121 | Brockweir Bridge | Mill Hill Road Over River Wye |
Wales United Kingdom |
Metal Lattice Girder, pony with riveted connections. |
Bridge appears to be in good condition. |
Google Maps | Chepstow Bridge | Bridge Street Over River Wye |
Chepstow Wales United Kingdom |
1814 Metal arch, deck |
This rare cast iron arch bridge is characterized by shorter spans and lighter weight arches as compared to many other cast iron arches in the United Kingdom. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steinsky/273048680/ |
![]() Jam Roly-Poly, CC BY-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/47724518@N04/4394176229/ | Mount Pleasant Road Bridge | Mount Pleasant Road Over Railway |
Southampton England United Kingdom |
Metal Lattice Girder, pony with riveted connections. |
This pedestrian grade separation allows pedestrians to get across this railway when a train is crossing. The bridge's delicate superstructure is a sharp contrast to the massive brick abutments and stairways. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jools_and_debs/4497660900/ | Vauxhall Bridge | Lime Kiln Walk Over River Bure |
Great Yarmouth England United Kingdom |
Metal arch, through |
This unique bridge has a trussed arch with three ribs. In addition, it has the unusual addition of a double-intersection Warren truss which supports the sidewalk. The future of this bridge is uncertain but it is historically significant and deserves to be preserved. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49211868@N00/312995202/ |
![]() mira66, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/21804434@N02/4805412762/ | Horse Shoe Bridge | Adelaide Road Over Railway |
Southampton England United Kingdom |
Metal bowstring truss, pony. |
This is a beautiful lattice truss bowstring bridge that has an attractive two color paint scheme. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_beales/810572789/ | 10th Line Bridge | 10th Line Over Credit River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This is a small rainbow arch that appears to be in good condition. |
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http://www.erin.ca/Uploads/UserFiles/image/8th bridge.jpg | Flos Road 4 W Bridge | Flos Road 4 W Over Nottawasaga River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Truss |
Based on aerial imagry. Nothing more known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | 10th Line Bridge | 10th Line Over Carroll Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal truss, pony with riveted connections. |
MAY BE DEMOLISHED. Application To Replace 2007. Unknown If Application Accepted. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5295660700/in/set-72157625501940795/ | 5th Sideroad | Richmond Street Over Carroll Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, pony with pinned connections. |
This is a very small pin-connected pony truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5295657854/in/set-72157625501940795/ | Richmond Street Bridge | Richmond Street Over North Branch Thames River |
London Ontario Canada |
Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections |
Part of a one-way couplet of bridges, this truss is in good condition. |
Google Maps | Clarence Street Bridge | Clarence Street Over Welland Canal |
Port Colborne Ontario Canada |
Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections, Vertical Lift |
One of the impressive vertical lift bridges on the Welland Canal. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17118075 | Hogg's Hollow Bridge | KH-401 Eastbound Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1929 Metal Warren truss, deck with riveted connections |
This deck truss is hard to photograph because of modern structures built next to it. It was built originally as a bypass to Yonge Street. It later became part of KH-401 and as a result is the oldest freeway bridge in Canada. |
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http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy401photos19.htm | Don River CP Railway Bridge East | Railway (Canadian Pacific) Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Girder, Deck. |
This is a medium size "high level"style rail bridge. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofermod/3430934178/ | Don River CP Railway Bridge West | Railway (Canadian Pacific) Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Girder, Deck. |
This is a medium size "high level"style rail bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32755768 |
![]() David Sherret, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/david-sherret/492059592/ | Old Don Mills Bridge | Don Mills Road (Old Alignment) Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This rainbow arch has some details that are different from most Ontario bridges of this type. In particular, the pedestrian railing design and the parapet details at the ends of the arches are unique. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28536242 |
![]() Lone Primate,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/2642563523/ | Leaside Bridge | Millwood Road Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1927 Metal Warren truss, deck with riveted connections |
This is a large high level bridge. The bridge must have been overbuilt originally because it contiues to carry heavy traffic on a widened deck that is likely over twice as wide as the original deck! |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaside_Bridge |
![]() SimonP,CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leaside_Bridge.JPG | Pottery Road Bridge | Pottery Road Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
A new bridge was built next to this bridge forming a one-way couplet of bridges. |
Google Maps |
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![]() Lone Primate,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/4249868076/sizes/o/in/photostream/ | Bridge Number 8 | Highway Over Wendover Arm, Grand Junction Canal |
England United Kingdom |
Metal Arch, Deck |
This arch follows the shape and appearance of cast iron, but is composed of rolled bars. |
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![]() Calotype46, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/calotype46/4720668661/ | River Wensum Railway Bridge | Railway (Abandoned) Over River Wensum |
England United Kingdom |
Metal girder, through |
This unusual girder has samson post stays mounted on top. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27055740 | Olympic Island Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Lake Ontario |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Concrete Arch, Deck |
This arch bridge has a deck that follows the contours of the superstructure's thin profile, producing a very lightweight and graceful structure. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhysalbrecht/2493527184/ |
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![]() PatrickRohe, CC BY-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickrohe/3956759843/ | Centre Island Bridge | Avenue of the Island Over Lake Ontario |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Concrete Arch, Deck |
This beautiful bridge is designed to look similar to the cast iron arch bridges of England or New York City's Central Park, but a combination of steel and concrete has been used here. The arches of this bridge and the railings are both concrete, while the spandrel wall is metal. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30423091 |
![]() John Vetterli, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/51824383@N00/2306379027 | Cherry Street | Cherry Street Over Toronto Harbour Ship Channel |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1931 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, Bascule |
This is one of the last remaining examples of a genuine Strauss bascule bridge that closely follows the Strauss patent for an overhead counterweight bascule bridge. Strauss was an instrumental figure in the development of bascule bridge technology. This bridge is historically and technologically significant. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krunkwerke/229139149/ |
![]() Paul Hanman, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pah57/2885410045/ | Don River Pipeline Bridge | Enbridge Gas Main Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" (or Concrete Curved Chord Girder, Through, depending on reinforcing) |
This could be a girder bridge or a concrete bowstring arch with filled arch depneding on how the reinforcing is inside the concrete. The design of the bridge that seems to show verticals/hangers rather than a flat concrete surface on the arch/girder seems to indicate it functions as an arch bridge. The bridge is a unique structure and highly unusual. It should be considered technologically significant. There may be a way to access the bridge in the southwest quadrant. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28164742 http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturenarrative/3797631193/ | Old Eastern Avenue Bridge (King Street Bridge) | Old Eastern Avenue (King Street) Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1933 Metal Baltimore truss, through with riveted connections |
This is a rare example of a truss with three truss lines. This was done to provide a wider deck without reducing the weight the bridge could hold. The bridge is abandoned and not open to even pedestrians. This important heritage bridge has even been discussed for demolition, which is an extremely poor option to consider. There may be a way to access the bridge in the southwest quadrant. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Eastern_Avenue_Bridge |
![]() Nick, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/acyt/2554319425/ | Queen Street Bridge | Queen Street Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This unique bridge is an otherwise traditionally composed riveted Pratt truss bridge, except that it was designed to handle streetcars, which it still carries today. Streetcars required some changes to the design of the typical truss, including a wider deck and additional overhead bracing. The clock and text was added to the bridge and is not original. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpinn/3008054976/ |
![]() Neal Jennings, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetone/2838300584/ | Dundas Street Bridge | Dundas Street Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Arch, Deck |
This bridge has an attractive single arch span over Don River, with a less interesting stringer approach span at each end. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12539166 | Gerrard Street Bridge | Gerrard Street Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Arch, Deck |
Although rather plain compared to the Bloor Viaduct to the North, this bridge is still a sizable arch bridge of riveted construction. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don_River_Gerrard_Street_bridge.jpg |
![]() Alaney2k, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don_River_Gerrard_Street_bridge.jpg | Bloor Street Rosedale Valley Bridge | Bloor Street Over Rosedale Valley |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Arch, Deck |
This companion to the Bloor Viaduct follows the same design at that bridge but is shorter. It seems to get less attention than its larger cousin. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13182156 | Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct) | Bloor Street (Danforth Avenue) Over Don River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1918 Metal Arch, Deck |
With its rare crescent arches, this bridge is a magnificent bridge that contains two deck levels providing a combination of light rail and vehicular use. Thanks to people jumping off of the bridge to committ suicide, those who would rather enjoy life and this beautiful bridge must now endure an extremely ugly suicide barrier on the bridge which greatly detracts from the aesthetic value of the bridge. Better alternative suicide barriers and nets are available, and should be consider. Further, A 2010 study found that though the barrier prevented suicide attempts from the Viaduct, overall rates of suicide by jumping for the city of Toronto have not changed since its installation. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19723549 |
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![]() Perry Quan, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pquan/4240214801/ | Bloor Street Humber River Bridge | Bloor Street Over Humber River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Spandrel Braced Arch, Deck |
This bridge is an excellent example of a hinged spandrel braced deck arch bridge. The bridge was being rehabilitated in February 2011. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyjwood/5423248692/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21778797 |
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![]() Gary J. Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyjwood/326127869/ | Old Mill Bridge | Old Mill Road (Catherine Avenue) Over Humber River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1916 Stone arch, deck. |
This stone bridge is a relatively young example of a stone arch bridge, and it appears concrete may have been used in some parts of its construction, which would not be suprising. In 1916, engineers had realized the power of concrete, but were often unsatisfied with its plain appearance and so stone was sometimes still used as well. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14987775 |
![]() GeoPhoto, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/41068228 | Twyn River Drive Rouge River Bridge | Twyn River Drive Over Little Rouge Creek |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This is a small rainbow arch that appears to be in good condition. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aseemsjohri/2932924452/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5174051 | Twyn River Drive Rouge River Bridge | Twyn River Drive Over Rouge River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
One of two heritage bridges on this scenic road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47293103@N02/5406395896/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/47293103@N02/5411705339/ | Meadowvale Road Bridge | Meadowvale Road Over Little Rouge Creek |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge appears to be in very good condition. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/izsi/2271283569/ | Sewells Road Bridge | Sewells Road Over Rouge River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
1912 Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is a rare example of a suspension bridge on an Ontario highway. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suspensionstayed/2086435698/ | Beechwood Drive Bridge | Beechwood Drive Over Humber River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal lattice truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge serves pedestrians only today. A road leads up to the trail from the Southeast. This bridge is an exceedingly rare example of a pony lattice truss bridge. Bridges such as these are usually confined to other parts of the world like Europe, and were hardly ever built in North America. |
Google Maps |
http://cityinthetrees.blogspot.com/2010/09/summer-of-bridges.html |
![]() Lone Primate,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/4756970883/ | Major Mackenzie Drive Bridge | Old Major Mackenzie Drive (Humber Bridge Trail) Over Humber River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge no longer serves vehicular traffic, but is part of a non-motorized pathway. |
Google Maps |
![]() Walksoftly, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27405868 | Glasgow Road Bridge | Glasgow Road Over Humber River |
Bolton Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This appears to be the newer of the two Bolton truss bridges, based on how massive the members are. |
Google Maps | Sneath Bridge | Sneath Road Over Humber River |
Bolton Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren Truss, Pony With Riveted Connections |
This small pony truss was designated a heritage structure by the Town of Caledon following the federal government designation of the Humber River as a Canadian Heritage River. Now, the bridge is at risk for demolition and replacement following its closure to traffic. |
Google Maps |
http://www.caledonliving.com/?p=185 | McEwen Bridge | Kirby Road Over Humber River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This is a medium size bowstring arch. The bridge is open to pedestrians in a nature preserve. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15482820 |
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![]() Allen McGregor, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/allenmcgregor/5414091577/ | Gorewood Drive Bridge | Gorewood Drive (Abandoned Section) Over Humber River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is a large span example of its type in Ontario and so it has overhead bracing. Because the bridge is skewed, the arrangement of the bracing on this bridge has a very unusual appearance. The bridge is open to pedestrians in a nature preserve. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24049150 |
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![]() Lone Primate,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/583355157/ | Middle Road Bridge | Sherway Drive (Middle Road) Over Etobicoke Creek |
Mississauga Ontario Canada |
1909 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" with Diagonal Members (Concrete Truss) |
There has been debate over whether this should be called a concrete truss or bowstring arch with diagonals (like a spandrel braced arch). Either way, this is the only example of its kind known in Canada, and one of only two of this design in North America. If considered a bowstring/rainbow arch, it was built in the same year as the first known example in the United States. This is one of the most historically significant bridges in Canada. |
Google Maps |
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3026 |
![]() Lone Primate,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/84660470/ | Credit River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Credit River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This deck truss with plate girder approach spans sits on massive piers that allow this truss to clear the river valley. |
Google Maps | Creditview Road Bridge | Creditview Road Over Credit River |
Brampton Ontario Canada |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This is an extremely rare example of a heritage concrete bowstring bridge in Ontario that has been rehabilitated and preserved. |
Google Maps |
![]() Sean Marshall, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4313488316/ | Churchville Road Bridge | Churchville Road Over Credit River |
Brampton Ontario Canada |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This small pony truss bridge appears to be unaltered and in decent condition. |
Google Maps |
![]() Sean Marshall, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4312752357/ | Old Derry Road Bridge | Old Derry Road Over Credit River |
Mississauga Ontario Canada |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
A pleasant suprise in Ontario, this attractive heritage bridge appears to have been restored with a fresh coat of green paint. |
Google Maps |
![]() Sean Marshall, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4307738025/ | Credit River Private Bridge | Private Drive Over Credit River |
Mississauga Ontario Canada |
Metal Truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Credit River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Credit River |
Mississauga Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck with riveted connections |
This is a rail truss bridge with massive members. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39204109@N03/3614329329/ | Barbertown Road Bridge | Barbertown Road Over Credit River |
Mississauga Ontario Canada |
1890 Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This rare pin-connected truss structure has had its deck surface narrowed and it serves non-motorized traffic. |
Google Maps |
![]() Sean Marshall, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4490725639/in/set-72157621208696016/ | Royal Windsor Drive Bridge | Railway Over Royal Windsor Drive |
Ontario Canada |
1952 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge stands out with its excellent historic integrity with no alterations. It also is an unusual to see this design bridge complete with Ontario standard railings carrying a railway rather than a highway. |
Google Maps | 16 Mile Creek Railway Bridge | Railway Over 16 Mile Creek |
Oakville Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck, with riveted connections |
This bridge has very shallow trusses and sits on massive stone piers, creating an unusual appearance. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3713892 | Bronte Creek Railway Bridge | Railway (Canadian National) Over Bronte Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal girder, deck |
A traditional example of a high level railway bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38662765 |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3569275992/sizes/z/in/photostream/ | Websters Falls Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Spencer Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Stone arch, deck. |
This bridge is a late but attractive example of a stone arch bridge that contributes positively to the park setting which provides viewing access to a waterfall. Another waterfall as well as an unknown footbridge is a short distance away on Logies Creek. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheelbarrowimaging/5031790948/ |
![]() tonydude919, CC BY-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/98777704@N00/485874880/ | T.B. McQuesten High Level Bridge | York Boulevard Over Desjardins Canal |
Hamilton Ontario Canada |
Metal cantilever truss, deck with riveted connections |
This bridge is a beautiful example of a cantilever deck truss bridge. |
Google Maps |
![]() Nhl4hamilton, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HamiltonWaterfrontTrailStairway.JPG | KH-403 Desjardins Canal Bridge | KH-403 Northbound Over Desjardins Canal |
Hamilton Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck. |
This bridge is an ribbed arch bridge. As an expressway bridge its deck has been completely replaced, but the arches below retain historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
![]() Derek Purdy, CC BY-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpurdy/3428975940/ | Burlington Canal Lift Bridge | Eastport Drive Over Burlington Canal |
Burlington Ontario Canada |
1962 Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, Vertical Lift |
This bridge is a late example of an uncommon structure type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ontario/burlington-eng.html |
![]() Nhl4hamilton, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burlington_Canal_Lift_Bridge_A.JPG | Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway | QEW Over Burlington Canal |
Burlington Ontario Canada |
1958 Metal suspended-deck cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This landmark bridge is an example of a rare design where the bridge looks like an arch bridge, but because the structure is continuous it functions as a truss. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_Bay_James_N._Allan_Skyway |
![]() Poke958, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burlington_Bay_James_N._Allan_Skyway_2004.jpg | King Street Bridge | King Street (CR-81) Over 20 Mile Creek |
Jordan Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck. |
This concrete arch bridge retains Ontario standard ornamental railings. |
Google Maps | Chippawa Creek Railway Bridge | Railway Over Chippawa Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections, Swing |
This is an impressive rail swing bridge. It is located on the northern border of a park. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarafillion/304002529/ | Sideroad 12 Bridge | Sideroad 12 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
A small concrete bowstring bridge is one of a rapidly disappearing bridge type in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5242932 | Conestogo River Bridge #2 | Wellington Road 109 (Old KH-9) Over Conestogo River |
Arthur Ontario Canada |
1931 Concrete Arch, Deck |
This concrete arch bridge retains its original railings. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy9photos2.htm | Conestogo River Bridge #4 | Wellington Road 109 (Old KH-9) Over Conestogo River |
Arthur Ontario Canada |
1931 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
One of three examples on this section of road of a rigid-frame bridge using the 1920s style balustrade railing design. All three bridges are among the last examples in Ontario of rigid frame bridges from this era with historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy9photos2.htm | Conestogo River Bridge #3 | Wellington Road 109 (Old KH-9) Over Conestogo River |
Arthur Ontario Canada |
1931 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
One of three examples on this section of road of a rigid-frame bridge using the 1920s style balustrade railing design. All three bridges are among the last examples in Ontario of rigid frame bridges from this era with historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy9photos2.htm | Conestogo River Bridge #1 | Wellington Road 109 (Old KH-9) Over Conestogo River |
Arthur Ontario Canada |
1931 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
One of three examples on this section of road of a rigid-frame bridge using the 1920s style balustrade railing design. All three bridges are among the last examples in Ontario of rigid frame bridges from this era with historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy9photos2.htm | Delhi Railroad Bridge | Railway (Canadian National) Over Big Creek |
Delhi Ontario Canada |
Metal Girder, Deck. |
This is a small "high level"style rail bridge. |
Google Maps | Tillsonburg CP Railroad Bridge | Railway (Canadian Pacific) Over Otter Creek |
Tillsonburg Ontario Canada |
Metal Girder, Deck. |
This is the smaller of two rail bridges in Tillsonburg. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/evankirkland/2152880852/ | Tillsonburg CN Railroad Bridge | Railway (Canadian National) Over Otter Creek |
Tillsonburg Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, deck and metal gider, deck approach spans. |
This is an impressive high-level railway bridge. |
Google Maps | Rowntree bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Humber River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This old bridge now carries non-motorized traffic. |
Google Maps |
![]() Lone Primate, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/96046554/in/photostream/ | Rouge River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Rouge River |
Toronto Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections |
This bridge appears to be an extremely rare example of a fishbelly deck truss. The design was used where a new truss was replacing an old superstructure and reusing substructrue. This appears to be the case here since the abutments are old stone. The fishbelly design allows for a deeper stronger truss without changing the track elevation. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34949821 |
![]() postbear, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/postbear/5165512560/ | Irvine Street Bridge | Irvine Street Over Irvine River |
Paris Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
One of several impressive examples of this bridge type reported in the area. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mheine/4283123483/ | 1st Line Bridge | 1st Line Over Irvine River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
2006 Photo. May be demolished. Difficult to discern in aerial imagry. One of several impressive examples of this bridge type reported in the area. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5272273487/in/set-72157625501940795/ | Jones Baseline Road Bridge | Jones Baseline Road Over Irvine River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
One of several impressive examples of this bridge type reported in the area. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/3289645450/in/set-72157625501940795/ | Sideroad 5 Bridge | Sideroad 5 Over Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This small pony truss has some details that are unlike the average example of this type in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5279297000/in/set-72157625501940795/ | Queen Street Bridge | Queen Street (CR-3) Over Teeswater River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete T-beam |
This bridge is noteworthy for its varying use of a standard railing design and for its three span t-beam design. |
Google Maps | 13 Line Bridge | 13 Line Over Grand River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. It has tall A-frame portal bracing. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3919783232/ | 12 Line Bridge | 12 Line Over Grand River |
Ontario Canada |
1923 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
A noteworthy multi-span example of this important bridge type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/2917202266/in/set-72157625501940795/ |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3918999811/ | Eden Mills Bridge | Exhibit Over Exhibit |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
Moved to the Wellington County Museum and Archives in 2004 to serve as an outdoor exhibit. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5278755003/in/set-72157625501940795/ | Hawkins Bay Road Bridge | Hawkins Bay Road Over Moira River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal double-intersection Warren truss, through. |
A traditional example of the Ontario variation of this truss configuration. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5279084150 | G.D.C. Morton Memorial Bridge | Bridge Street Over Moira River |
Tweed Ontario Canada |
1893 Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This marvelous bridge is a rare two-span pin-connected truss bridge in Ontario.; |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5272880674/in/set-72157625501940795/ | Riverview Bridge | 7 Line Over Grand River |
Ontario Canada |
1911 Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
NOTE: PHOTO 2006. MAY BE GONE. This bridge is an excellent example of a bridge built by a local Ontario fabricator, the Corbet Foundry and Machine Company of Owen Sound. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyporter/5279085176/ | Edison Drive Bridge | Edison Drive (Main Street) Over Otter Creek |
Vienna Ontario Canada |
Unknown |
This is an unknown bridge but a limited vertical clearance ahead sign is visible from Street View suggesting it may be a through truss. |
Google Maps | Dennis Road Bridge | Dennis Road (Abandoned) Over Otter Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Unknown |
This is an unknown bridge that appears to be abandoned. |
Google Maps | Brouwers Line Bridge | Brouwers Line Over Catfish Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. Through |
One of several beautiful metal truss bridges in this area. There also is a tiny concrete bridge a ways west of this bridge on the same road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24910314@N05/3805629733/ | St. Thomas Grand Trunk Railroad Bridge | Railway (Canadian Pacific) Over Kettle Creek |
St. Thomas Ontario Canada |
1900 Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections, and metal girder, deck approach spans. |
This is one of two high level viaducts in St. Thomas. This is the older one, and it also includes a metal truss main span, making this bridge the more significant of the two. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8048636 |
![]() Elgin County Archives, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/4326042744/ | St. Thomas Michigan Central Railway Bridge | Railway Over Kettle Creek |
St. Thomas Ontario Canada |
1929 Metal Girder, Deck. |
This bridge sits on enormous concrete piers, except for the unusual steel bent designed to span the road that passes under it. The bridge replaced a previous bridge and was built within its footprint, maintaining the railroad during construction. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8048568 |
![]() Elgin County Archives, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/4325306317/ | Port Stanley Railway Bridge | Railway Over Kettle Creek |
Port Stanley Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a relatively short and massive membered truss bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/work4bandwidth/123562223/ | Port Stanley Bridge | Bridge Street Over Kettle Creek |
Port Stanley Ontario Canada |
Metal girder, through |
This bridge is a traditionally composed Ontario bascule bridge with good historic integrity. The bridge seems to be known locally as the "lift bridge" although this is a bascule bridge and not a vertical lift bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2346394 | Mill Street Bridge | Mill Street Over Nottawasaga River |
Angus Ontario Canada |
Metal Modified Parker Pony Truss, With Bolted Connections |
This bridge is a late truss and it has a very strange truss design. |
Google Maps | Concession Road 2 Bridge | Concession Road 2 Over Mad River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps | McKinnon Road Bridge | McKinnon Road (Richardson Road) Over Nottawasaga River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. Through with riveted connections. |
A long walk northward along abandoned roadway in what appears to be a public nature preserve will eventually reveal this treasure. For a road that looks like it has not been used for decades, this bridge still has good paint coverage. The date and engineers are posted on the "concrete north curb" according to visitors. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/sets/72157622212320735/with/3908525338/ http://minesingwetlands.ca/media/mapex1.jpg |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo, plus additional photos by the same photographer. |
![]() Lone Primate,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneprimate/sets/72157622212320735/with/3908525338/ | Anne Street KH-400 Overpass | Anne Street Over KH-400 |
Barrie Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, 2 Span Example |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Dunlop Street KH-400 Overpass | Dunlop Street Over KH-400 |
Barrie Ontario Canada |
Metal Rigid-Frame |
This bridge has lost its original railings, but is a rare steel rigid-frame. Most rigid-frames are concrete in Ontario. |
Google Maps | 4 Line KH-400 Overpass | 4 Line Over KH-400 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, With Decorative Emblems |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | CR-89 KH-400 Overpass | CR-89 Over KH-400 |
Ontario Canada |
1949 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Concession Road 11 KH-400 Overpass | Concession Road 11 Over KH-400 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, With Decorative Emblems |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Concession Road 5 KH-400 Overpass | Concession Road 5 Over KH-400 |
Ontario Canada |
1950 Concrete Rigid-Frame, With Decorative Emblems |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy400photos5.htm | King-Vaughan Road KH-400 Overpass | King-Vaughan Road Over KH-400 |
Ontario Canada |
1961 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Watson Road KH-401 Overpass | Watson Road (Concession 10) Over KH-401 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, 2 Span Example |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Nassagaweya Line KH-401 Overpass | Nassagaweya Line (1st Line) Over KH-401 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, 2 Span Example |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Trafalgar Road / KH-401 Overpass | Trafalgar Road (CR-3) Over KH-401 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, 2 Span Example |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Glanworth Road KH-401 Overpass | Glanworth Road Over KH-401 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame, Skewed Example |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | KH-401 / KH-3 Overpass | KH-3 Over KH-401 |
Windsor Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24881767 | Dougall Parkway Concession Road 6 Overpass | Concession Road 6 Over Dougall Parkway |
Windsor Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge has been identified as one of a decreasing number of expressway rigid-frames from the mid-20th Century that retains original railings. These bridges are being altered and/or replaced at a rapid rate across the province. |
Google Maps | Huron Street Bridge | Huron Street (CR-8) Over Avon River |
Stratford Ontario Canada |
1885 Stone arch, deck. |
This rare stone arch bridge fits well within the historical and cultural atmosphere of Stratford. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aviewfromhere/2070700048/ | 35 Line Bridge | 35 Line (Old KH-8) Over Whirl Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a former Kings Highway Alignment bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy8photos2.htm | Willow Grove Bridge | 164 Road (CR-23) |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge is a rare example of a concrete bridge in Ontario using the 1920s style railing. |
Google Maps | Sanctuary Line Bridge | Sanctuary Line Over Maitland River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This bridge is abandoned at the end of a now-dead-end road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34569085 | London Road Bridge | London Road (CR-4) Over Maitland River |
Londesborough Ontario Canada |
1933 Concrete arch, open spandrel deck. |
This bridge has lost its ornate railings, but remains a beautiful example of the open spandrel arch. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy4photos2.htm | Victoria Park Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Victoria Park Lake |
Kitchener Ontario Canada |
1896 Metal cantilever truss, through with pinned connections |
This bridge represents one of the similest expressions of a cantilever truss bridge possible. Its remarkable and unique design, pre-1900 construction, high level of historic integrity, and beauty all make this one of the most significant metal bridges in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_bly_ca/5111487987/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/26156338@N07/3894114618/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38009113 |
![]() Sean Marshall, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4918211876/ | Station Street Bridge | Station Street Over Credit River |
Hillsburgh Ontario Canada |
Concrete Unknown |
This old concrete bridge has beautiful balustrade railings. |
Google Maps | Dundas Street Bridge | Dundas Street (8 Line) Over Credit River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This is a tiny rainbow arch bridge with good historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9611558 | Cleaver Road Bridge | Cleaver Road Over Whitemans Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck. |
This appears to be a beautiful concrete arch bridge with original railings. In Apps Mill Park. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehpoint/5147717454/ | Private Drive Bridge | Private Drive Over Thames River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal pony truss |
Little is known about this bridge. It appears to serve a driveway. |
Google Maps | Zorra Line Bridge | Zorra Line Over Thames River |
Beachville Ontario Canada |
Metal pony truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Thames River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Thames River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal pony truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Mooresville Drive Bridge | Mooresville Drive Over Ausable River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal through truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Corner Drive Bridge | Corner Drive Over Ausable River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal through truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Nairn Bridge | Queen Street Over Ausable River |
Ontario Canada |
Unknown |
Little is known about this bridge except it was closed to traffic. May be replaced. |
Google Maps | New Ontario Road Bridge | New Ontario Road Over Ausable River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal through truss. |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Union Street Bridge | Union Street (CR-5) Over Lynn River (Silver Lake) |
Port Dover Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is bypassed, abandoned, and fenced off. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40735874 | Colborne Street Bridge | Colborne Street (CR-2) Over Fairchild Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge appears to be an extremely rare example of a rehabilitated rainbow arch in Ontario. It functions as part of a one-way couplet of bridges. |
Google Maps | Murray Street Railway Overpass | Railway Over Murray Street |
Brantford Ontario Canada |
Stone arch, deck. |
This bridge appears to retain excellent historic integrity and is an uncommon example of a stone arch overpass. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13929645 | Murray Street Bridge | Murray Street Over Mohawk Canal |
Brantford Ontario Canada |
1921 Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck. |
This concrete arch bridge retains its original balustrade railings. |
Google Maps | Lorne Bridge | Colborne Street (CR-53) Over Grand River |
Brantford Ontario Canada |
1924 Concrete arch, open spandrel deck. |
This concrete deck arch has had its deck and railings replaced, but otherwise remains an impressive example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrozam/878818333/ |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/2792091123/ | Brantford Railway Bridge | Railway Over Grand River |
Brantford Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This two span truss bridge has been converted for non-motorized use. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29968819 |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/2792944002/ | Paris Railway Bridge | Railway Over Grand River |
Paris Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck, with riveted connections. |
This is an impressive high-level railway bridge that continues to carry rail traffic. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12044876 | Grand River Street Bridge | Grand River Street Over Nith River |
Paris Ontario Canada |
1932 Concrete arch, open spandrel deck. |
This concrete arch bridge retains its original railings. |
Google Maps | Norwich Street Bridge | Norwich Street (Pedestrian Walkway) Over Speed River |
Guelph Ontario Canada |
1882 Metal Pratt truss, pony with pinned connections |
This bridge is one of the most historically significant metal truss bridges in Ontario. Built by a provincial builder, this early metal truss bridge displays non-standard details that document the development of the metal truss bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phocoena/1423158091/ | Heffernan Street Bridge | Heffernan Street (Pedestrian Walkway) Over Speed River |
Guelph Ontario Canada |
1914 Concrete arch, open spandrel deck. |
This is a rare pedestrian footbridge concrete arch bridge. It is a very graceful looking structure. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaneramos/127231504/ |
![]() Tudor, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/266508892/ | Allan's Bridge | Railway Over Speed River |
Guelph Ontario Canada |
Metal Girder, Deck. |
This railway bridge reportedly sits on 1857 piers. Under the railway plate girder bridge is a short and interesting highway bridge that runs right between the piers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24733528 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24733542 |
![]() Jason Swaby, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jswaby/436380853/ | Gow's Bridge | McCrae Street Over Speed River |
Guelph Ontario Canada |
1897 Stone arch, deck. |
An extremely rare example of a stone arch bridge in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
![]() Brian Ridgway, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/asap2/394087431/ | Stone Road Bridge | Stone Road (Old Alignment) Over Eramosa River |
Ontario Canada |
1916 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is a rare rainbow arch with overhead bracing and an extremely early example as well. It has been bypassed. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17730311 |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/5091195283/ | Moorefield Bridge | Wellington Road 10 Over Creek |
Moorefield Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This small pony truss carries two lanes of traffic. |
Google Maps | Wellington Road 11 Bridge | Wellington Road 11 Over Mitchells Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This small pony truss carries two lanes of traffic. |
Google Maps | Wellington Street Bridge | Woolwich Street Over Conestogo River |
Drayton Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This is an uncommon two-span example of a pony truss bridge. |
Google Maps | Woolwich Street Bridge | Woolwich Street Over Irvine Creek |
Elora Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
A small pony truss adds beauty to its small town surroundings. |
Google Maps | Township Road 12 Bridge West | TR-12 Over Nith River |
Blandford-Blenheim Township Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
One of several truss bridges on this road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8069139 | Township Road 12 Bridge Middle | TR-12 Over Nith River |
Blandford-Blenheim Township Ontario Canada |
Metal Camelback truss, through with riveted connections |
One of several truss bridges on this road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8069139 | Township Road 12 Bridge East | TR-12 Over Nith River |
Blandford-Blenheim Township Ontario Canada |
Metal Camelback truss, through with riveted connections |
One of several truss bridges on this road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8069117 | Township Road 2 Bridge | TR-2 Over Nith River |
Blandford-Blenheim Township Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge appears to be abandoned and missing an original deck with only a narrow metal grate deck for pedestrians. The road leading up to the bridge appears to still be accessible. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/4622312031/ | Blenheim Road Bridge | Belheim Road Over Nith River |
Blandford-Blenheim Township Ontario Canada |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. Through |
This bridge is an example of a bridge that was built in noteworthy numbers, but is an otherwise uncommon truss design. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3667986847/ | Bosworth Bridge | Wellington Road 7 (CR-7) Over Conestogo River |
Ontario Canada |
1949 Metal polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a fairly large pony truss span. It has a couple small members added, but otherwise has good historic integrity. Shows signs of rust in Street View. |
Google Maps | Middlebrook Road Bridge | Middlebrook Road Over Carroll Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is one of a dwindling number of such bridges in Centre-Wellington Township. These bridges need to be considered for preservation because they are very rare on a provincial and nationwide scale. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mheine/3553198830/ | Metcalfe Street Bridge | Metcalfe Street Over Grand River |
Elora Ontario Canada |
Metal Camelback Truss, through with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. It appears to be in good condition. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38608589 |
![]() Aislander, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24537102 | Gartshore Street Bridge | Gartshore Street (Scotland Street) Over Grand River |
Fergus Ontario Canada |
Metal Camelback Truss, through with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. It appears to be in good condition. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13362309 | ! | Jordan Harbour Bridge | Railway Over Jordan Harbour |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck with riveted connections |
This bridge a massive membered bridge and a rather large and long bridge for this area. The bridge serves active rail traffic including passenger trains. Stone piers from a former bridge survive next to this bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37172197 http://www.flickr.com/photos/eppstein/560292111/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10911598 | Seneca Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Exhibit |
Caledonia Ontario Canada |
1912 Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
From http://www.electricscotland.com/canada/caledonia/caledonia_6.htm Contractor Melvin Runchey constructed the steel rod structure for $1,400 in 1913. The Hamilton Bridge Works was paid $1,000 for steel structure material, J.H. Creighton was paid almost $100 for providing planking and the Caledonia Milling Company $114.50 for cement and lumber. Contractor Runchey offered his services for $100 per month and was paid $200. |
Google Maps |
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11173 | Hodgkins Road Bridge | Hodgkins Road Over 20 Mile Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge appears to be traditionally composed and on a little-used road. |
Google Maps | Princess Elizabeth Bridge | Wellington Road 12 Over Conestogo River |
Glen Alan Ontario Canada |
1940 Metal Camelback Truss, through with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. It appears to be in good condition. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3735735512/ | X | Glen Alan Bridge | Over Conestogo River |
Glen Alan Ontario Canada |
1915 Metal Camelback Truss, through with riveted connections. |
This bridge appears to have been demolished, assuming this photo is showing this bridges abutments in the background. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3734935957/ | Elgin Street Bridge | Elgin Street (Abandoned Section) |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
Concrete Unknown |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single span precast concrete bridge. It is near the north exit of Soper Park. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Blair Creek Bridge | Blair Road (Abandoned Alignment) Over Blair Creek |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
Stone arch, deck. |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single span stone masonry arch. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Dundas Street Underpass | Dundas Street Over Pedestrian Walkway |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
1920 Stone arch, deck. |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This culvert is a single span masonry arch structure. The arch is covered with approximately 800 mm of fill with a paved roadway surface. There is a concrete stiffener with steel handrails above the arch. Some of the mortar and stones are missing and need replacement. This culvert allows access into the north area of Soper Park. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | St. Jacobs Viaduct | Railway Over Conestogo River |
St. Jacobs Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a two span structural steel railway viaduct. The wooden piers from an older viaduct are still in place. This viaduct can be viewed from the Grand River Walking Trail. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26497169 |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Grand River Viaduct | Railway (CPR) Over Grand River |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a three span structural steel railway viaduct. The C.P.R. maintains this bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brilliantimages/5133098844/ |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Mennonite Bridge | Three Bridges Road Over Conestogo River |
Ontario Canada |
1962 Concrete Slab |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a 7 span concrete slab, low level bridge. There are no railings since this bridge is flooded every year. The Mennonite community provided the labour and built the bridge in 3 days. It is a hidden tourist attraction. Bridge "drawings" exist but are only rough sketches. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Deborah Glaister Line Bridge | Deborah Glaister Line (TR-3) |
Ontario Canada |
1946 Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck. |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single span concrete arch bridge. This bridge is unique, although it is similar to the concrete earth-filled arch (Floradale Bridge and Schuett Bridge). Over the abutments the railings are made of concrete. Over the arch the railings are made of metal. The abutments of a previous bridge can be seen. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Manser Road Bridge | Manser Road (CR-5, TR-14) |
Ontario Canada |
1935 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single lane rigid frame bridge. It is almost identical to Bridge #5. It was built during the depression with relief labour as a public works project. The engravings on the bridge provide more detail. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Chalmers-Forrest Road Bridge | Chalmers-Forrest Road (TR-18) |
Ontario Canada |
1934 Concrete Rigid-Frame |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single lane rigid frame bridge. It is almost identical to Bridge #11. It was built during the depression with relief labour as a public works project. The engravings on the bridge provide more detail. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Main Street Bridge | Main Street Over Grand River |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
1931 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a two-span concrete bowstring arch bridge with a concrete deck and concrete wearing surface. It has concrete balustrade handrails and sidewalks which are in good condition. It crosses the Grand River in the heart of old Galt. Bowstring symbols are used throughout the downtown to indicate historic tourist attractions. These include but are not limited to: City Hall, City Archives and the Market Square. This bridge has been a designated structure since 1982. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/47062110 |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Chambers Bridge | Weisenburg Road (TR-60) Over Grand River |
Ontario Canada |
1930 Metal Camelback truss, through with pinned connections |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: The MTO had drawings of the west abutment and have given copies to the Municipality for evaluation. A 1925 design drawing for a replacement superstructure indicated using the existing east abutment and pier. The west abutment was constructed around 1946, and the truss was likely moved slightly at this time, making the middle pier superfluous. The deck of the bridge was deemed unsafe by Woolwich Township, even for pedestrians. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Weisenburg Road Bridge | Weisenburg Road (TR-60) Over Cox Creek |
Ontario Canada |
1930 Concrete Girder, Through |
This bridge is a rare concrete through girder. From Waterloo Region Inventory: This bridge is half subsidized by the Township of Woolwich and the other half by the Township of Pilkington (now Centre Wellington). The area is surrounded by poor soil conditions as noted from the 1964 design drawings for a replacement structure, which was not constructed. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Schneider Creek Bridges | Doon Village Road (CR-69) Over Schneider Creek Bridge |
Kitchener Ontario Canada |
1929 Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck. |
These are two bridges located 100 meters apart from each other on the same road and crossing the same creek. On Waterloo Region List. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Conestogo Bridge | Glasgow Street Over Conestogo River |
Ontario Canada |
1886 Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections |
This is one of the oldest and most significant bridges in Ontario. It has national significance, and includes innovative and distinctive details from the period of experimantation in truss bridge design. Based on the inventory, it has been altered somewhat. From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a two span through truss bridge, made by the Hamilton Bridge and Tool Co. in 1886. The trusses were welded and steel cables form the boundary walls. The worn surface is made of transverse laminated timber. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39050117@N07/4727122719/in/photostream/ |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Dundas Street Bridge | Dundas Street Over Mill Creek |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
1837 Stone Arch, Deck. |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single span stone masonry arch bridge crossing Mill Creek in Soper Park. The original structure was built in 1837, making it the oldest bridge in the Region. The keystone is no longer visible, and many of the stone blocks have been trimmed and the arch is lined with modern concrete. A wooden beam reinforced and bolted with a steel cover provides additional support for the bridge. In 2004, the existing concrete will be replaced, replicating the original arch structure. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Klein's Bridge | Pine Creek Road (TR-64A) Over 1920 |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Rigid-Frame |
This bridge is the earliest documented rigid-frame in the region. From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single span rigid frame bridge. This bridge represents the next step in bridge technology. The abutments and the deck are one unit cast in place. This design can only be used with small bridges. There are no barrier walls. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Blackbridge Road Bridge | Blackbridge Road Over Speed River |
Cambridge Ontario Canada |
1916 Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections. |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single lane Pratt truss bridge. Blackbridge Road is an old gravel road. The bridge crosses the Speed River at the north end of Cambridge. The bridge is located at the bottom of a gully. The approach is considerably steep to the east. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Winterbourne Bridge | Peel Street Over Grand River |
Ontario Canada |
1913 Metal Camelback truss, through with pinned connections. |
This rare multi-span pin-connected Camelback truss bridge is one of the rarest and most significant bridges in SW Ontario due to its rare design. From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a two span steel through truss bridge. The deck consists of transverse laminated wood. It is growing old and several repairs are needed. There is a 20km/hr speed limit. Light steel pipes act as barrier rails. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Piper Street Private Bridge | Private Road Over Nith River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single lane, riveted through truss bridge. It is no longer maintained by the North Dumfries Township, but by a private land owner. The owner has replaced the old deck with 2x8 wooden planks within the past year, and there is ongoing interest by the GRCA that the crumbling abutments be repaired. This bridge was referred to as the Slabtown Bridge. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Schuett Bridge | TR-54 (Maryhill Road) Over Cox Creek |
Ontario Canada |
1913 Concrete Arch, Deck |
From Waterloo Region Inventory: This is a single span cast in place concrete, earth filled arch, with hinged abutments. The superstructure is failing and the concrete railings are warping. |
Google Maps |
![]() From Waterloo Region Heritage Bridge Inventory | Grand River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Grand River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Truss, Deck |
This bridge has piers which share two different truss structures. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/sets/72157624019455555/with/4642795007/ | Creek Road Bridge | Creek Road (CR-45) Over Oswego Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge appears to have good historic integrity. |
Google Maps | Central Avenue Bridge | Central Avenue (CR-124) Over Railway |
Fort Erie Ontario Canada |
Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections and Matal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections approach span. |
With excellent historic integrity, this is a bridge noteworthy for having both a pony and through truss span. |
Google Maps | Bowen Road Bridge | Bowen Road (CR-21) Over Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) |
Ontario Canada |
1941 Concrete rigid-frame |
This is one of the most historically significant bridges remaining on the QEW. It is threatened with demolition. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/QEWphotos12.htm | Palmerston Pedestrian Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Railroad Yard |
Palmerston Ontario Canada |
1912 Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
One of the last things the casual visitor might expect to find in a city of this size, this is an extremely long 700 foot pedestrian truss bridge that was constructed to provide pedestrians the ability to cross a railroad yard. The bridge is today a preserved historic landmark. It is an extremely rare example of its kind in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.palmerstonrailwaymuseum.com/history-of-/-the-pedestrian-bridge |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo, plus additional photos by the same photographer. |
![]() Sean Marshall, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/tags/palmerston/ | Highway Bridge | Highway Over Water |
Indonesia |
Metal Truss, pony |
Despite a questionable deck, this bridge remains open to traffic. |
Google Maps |
![]() Norrel, CC BY-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4964891 | Harriston Road Bridge | Harriston Road (CR-87) Over Maitland River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Rigid Frame |
This bridge is an extremely rare example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy87photos.htm | Wingham Railway Bridge | Railroad (Rail-Trail) Over Maitland River |
Wingham Ontario Canada |
Metal truss, deck. |
This former railroad bridge is now a trail. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26395696 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33171762 | Water Street Bridge | Water Street Over Maitland River |
Wingham Ontario Canada |
Concrete Slab |
This bridge has arched spans and is an unusual design in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26357719 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26356531 | CR-89 Bridge | CR-89 Over South Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections. |
This bridge was significantly altered by the removal of v-lacing on diagonals at center of bridge and addition and misc. replacement of other members. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy89photos.htm | Mill Street Bridge | Mill Street Over South Saugeen River |
Mt. Forest Ontario Canada |
Unknown |
An unknown bridge that appears to be abandoned is here. Could it be the bridge seen in the link? |
Google Maps |
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo257123.htm | Main Street Bridge | Main Street (CR-6) Over South Saugeen River |
Mt. Forest Ontario Canada |
Metal truss, deck |
This bridge has traditional Ontario railings. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy6photos5.htm | Sideroad 6 Bridge | Sideroad 6 Over South Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps | Concession Road 14 Bridge | Concession Road 14 Over Beatty Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren Truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
![]() Chris Luckhardt, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/motionblur/3307787587/ | Laurier Line Bridge | Laurier Line Over 18 Mile Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete Unknown |
This unusual bridge requires a field visit to determine its significance and type. May be closed to traffic and/or demolished. |
Google Maps | South Pine River Private Bridge | Private Drive Over South Pine River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
A very lightweight example of its kind, this bridge was bought from the highway department and relocated to this site by private owners, where it now serves a driveway. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19838799 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19838835 | Orchardville Side Road Bridge | Orchardville Side Road Over Beatty Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
Old alignment. Picnic site near bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy6photos6.htm | Concession Road 18 Bridge | Concession Road 18 Over Beatty Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal truss, pony |
Located near to a rainbow arch. |
Google Maps | CR-3 Bridge | CR-3 Over Beatty Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
A beautiful, unaltered example of this type. One lane bridge on two lane paved road. KEY BRIDGE. |
Google Maps | Bridge Street Bridge | Bridge Street Over Teeswater River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
A relatively long span example of this type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6828791 | Old Bridge Road Bridge | Old Bridge Road Over Saugeen River |
Near Hanover Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections, two spans. |
Closed to traffic. |
Google Maps | Saugeen Cedars Bridge | Campground Road Over Saugeen River |
Near Hanover Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections, two spans. |
This bridge is located within Saugeen Cedars Family Campground. |
Google Maps |
http://www.saugeencedars.ca/index.php?p=Photos | Loyettes Bridge | Highway Over Rhone |
Loyettes Rhone-Alpes France |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge has extremely tall arches for a rainbow arch bridge with no overhead bracing. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20864907 | Fleurville Canal Bridge | Highway Over Canal de Pont de Vaux |
Fleurville Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal girder, through |
This bridge is an outstanding single-span example of a through plate girder with a curved top chord. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26318940 | Pont Fleurville | D15 Over Saone |
Fleurville Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal bowstring truss, through. |
This bridge is an attractive, multi-span example of a riveted through bowstring. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26318940 |
![]() fat boy1584, CC BY-ND, 3.0 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26318940 | Pont de Frans | Route de Frans (D504) Over Saone |
Jassans-Riottier Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a beautiful example of a cantilever truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32083643 | Pont de Couzon | Rue Claudius Moiroux Over Saone |
Couzon-Au-Mont d'Or Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23419397 | Collonges Railway Bridge | Railway Bridge Over Saone |
Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a traditionally composed example of its type. |
Google Maps | Pont de Neuville | Highway Over Saone |
Neuville-sur-Saone Rhone-Alpes France |
1934 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. One span was destroyed in World War II and was rebuilt in kind. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20546789@N00/3395525004/ |
![]() Fr.Latreille, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neuville-pont31.jpg | Pont de l'lle Barbe | Highway Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1827 Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This is the oldest bridge in Lyon and is interesting because its single tower sits on the tip of a small island, and the cables extend outward from this central tower to provide access on either side of the island. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krys/3836706799/ |
![]() Basilio, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont-S01-Ile-Barbe-RG-06.JPG | Pont Masaryk | Rue Masaryk Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1831 Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This ancient bridge serves pedestrians and consists of a large arched central tower with two very short towers at each end. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrien_/4653488200/ |
![]() Basilio, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont-S03-Masaryk-04.JPG | Passerelle Saint-Vincent | Pedestrian Walkway Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1832 Suspension bridge |
This bridge has a very interesting and unusual stiffening truss that includes decorative vertical members. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16856308 | Passerelle Paul Couturier | Pedestrian Walkway Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1853 Cable suspension bridge |
Originally called Passerelle St. Georges. Most of this bridge was destroyed in World War II, but it was reportedly rebuilt in kind. The metal portion of the towers may not be a perfect replica, as they are unusual and look rather modern. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20981924 |
![]() Basilio, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont-S12-Plle-PCouturier-06.JPG | Passerelle du College | Pedestrian Walkway Over Rhone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1844 Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This suspension footbridge has nicely decorated and designed towers and has a lattice girder stiffening. It was damaged in World War II but rebuilt in kind. |
Google Maps |
![]() Basilio, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont-R07-Passer-05.JPG | Pont Lafayette | Cours Lafayette Over Rhone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1890 Metal arch, deck. |
This bridge is structurally a traditionally composed riveted deck arch bridge. It however is made ornate and beatiful by the addition of a substantial quantity of decorative castings on the arch, as well as the ornate cast railing. The piers are extremely ornate with full size statues inset into them. The central span was destroyed in World War II, but rebuilt in kind. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28028798 |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() David Baron, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbaron/5131925821/ | Pont de l'Universite | Rue de l'Universite Over Rhone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1903 Metal arch, deck. |
This stunning bridge is a truly beautiful structure. Its graceful riveted arches include a lattice on the arch rib, which is enhanced with decorative castings place on each lattice intersection. The hangers also have decorative castings. The railings for the bridge are equally ornate. The bridge also features handsome stone piers that are architectually developed as well. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lemezza/5428744861/ |
![]() FaceMePLS, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/5084074840/ | Viaduc de Perrache | Railway Over Rhone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1856 Metal arch, deck. |
This bridge was originally a classic example of a cast iron deck arch. Some of the cast iron arches remain and are visible from one side, but on the other side one finds the bridge was widened with riveted steel arches of similar shape. The cast iron dates to 1856. Widening occured in 1926. Some parts of the bridge were damaged in World War II, but not destroyed. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24574902 |
![]() Basilio, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont-R13-Viaduct-SNCF-01.JPG | Lyon Saone Railway Bridge | Railway Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal cantilever truss, deck with riveted connections |
This bridge is a shallow truss for its type. The cantilevered deck truss design was more common on large river valleys, particularly was popular in the 20th Century in the United States. The bridge's cantilever brackets for the sidewalks are ornate, with a unique curled design that is an attractive detail. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo, plus another photo by the same photographer. |
![]() Ludovic LANDRY,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/ludophoto/2353300066/in/photostream/ | L'Autoroute du Soleil Bridge | L'Autoroute du Soleil (E15, A7) Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal cantilever truss, deck with riveted connections |
This bridge is a shallow truss for its type. The cantilevered deck truss design was more common on large river valleys, particularly was popular in the 20th Century in the United States. This bridge is one of two bridges in Lyon of this design. |
Google Maps | Pont de la Mulatiere | Railway Over Saone |
Lyon Rhone-Alpes France |
1914 Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This magnificent bridge is an excellent, unaltered example of a cantilever truss. Of interest is the way all the diagonal members and the bottom chord angle toward the pier at the pier points. The bridge has a beautiful casting mounted on the side of the top chord at the top of the towers. |
Google Maps |
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0002211 |
![]() Basilio, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Ponts-S17-Mulatiere-2ponts-01a.JPG | Allee du Rhone Bridge | Allee du Rhone Over Rhone Canal |
Feyzin Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This bridge is a relatively simple and unadorned representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps | Pont de Vernaison | Rue du Rhone (D36) Over Rhone |
Vernaison Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This crossing consists of two separate suspension bridges, both of the same design. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45243924 | Pont Suspendu de Chasse | Route De Givors Over Rhone |
Vienne Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is a narrow structure that remains open to light vehicular traffic. The bridge features absolutely stunning arched towers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7684845 |
![]() MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Givors_-_Pont_de_Chasse_sur_le_Rh%C3%B4ne_-_Ensemble.JPG | Vienne Suspension Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Rhone |
Vienne Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This suspension bridge is interesting because it has only one tower which is in the center of the river. The narrow bridge is today open to pedestrians only. See the link for a nice photo of the bridge with a rainbow in the background. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26971526 |
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![]() gros-minet, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/36762549 | Pont de Condrieu | Avenue Charles de Gaulle (Avenue de la Liberation) Over Rhone |
Condrieu Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has a large central tower in the center of the river with shorter towers at each end of the bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30896060 | Pont de Sablons | D820 Over Rhone |
Serrieres Rhone-Alpes France |
1951 Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has steel stiffening truss as well as riveted steel towers. The towers are of a simple design. |
Google Maps |
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0002996 |
![]() michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/39149830 | Pont d'Andance | D86B Over Rhone |
Andancette Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has three towers, two at each end, with a shorter tower in the center of the river. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15874540 | Galaure Private Bridge | D51 Over Galaure |
Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal Pratt truss, pony with riveted connections |
This is an unusual, lightweight bridge that serves a private driveway. |
Google Maps | Pont Pietons | Passerelle Marc Seguin Over Rhone |
Tournon-sur-Rhone Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge carries pedestrian traffic only. Its stiffening trusses are wooden. The bridge is an uncommon setup with one large central tower, and two very short towers at each end of the bridge located a short distance from the anchorages. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/868508 |
![]() JoPeRsON , CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21847687 | Pont Gustave Toursier | D95 Over Rhone |
Tournon-sur-Rhone Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has a wide deck but is otherwise traditionally composed. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20598927 | Pont de La Voulte | D86F Over Rhone |
La Voulte-sur Rhone Rhone-Alpes France |
1889 Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
The suspended span of this bridge is traditionally composed, but the beautiful stone arched towers are something special, unique, and beautiful. The truss and suspension system is likely newer, presumably post World War II. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28635888 | Le Pouzin Bridge | D104 Over Rhone |
Le Pouzin Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge has a significant camber and its long, continuous design features very tall pony trusses. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27103493 |
![]() maajk, CC BY-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30096492 | Pont de Rochemaure | Abandoned Road Over Rhone |
Le Teil Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge |
This old, narrow, and abandoned bridge has multiple castle-like towers and is closed and fenced off. The deck is in very bad shape. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30519486 |
![]() sylaf, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sylaf/2536394173/ | Pont de l'Ardeche | Route du Teil (N102) Over Rhone |
Le Teil Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This bridge has massive anchorages that rise above the road and form an archway entrance onto the bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14768548 |
![]() tagweb, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/31950667 | Avenue Pierre Mendes France Bridge | Avenue Pierre Mendes France Over Rhone |
Rhone-Alpes France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has simple towers and a double-intersection pony truss that looks reminiscent of a Bailey truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44325072 | Avenue Jean Monnet Bridge | Avenue Jean Monnet Over Canal de Donzere-Mondragon |
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. It is on a canal built between 1947-1952 so it likely dates to one of those years. |
Google Maps | Canal de Donzere-Mondragon Railway Bridge | Railway Over Canal de Donzere-Mondragon |
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a very heavy example that also has extra girders underneath the truss as well. It crosses a canal that was built betwen 1947 and 1952, so this bridge must be a very late example of its type. |
Google Maps |
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![]() Joel G, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3661872 | D976 Bridge | D976 Over Rhone |
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has simple towers and a double-intersection pony truss that looks reminiscent of a Bailey truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21615883 | Avignon Railway Bridge | Railway Over Rhone |
Avignon Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a large, traditionally composed example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16665375 | Avenue de Tarascon Bridge | Avenue de Tarascon (D570N) Over Durance |
Avignon Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is a traditionally composed example of its type in France. The towers have an attractive lattice. |
Google Maps | D61113 Bridge | D61113 Over Petit Rhone |
Ares Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This pony truss has tall trusses. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15922252 | Avenue Edouard Herriot Bridge | Avenue Edouard Herriot Over Petit Rhone |
Ares Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Suspension |
This suspension bridge has three short towers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabriele_capitini/4190444511/ | L'Isere Bridge | Highway Over L'Isere |
Rhone-Alpes France |
Metal arch, through |
This bridge is an attractive structure with built-up beams which contain v-lacing. |
Google Maps | Avenue du General de Gaulle Bridge | Avenue du General de Gaulle Over Durance |
Briancon Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This bridge looks like a traditional plate girder from the United States except it has a lattice fill. |
Google Maps | Lethbridge Viaduct | Railway (Canadian Pacific) Over Oldman River |
Lethbridge Alberta Canada |
1909 Metal girder deck, and metal truss, deck, high level. |
This bridge is 5327 Feet (1623 meters) long and 314 feet (95.7 meters) above the river. It is the largest railway bridge in Canada and truly one of the great engineering works of North America. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethbridge_Viaduct |
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![]() Richard Peat, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtpeat/tags/lethbridgerailroadbridge/ | Midland Highway Bridge | Midland Highway (HWY-1) Over River Derwent |
Bridgewater Tasmania Australia |
Metal Truss. through, vertical lift. |
This impressive vertical lift bridge is a good, traditionally composed example of its kind. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15074521 | Longford Railway Bridge | Railway Over South Esk River |
Longford Tasmania Australia |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. through |
This is a massive bridge that has vertical end posts and an enormous top and bottom chord. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6093110 | King's Bridge | Bridge Road Over South Esk River |
Launceston Tasmania Australia |
1863 Metal arch, deck. |
Built by W. T. Doyne Engineer and C. De Bercue and Company, this is an ancient arch bridge that remains today in excellent condition with an attractive two color paint scheme. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsf/2470196909/ |
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![]() Jorge Lascar, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlascar/4551899923/ | ! | Ravensbourne Pedestrian Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Railway |
Ravensbourne New Zealand |
Metal truss, deck. |
This rare historic bridge described as a Edwardian lattice-truss design is at risk for demolition! |
Google Maps |
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/147436/dispute-over-rare-bridge-reignited | Peninsular Road Bridge | Peninsular Road Over Motueka River |
New Zealand |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This lightweight bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in New Zealand. |
Google Maps | Collingwood-Bainham Main Road Bridge | Collingwood-Bainham Main Road Over Mokihinui River |
New Zealand |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in New Zealand. |
Google Maps | Karamea Highway Bridge | Karamea Highway (HWY-67) Over Mokihinui River |
New Zealand |
Metal Warren truss, through. |
This bridge may be an example of a Callender-Hamilton bridge. |
Google Maps | Blythe Road Bridge | Blythe Road Over Hurunui River |
New Zealand |
1926 Cable suspension bridge with Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is a lightweight structrue designed to carry rural traffic. |
Google Maps | Rakaia Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge | Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road (HWY-77) Over Rakaia River |
New Zealand |
1945 Concrete open spandrel arch, deck. |
This bridge is located near to the more significant metal bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joinash/4243450472/ | Rakaia Gorge Bridge | Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road (HWY-77) Over Rakaia River |
New Zealand |
1882 Metal Fink truss, deck with pinned connections. |
This jaw-dropping bridge may be one of the most significant historic bridges in New Zealand. John Carruthers, the designer of this bridge, blended the Whipple, Bollman, and Fink truss to create a unique truss design. A truly remarkable structure, its lightweight trusses continue to serve traffic today. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielkelpe/3347839938/ |
![]() Mike McMurray, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiwisport/3254579070/ | Haast-Jackson Bay Road Bridge | Haast-Jackson Bay Road Road Over Arawhata River |
New Zealand |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a long, heavy truss. Could it be a Callender-Hamilton bridge? |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenelopy/3352622017/ | Clyde Bridge | Fruitgrowers Road Over Clutha River |
Clyde New Zealand |
1934 Metal Parker K-Truss, through with riveted connections. |
A large, uncommon, and noteworthy example of the K-truss design. The unusual design of the stone piers of this bridge suggest it may be placed atop a portion of what were once towers for a previous suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29068935@N07/2886052708/ |
![]() Christine McIntosh, CC BY-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/goforchris/106179673/ | Alexandra Bridge | Kelman Street (HWY-8) Over Clutha River |
Alexandra New Zealand |
1954 Cantilever through truss with suspended deck. |
This bridge is an example of a bridge that looks like an arch, but because it is continuous beyond the piers, it functions as a truss. Next to the bridge are ornate stone towers from what was once an 1882 suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20607046 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24622157 | Millers Flat Bridge | Millers Flat Bridge Road Over Clutha River |
New Zealand |
1899 Metal bowstring truss, pony. |
This bridge is a spectacular multi-span bowstring truss. It appears to be in excellent condition. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32776371 |
![]() Jock Phillips, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/teara/3380519975/ | Beaumont Bridge | Beaumont Highway Over Clutha River |
Beaumont New Zealand |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This bridge is a large multi-span example of its kind. Is is slated for demolition and replacement within 10 years despite its heritage value. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/branxholm/4590554852/ | Clutha Railway Bridge | Railway Over Clutha River |
Balclutha New Zealand |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections and stone arch, deck approach. |
This bridge is a large multi-span example of its kind. |
Google Maps | Clutha Bridge | Milton Highway Over Clutha River |
Balclutha New Zealand |
1935 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This enormous, multi-span rainbow arch bridge is a truly magnificent structure. It appears to be traditionally composed to a standard New Zealand plan. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robnorwichuk/3845760370/ |
![]() Jock Phillips, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/teara/3270255304/ | Tokanui Branch Railway Bridge | Railway (Abandoned Tokanui Branch) Over Mataura River |
New Zealand |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This long abandoned bridge is missing a span but retains some spans and its handsome piers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46769458@N08/4702401973/ | Mataura Bridge | Bridge Street Over Mataura River |
Mataura New Zealand |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is a large single span example and has excellent historic integrity. It is a spectacular structure! |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigrednz/4175309263/ | Kawarau Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Kawarau River |
New Zealand |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge appears to have old stone towers and is a historic structure as a rare suspension bridge, but is most famous for being the first comercial bungy site. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34192261 |
![]() Christian Michel, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/macronix/4434257413/ | Bridge 188 | Church Road (8A) Over Clutha River |
New Zealand |
Metal Baltimore truss, through with riveted connections, and Approach: Metal Pratt truss, pony with riveted connections. |
This narrow truss bridge is noted for its very tall pony truss approach and lightweight diagonal members. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20455206 | Montrose Railway Bridge | Railway Over Montrose Basin |
Montrose Scotland United Kingdom |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This lattice girder is an extremely long multi-span example and it has curved top chords. It is a very significant example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3846708 | East Balmoral Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over River Dee |
East Balmoral Scotland United Kingdom |
1834 Eyebar Chain Suspension |
This lightweight suspension footbridge is an extremely old example of its kind, assuming its parts actually do date to the construction date. |
Google Maps |
![]() Alden Chadwick, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/aldenchadwick/4956376651/ | Balmoral Bridge | B976 Over River Dee |
Crathie Scotland United Kingdom |
1857 Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
The work of Brunel, this is a small example of his work. Unlike most lattice girder bridges, this bridge only has one large single row of lattice, somewhat like a double-intersection Warren truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29997636 | River Lune Railway Bridges | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over River Lune |
England United Kingdom |
Metal arch, deck. |
This bridge is one of two nearly identical bridges in the area and they are noted for their attractive lattice railing and highly decorative arches. They sit on massive stone piers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15451760 |
![]() JF Sebastian / Jorge Ferrer, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jf-sebastian/2870008708/ | Kirkcudbright Bridge | A755 Over River Dee |
Kirkcudbright Scotland United Kingdom |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
Featuring five spans without overhead bracing, this bridge is an unaltered and excellent multi-span example of a noteworthy structure type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16192254 |
![]() Simon Webster, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12495774@N02/3900292122/ | Newton Stewart Suspension Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Cree River |
Dumfries Scotland United Kingdom |
1911 Eyebar Chain Suspension |
This bridge carries foot traffic only and its lattice railings double as stiffening girders. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12876344 http://www.flickr.com/photos/25464991@N04/2478596676 | Dumfries Suspension Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Nith River |
Dumfries Scotland United Kingdom |
1875 Eyebar Chain Suspension |
This bridge carries foot traffic only and its lattice railings double as stiffening girders. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewsteele/4680368924/ |
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![]() Cle0patra / Ellen, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/cle0patra/1923664208/ | Chemin du Halage Bridge | Chemin du Halage Over Canal |
Abbeville Picardy France |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This is a small example of this structure type. The deck has a notable camber. |
Google Maps | Emmabrug | Highway Over Canal |
Vreeswijk Netherlands |
Metal stringer, bascule |
This bridge is an example of a bascule bridge design which is very old and often used for short crossings. This example is old enough so that it has riveted construction and decorative knee bracing overhead. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/39108694 |
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![]() Lodewijk Borsboom, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/loesenlodewijk/4021208487 | Overeindsebrug | Highway Over Lekkanaal |
Nieuwegein Netherlands |
Metal arch, through. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in the Netherlands. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/36415792 |
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![]() Lodewijk Borsboom, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/loesenlodewijk/tags/overeindsebrug/ | Fiume Cavone Bridge | Highway Over Fiume Cavone |
Italy |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is noted for its lightweight hangers. It appears to be on abandoned alignment. |
Google Maps | Fiume Saraceno Bridge | Highway Over Fiume Saraceno |
Italy |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This unusual bridge has concrete fill between the arch hangers, making it somewhat like a girder bridge and also producing visually attractive diamond openings. |
Google Maps | Railway Bridge | Railway Over Torrente Raganello |
Italy |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Italy. It has attractive v-lacing on its built-up beams. |
Google Maps | Strada Statale di Cropalati Bridge | Strada Statale di Cropalati (SS531) Over Trionto |
Mirto Italy |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Italy. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11217321 | Ponte Trionto | Strada Statale 106 Jonica Over Trionto |
Mirto Italy |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is noted for its very massive arches yet a narrow deck. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19333015 | Abandoned Bridge | Abandoned |
Italy |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This five span bridge is a long and rare example of its kind. There is more than one of this bridge type that appears to follow a railway line. The bridges may be former railway bridges. |
Google Maps | SP 10 Bridge | SP10 |
Italy |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This beautifully composed structure retains excellent historic integrity. Although longer spans and multi-span examples do remain, this bridge's integrity and design make it noteworthy. |
Google Maps | Abandoned Bridge | Abandoned |
Italy |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This two span abandoned bridge is a rare example of its kind. It may be a former railway bridge. |
Google Maps | SP124 Bridge | SP124 |
Italy |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
A noteworthy multi-span example. It appears that overheight vehicles destroyed the overhead bracing on the outer spans, and taller replacements were installed. |
Google Maps |
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![]() Giorgos Thanasias, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8523064 | E90 (SS106) Bridge | E90 (SS106) |
Italy |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
A noteworthy multi-span example. It appears that overheight vehicles destroyed the overhead bracing on the outer spans, and crude replacements were installed. |
Google Maps | Ponte San Leonardo | Abandoned Roadway Over San Leonardo River |
Termini Imerese Sicily Italy |
1625 Stone arch, deck. |
Designed in 1625 by Archbishop Agatino Daidone. The configuration is unusual in that one of the approach ramps is perpendicular to the main span. According to historians, that end of the bridge rests on the remnants of an ancient bridge from Roman times. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1690974 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bridgink/290228344/ | Via A. Daidone Bridge | Via A. Daidone Over San Leonardo River |
Termini Imerese Sicily Italy |
Metal bowstring truss, pony |
A rare and excellent example of its kind, this bridge sits next to an ancient stone arch bridge as well. |
Google Maps | Fiume di Zappulle Railway Bridge | Railway |
Fiume di Zappulle Sicily Italy |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Sicily. |
Google Maps | Fiumarara di Brolo Railway Bridge | Railway |
Fiumarara di Brolo Sicily Italy |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Sicily. |
Google Maps | Parrazza Basso Railway Bridge | Railway |
Parrazza Basso Sicily Italy |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Sicily. |
Google Maps | Mili Marina Bridge | Via Vecchia Nazionale in Localit� Mili Marina |
Mili Marina Sicily Italy |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This bridge shows signs of cracking and deterioration, but is a rare and good example of its kind. |
Google Maps | Localita Santa Margherita Bridge | Localita Santa Margherita |
Santa Margherita Sicily Italy |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This narrow bridge appears to be in need of restoration. It appears to be a rare example of its type in Sicily. It is located next to two riveted railway bridges as well. |
Google Maps | Abandoned Bridge | Abandoned |
Sicily Italy |
Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck |
This bridge is long abandoned and has an unusual secondary structure on its deck. Could it have been an aqueduct? |
Google Maps | Railway Bridge | Railway |
Sicily Italy |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge appears to be traditionally composed and includes five spans. |
Google Maps | Railway Bridge | Railway |
Sicily Italy |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
Little is known about this bridge beyond what type of bridge it is. |
Google Maps | Great Kei Bridge | Abandoned Highway Alignment Over Great Kei River |
Great Kei Bridge South Africa |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This bridge remains open to pedestrians. It is a rare, long multi-span example of its kind. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/893625 |
![]() Gregorydavid, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Old_road_bridge_on_Great_Kei_River.jpg | Pontoon Road Bridge | Pontoon Road Over Buffalo River |
East London South Africa |
Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections and metal gider, deck approach spans. |
This attractive bridge is noted for its original, heavy lattice railing that is on it which is more massive in design than the average lattice railing. The bridge is a double-deck bridge with the lower deck apparantly carrying rail. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7620194 | Hanging Bridge | N2 Over Gamtoos River |
South Africa |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
Lightweight stiffening truss and a set of parallel cables forming the main cable are features of this large bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17720546 | Gamtoos River Truss Bridge | Highway Over Gamtoos River |
South Africa |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Truss. pony |
This is a long and unaltered example of this bridge type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46621532 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4504730 | Mlalazi River Rainbow Arch Bridge | Abandoned Highway Alignment Over Mlalazi River |
South Africa |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This is a beautiful three span example of this bridge type. |
Google Maps | Tugela River Bridge | R33 Over Tugela River |
South Africa |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This two span through truss is traditionally composed, and bears strong resemblence to American truss bridges. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10105807 | Tugela River Bridge | Highway Over Tugela River |
South Africa |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This is a long, multi-span through truss. Two of the spans at one end are larger than the other spans. The bridge is traditionally composed with built-up beams including v-lacing and lattice. |
Google Maps | Crocodile River Railroad Bridge | Highway Over Crocodile River |
South Africa |
Metal Pratt truss, pony |
Little is known about this bridge other than that it is simple in appearance and multi-span |
Google Maps | Crocodile River Bridge | Highway Over Crocodile River |
South Africa |
Metal Warren truss, pony |
This two span pony truss appears to be an excellent, unaltered example of its type. |
Google Maps | Crocodile River Bridge | Highway Over Crocodile River |
South Africa |
Metal Pratt truss, through |
Little is known about this five span through truss. |
Google Maps | Gota Canal Bridge | Abandoned Highway Alignment Over Gota Canal |
Forsvik Sweden |
1813 Metal Plate Girder, deck bascule bridge. |
This is a cast iron double-leaf bascule. It is not known how many cast iron bascule bridges are in existance but this bridge may be unique. It is the oldest iron bridge in Sweden. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soren_w/3778140606/ |
![]() hbuhl, CC BY 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13050638 | Podul de Fier | Abandond Road Over Lacul Floresti |
Romania |
Metal polygonal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This iron bridge "Podul de fier" is a very interesting structure that combines bowstring and Parker truss thinking. It is partially abandoned based on photos and maps. |
Google Maps |
![]() Savinov Alexandru, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanioc/2449363312 | Podul Traian | Strada Banatului (69, E671) Over Raul Mures |
Arad Romania |
1906 Metal cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
A stunning cantilever bridge with decorative towers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12142603 | Mill Creek Bridge | Sideroad 18 and 19 Over Mill Creek |
Port Elgin Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
![]() oroka, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14442806 | Mill Creek Railway Bridge | Railway Over Mill Creek |
Port Elgin Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data High Resolution Version Of The Photo |
![]() oroka, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14442794 | University Drive Bridge | University Drive Over North Branch Thames River |
London Ontario Canada |
Concrete encased curved deck plate girder. |
Modern railings on top hide the fact that this is an old concrete encased curved deck plate girder. |
Google Maps |
![]() Dakiraun, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40529697 | Anghel Saligny Bridge | Railway Over Danube |
Romania |
1895 Metal through truss, cantilever. |
When built, this was the longest bridge in Europe and the third longest in the world. Even today, it is one of the greatest historic truss bridges in the world, with its enormous size, early construction date, complex design, and unique appearance. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anghel_Saligny_Bridge http://www.flickr.com/photos/lu_ckuletzu/4870933697/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/321241 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37053928 |
![]() Zlatko Krastev, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Podul_lui_Saligny.jpg | Betanzos Railway Bridge | Railway Over Betanzos |
Betanzos Spain |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Spain. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14874389 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14826427 | Ponte do Pedrido | AC-164 Over Betanzos |
Spain |
1942 Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch", Concrete open-spandrel deck arch approach spans. |
Enginer Eduardo Torroja designed this monumental work of art in concrete, one of the largest examples of concrete construction in the region at the time. |
Google Maps |
![]() Xoan Porto, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/xoanporto/4295007147/ | Pontedeume Railway Bridge | Railway Over Eume |
Pontedeume A Coruna Spain |
1925 Metal bowstring truss, through. |
This large bowstring style bridge is an impressive railway bridge and has been painted an attractive blue color. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18679900 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22309753 | Puente de O Barqueiro | LU-6410 Over Lugo |
Lugo Spain |
1901 Metal bowstring truss, through. |
This is a very unusual adaptation of the bowstring truss technology. Its design is like a massive membered version of the 1870s bowstrings built in the United States and Canada. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32438637 |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() Rob Unreall, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/robunreall/4042571152/ | Puente de Deusto | Puente de Deusto Over Nervion |
Bilbao Vizcaya Spain |
1936 Metal Pratt truss, deck, bascule. |
Inspired by the bridges of Chicago, this bridge is one of two bascule bridges that were built in the city. This bridge displays the Chicago style quite clearly since it uses a deck truss. |
Google Maps |
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_de_Deusto |
![]() Jos� Alejandro Ga Robles, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag_robles/3778827232/ | Puente de Hierro | A-457 |
Lora del Rio Seville Spain |
1928 Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
An excellent representative example of this important bridge type in Spain. Rehabilitated in 2002. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbolance/371752408/ |
![]() Manuel Romero, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, | Puente del Ayuntamiento | Puente del Ayuntamiento Over Nervion |
Bilbao Vizcaya Spain |
1934 Metal Deck Girder, bascule. |
Inspired by the bridges of Chicago, this bridge is one of two bascule bridges that were built in the city. The bridge no longer opens and has not since 1969. |
Google Maps |
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_del_Ayuntamiento |
![]() Fernandopascullo, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Puente_del_Ayuntamiento.jpg | Suspension Footbridge | Walkway Over Rhue |
Limousin France |
Cable suspension bridge. |
This abandoned suspension bridge appears to be structurally compromised. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37781863 | Pont de Vernejoux | Highway Over Dordogne |
Limousin France |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
An excellent example of its kind, this bridge retains good historic integrity and is a visually pleasing example. Abutments from a former bridge appear to be located under the bridge, |
Google Maps |
http://picasaweb.google.com/JeanClaude.Bendele/PontDeVernejoux# | Pont de Saint-Projet | Highway Over Dordogne |
Limousin France |
Cable suspension bridge with double-intersection Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has a rather unique design of tower. Most of the bracing is located in the lower portion of the tower. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2883726 | Suspension Bridge | Highway Over Dordogne |
Limousin France |
Suspension Bridge |
Little is known about this bridge |
Google Maps | Dordogne Bridge | Highway Over Dordogne |
Midi-Pyrenees France |
Cable suspension bridge |
The main attraction with this narrow one lane bridge is its impressive stone towers with iron bracing. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3424267 | Pont de Gluges | D840 Over Dordogne |
Gluges Midi-Pyrenees France |
Cable suspension bridge with Warren pony truss stiffening. |
Small stiffening trusses and simple towers make this look like a very open and airy suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30093304 | Grolejac Bridge | D704 Over Dordogne |
Grolejac Aquitaine France |
1932 Concrete self-anchored suspension bridge. |
This bridge is an extremely rare example of a concrete suspension bridge, and also of a self-anchored suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0003035 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mapprospector/4242584539/ | Saint-Cyprien Walkway Bridge | Walkway Over Dordogne |
Saint-Cyprien Aquitaine France |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This is an extremely narrow example of its kind. It appears to have originally been a railway bridge that has today been converted for non-motorized use. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16116925 | Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere Bridge | Highway Over Vezere |
Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere Aquitaine France |
Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/39264369 |
![]() Roar Pettersen, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/roarpett/184242244/ | Avenue du Bourdieu Bridge | Avenue du Bourdieu (D17) Over Dordogne |
Castillon-le-Bataille Aquitaine France |
Concrete arch, open spandrel deck. |
This bridge is a rare example of a large concrete arch bridge in France that retains excellent historic integrity including original balustrade railings. |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() Rachel Clarke, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelc/3592354396/ | Avenue de Verdun Bridge | Avenue de Verdun Over Dordogne |
Castillon-le-Bataille Aquitaine France |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. This bridge has an attractive portal design. |
Google Maps | Branne Bridge | D936 Over Dordogne |
Branne Aquitaine France |
Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8301041 |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() duranton, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5830982 | Saint-Denis-de-Pile Bridge | Rue du Pont Over St. Denis |
Saint-Denis-de-Pile Aquitaine France |
Suspension bridge with deck plate girder stiffening. |
This small suspension bridge has nicely built-up riveted steel towers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joselito33/4360658936/ | Rue de la Jouvence Bridge | Rue de la Jouvence |
St Laurent sur Sevre Pays-de-la-Loire France |
Metal lattice truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is an example of a smaller scale pony truss version of this truss design found on some of the larger rivers in France. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minikti/5054929648/ | Pont Eiffel | Rue du Pony Eiffel Over Lays |
Lavaud Pays-de-la-Loire France |
1878 Metal Lattice Girder, through with riveted connections. |
This small bridge is noted for its association with engineers Eiffel as well as Dubos, but is also a good and old example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michel_craipeau/5100828466/ | Cubzac Railway Bridge | Railway Over Dordogne |
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Aquitaine France |
1885 Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections, matal double-intersection warren truss, deck with riveted connections. |
Cubzac-les-Ponts. This wrought iron bridge has a longest single span of 241 Feet (73.6 meters) and an overall length of 7145 Feet (2178 Meters) making it the longest of its kind in France, and potentially the world. This impressive bridge was built by Lebrun, Dayde and Pile and the bridge forms a visual companion to the nearby structurally similar but visually distinctive highway bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28987072@N05/3496465458/ |
![]() martine, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/39493003@N00/4711036568 | Cubzac Highway Bridge | D1010 Over Dordogne |
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Aquitaine France |
1883 Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections and Stone arch, deck approach spans |
Cubzac-les-Ponts. This magnificent lattice truss bridge is adorned with ornate cast iron portals, but the most unique feature are the beautiful and unusual piers on which this bridge sits. The portal and possibly some of the bridge appears to have been rebuilt in 1948 according to the dates on one of the portals. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37565831 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/39411671 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43259927 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45659955 | Serpent River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Serpent River |
Cutler Ontario Canada |
Metal Truss, through |
Little is known about this bridge. Appears to be a through truss of some sort. |
Google Maps | Riverview Road Bridge | Riverview Road (Old TC-17) Over Serpent River |
Cutler Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge has been abanoned except for snowmobile traffic. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy17photos11.htm | River aux Sables Bridge | Old TC-17 Over River aux Sables |
Massey Ontario Canada |
Concrete arch, deck. |
This ancient arch bridge has been bypassed and abandoned except for snowmobile use. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy17photos11.htm | White Lake Narrows Bridge | Over White River (White Lake) |
Ontario Canada |
1959 Metal arch, through |
A rare example of a through arch. First example of a Stabbogen type arch in Canada. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy17photos16.htm | Pic River Bridge | Over Pic River |
Ontario Canada |
1961 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, continuous. |
An extremely rare example of a continuous Warren through truss, but not a cantilever. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy17photos16.htm | Little Pic River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Little Pic River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal deck truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Little Pic River Bridge | TC-17 Over Little Pic River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal deck truss |
Little is known about this bridge. |
Google Maps | Deer Creek Bridge | St. Armour Road (Old TC-17) Over Deer Creek |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge has been abandoned but retains good historic integrity. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy17photos7.htm | Sturgeon Falls Railway Bridge | Railway Over Sturgeon River |
Sturgeon Falls Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, deck with riveted connections. |
This small deck truss is an attractive companion to the nearby deck arch highway bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28251379 | Champlain Bridge | TC-17 Over Sturgeon River |
Sturgeon Falls Ontario Canada |
1954 Metal arch, deck. |
A rare example of a steel deck arch bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/Hwy17photos7.htm | Espanola Railway Bridge | Railway Over Spanish River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps | Spanish River Railway Bridge | Railway Over Spanish River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Baltimore truss, through with riveted connections |
This uncommon bridge type is next to an equally uncommon highway bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14517299 | TC-17 Spanish River Bridge | TC-17 Over Spanish River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pennsylvania truss, through with riveted connections |
A large span example of its uncommon type in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14517299 | Little Current Swing Bridge | KH-6 Over Beaver River |
Little Current Ontario Canada |
1913 Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections, Swing |
This regionally famous bridge is the only bridge to Manitoulin Island. Formerly a railway bridge, this one-lane bridge carries King's Highway 6 on a one-lane deck. The bridge is an extremely rare example of its kind, and one of the only heritage bridges in the entire region. Its heritage value cannot be understated. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Current_Swing_Bridge |
![]() Tykey Turkey, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjross/195079915 | Clendenan Bridge | 10 Line Over Beaver River |
Clarksburg Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. In 2011 it was closed to traffic and with a 2014 environmental assessment already planned, this bridge is likely to be demolished and replaced. |
Google Maps | Sideroad 21 Bridge | Sideroad 21 (Sideroad 22C) Over Beaver River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal truss, through with pinned connections. |
This bridge appears to be both a rare and old example of its type. |
Google Maps | Sideroad 19 Bridge | Sideroad 19 Over Beaver River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/39679573 | Concession Road 8 Bridge | Concession Road 8 Over Teeswater River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This eight panel through truss bridge appears to be an excellent and rare example of its kind in Ontario. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16462731 | Herrgott Road Bridge | Herrgott Road (CR-10) Over Conestogo River |
Ontario Canada |
Concrete t-beam, curved |
A rare example of a curved t-beam in Ontario, where the rigid-frame was more common. The bridge is traditionally composed, with two full spans in the center, and one half-curve span at each end. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3734961045/ |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3734961455 | Concession Road 12 Bridge | Concession Road 12 Over Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Double-Warren truss, through with riveted connections, and Approach: Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections. |
This section of the river is rich with some of the finest bridges in this region. This is one such example. |
Google Maps |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3840807645 | Concession Road 10 Bridge | Concession Road 10 Over Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Baltimore truss, through with riveted connections, and Approach: Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections. |
This spectacular structure is a rare multi-span and combination truss with through and pony truss spans. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28844962 |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3840807323/ | Thomas Street Bridge | Thomas Street Over North Saugeen River |
Chesley Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, pony with pinned connections. |
This is a very short pony truss. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5017994 | Concession Road 20 Bridge | Concession Road 20 Over Teeswater River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections |
This bridge has lightweight members. |
Google Maps | Greenock Elderslie Bridge | Greenock Elderslie Road Over Teeswater River |
Ontario Canada |
Unknown |
Unknown weight limited bridge on this road. |
Google Maps | Brant Elderslie Saugeen Bridge | Brant Elderslie Townline Road Over Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pennsylvania truss, through with riveted connections. |
A spectacular, rare example of its kind, this is one of two truss bridges along this road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19643620 |
![]() Jason Fowler, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/12774122@N04/3841599426/ | Brant Elderslie Teeswater Bridge | Brant Elderslie Townline Road Over Teeswater River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections. |
One of two beautiful truss bridges along this road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38619438 | Young's Bridges | Sideroad 15 Over Snake Creek |
Ontario Canada |
1939 Metal Pratt truss, pony with riveted connections. |
Built by Ontario Bridge Company of Toronto, Ontario. There are two nearly identical bridges along this road, as the river switches back under the road. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27407161 | Concession Road 6 Bridge | Concession Road 6 Over Sauble River |
Ontario Canada |
Through Truss |
Based on aerial imagry. |
Google Maps | Old Concession Road 8 Bridge | Concession Road 8 (Old Alignment) Over Saugeen River |
Ontario Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with riveted connections. |
A noteworthy example of a multi-span truss bridge in a region with few heritage bridges. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9253520@N04/1850106546/ | Gold River Railway Bridge | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over Gold River |
Nova Scotia Canada |
1905 Metal girder, deck |
This bridge is noteworthy as an example of a high level plate girder bridge with variable depth girders, which are uncommon. The bridge also sits on attractive stone piers. Originally built by Halifax and South Western Railway |
Google Maps |
http://www.newscotland1398.net/lunenco/goldriver.html | Old Bridge | Old Bridge Street (HWY-3) Over LaHave River |
Bridgewater Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck, with riveted connections. |
If this bridge dates to the 1890s as a news article claims, it would be one of the most significant heritage bridges in Canada as one of the earliest examples of riveted connections on a truss bridge in Canada. Riveted connections were not common until 1910. One of the outer three spans is a Pratt truss rather than a deck truss, and this Pratt truss appears newer than the other two spans. Perhaps that span was damaged in a flood and replaced. This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Nova Scotia. The province does not plan to replace this bridge, but the city would like to. According to a news article, replacing this bridge came up during a meeting about city beautification. Apparantly nobody made the point that if this attractive truss bridge is replaced with a modern slab of concrete it will be detrimental to the beauty of the city. Repainting the heritaghe bridge would be a better way to improve the appearance of the city. |
Google Maps |
http://www.southshorenow.ca/archives/2010/122810/news/index018.php http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7787142 |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo. |
![]() 350.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/350org/4045252726/ | New Germany Bridge | HWY-208 Over LaHave River |
New Germany Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This bridge is an example of a once-common bridge type that is today rare and getting even more rare. This particular bridge contains an a-frame portal bracing that was a common portal type in the first years of the 20th Century. |
Google Maps | Main Street Bridge | HWY-4 Over Rights River |
Antigonish Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal Polygonal Warren truss, pony with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in Nova Scotia. It makes significant use of built-up beams, but does so without using v-lacing or lattice. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kromdar/4904571767/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/twopalmers/3838183933/ | South River Bridge | TC-104 (HWY-4) Over South River |
Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal stringer |
This bridge contains railings that follow a standard that was extremely popular in Ontario and may have been influenced by a similar railing used in neighboring U.S. state of Michigan. These railings were not used only in Ontario, and a number of other provinces have been found to use them. This bridge is evidence that Nova Scotia used them. |
Google Maps | St. Marys River Bridge | HWY-348 Over St. Marys River |
Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected truss bridge in Nova Scotia and Canada, where this bridge type is even more rare than in the United States. Despite this rarity, it is not apparant that Nova Scotia's collection of historic truss bridges are being recognized as such. This particular bridge is noted for its use of v-lacing on the top of the end posts and top chord. Some of the v-lacing has been replaced on the end posts at one end, but otherwise, this bridge also appears to have good historic integrity. |
Google Maps | George Street Bridge | George Street (HWY-4) Over East River |
New Glasgow Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal Warren truss, deck, with riveted connections |
This bridge is an excellent example of a traditionally composed deck truss bridge, specifically one that was not built for a high-level crossing, which is where deck truss bridges are more common. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelsea_d_w/3043590925/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelsea_d_w/3044430048/ |
![]() Glenn Euloth, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/eulothg/4028524184/ | Sheet Harbour Bridge | Marine Drive (HWY-7) Over East River |
Sheet Harbour Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal through arch |
This impressive bridge has a long, slowly rising arch that has a spring line a distance below the roadway, and the arch rises above the roadway to form the main through arch portion which includes overhead bracing. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8338627@N02/2210967344/ |
![]() Kris Griffon, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/krisgriffon/15366308/ | Great Village Bridge | HWY-2 Over Great Village River |
Great Village Nova Scotia Canada |
Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections. |
This exceedingly rare Canadian example of a pin-connected truss bridge is a beautiful example of the technology. The decorative portal bracing knees with circle shapes also helps define the period in which the bridge was built, when bridges were actually designed to look attractive. Although this is not currenty what is happening, all pin-connected truss bridges in Nova Scotia (and all of Canada) should recieve a high level of preservation priority. In the case of this bridge, if this one-lane bridge is found to be insufficient for the two-lane road it serves, a one lane bridge could be built next to the historic bridge to form a one-way couplet of bridges. Alternatively, this bridge could easilly be preserved for non-motorized use, either in place here next to a replacement bridge, or relocated someplace new entirely. At no time would demolishing this bridge be appropriate. The heritage value and potential for reuse is simply too great in the view of HistoricBridges.org. |
Google Maps | X | Tusket Bridge | HWY-3 Over Tusket River |
Nova Scotia Canada |
1909 Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections, and Metal Pratt truss, pony with pinned connections |
Pin-connected truss bridges are exceedingly rare, and thanks to demolition and replacement projects, they are becoming even more rare. This bridge was taken out by flooding, yet it still understates the importance of preserving those pin-connected truss bridges which remain in Nova Scotia and Canada as a whole. This bridge was rare enough as a pin-connected truss bridge, but the uncommon use of both pony and through span types added to the rarity of this bridge. Also, based on the condition of the bridge after collapse, it appears that this bridge could have at least been salvaged and restored for use by pedestrians at a new location. In the United States, collapsed truss bridges have been dragged out of rivers and restored. For the sake of heritage, why not do this in Canada too? Perhaps when the new ugly bridge is complete, people will realize the beauty of what was lost. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/34552464@N07/3407014811/ http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2010-12-10/article-2034553/Removing-the-collapsed-Tusket-bridge/1 | ! | Surette's Island Bridge | HWY-308 Over Indian Sluice |
Nova Scotia Canada |
1909 Metal Pennsylvania truss, through with pinned connections and Metal Pratt truss, through with pinned connections approach spans |
The only reason that this bridge is not famous and being recognized by Canadians as one of the greatest heritage bridges in Canada is because Canada does not inventory its heritage bridges, end neither does Nova Scotia at the provincial level. Pin-connected truss bridges are exceedingly rare in Canada. Therefore, this landmark example with a large Pennsylvania truss nationally significant in its own right flanked by a Pratt truss span on each end is among the greatest examples. Nova Scotia plans to do the unthinkable and demolish and replace this bridge. If a new bridge really is needed, HistoricBridges.org strongly urges Nova Scotia to leave this bridge standing as a historic landmark next to the replacement bridge. Also, it is worth noting that the residents are afraid of this bridge because part of it failed a while back. However this is because someone did not obey the posted weight limit, and the part of the bridge that failed was a modern hanger, not part of the original material. This bridge could likely be rehabilitated for vehicular traffic. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/11/24/ns-surettes-island-bridge.html | Seal Island Bridge | TC-15 Over Bras d'Or Lake |
Nova Scotia Canada |
1961 Metal suspended-deck cantilever truss, through with riveted connections |
This beautiful monumental bridge is a rare example of a bridge which looks like an arch bridge but in an engineering sense is actually a cantilever truss. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_Island_Bridge |
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![]() Peter, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/msprague/3940266230/ | Reversing Falls Railway Bridge | Railway (Canadian Pacific) Over St. John River |
St. John New Brunswick Canada |
1922 Metal cantilever truss, through, with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a highly unusual cantilever truss bridge, because the top chord is horizontal, and all the changes in truss web depth occur at the bottom chord under the deck. The bridge replaced an 1885 bridge. This bridge provides a compliment to the companion highway bridge and both bridges provide a beautiful backdrop to the reversing falls attraction which occurs right under this bridge. The railway bridge is the structure in the background in the shown photo on this page. |
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http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0007228 |
![]() Stonewall Ballard, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoney/3280298340/ | Reversing Falls Highway Bridge | Bridge Road (HWY-100) Over St. John River |
St. John New Brunswick Canada |
Metal deck arch, spandrel braced. |
This graceful bridge provides a compliment to the companion railway bridge and both bridges provide a beautiful backdrop to the reversing falls attraction which occurs right under this bridge. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42904294 |
![]() Stonewall Ballard, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoney/3280298340/ | Florenceville Bridge | Jim Davis Drive Over St. John River |
Florenceville New Brunswick Canada |
1907 Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections |
Of concern to HistoricBridges.org on this five span bridge are the three metal truss spans and one deck plate girder approach span which date to 1907. Based on photos, it appears a beautiful historic lattice railing on a deck plate girder approach span was replaced with ugly wooden railing. |
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http://www.galenfrysinger.com/nbbridge_florenceville.htm |
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![]() Jimmy Emerson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/4849562851/ | Mill Village Bridge | Local Road Over Medway River |
Mill Village Nova Scotia Canada |
1883 Metal Whipple truss, through with pinned connections |
This rarity and technological significance of this spectacular bridge in Canada cannot be understated. Whipple truss bridges are nearly unheard of in the entire country. This bridge has altered end posts but otherwise retains good historic integrity including decorative finals, another Canada rarity. This bridge should recieve the very highest preservation priority. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27947151 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/31884891 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2974663 | Glenwood Railway Bridge | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over Gander River |
Glenwood Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections |
This three span bridge is one of several noteworthy truss bridges along this rail line. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8663153 | Terra Nova Railway Bridge | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over Mark Plummer, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Terra Nova River |
Terra Nova Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Parker truss, through with riveted connections |
This Parker truss is uncommon for its continuous curve shape formed by its polygonal top chord, giving the bridge a bowstring-like appearance from the distance. Often, the angles of the end posts of a Parker truss run at a sharper angle than the top chord breaking the continuous curve shape. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/decsramble/1176379267/ |
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![]() http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdmarkus66/137520313/ | Badger Railway Bridge | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over Badger Brook |
Badger Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Parker truss, pony with riveted connections |
This two span bridge is one of several noteworthy truss bridges along this rail line. |
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http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Dy9U1WMfdNIcLxJqzsgDJw | Salmon River Railway Bridge | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over Salmon River |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Parker truss, pony with riveted connections |
This single span bridge is one of several noteworthy truss bridges along this rail line. |
Google Maps | http://www.flickr.com/photos/7387618@N03/448314398/ | Bishops Falls Railway Bridge | Railway (Rail-Trail) Over Exploits River |
Bishops Falls Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Camelback truss, through with pinned connections |
This is a very significant heritage bridge for the province, as a large and rare example of a truss bridge with pinned connections. The four span bridge has been called the longest train bridge in Newfoundland. The bridge now serves non-motorized and off-road vehicles. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/newfoundlandlabradortourism/5117123891/ |
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![]() Calypso Orchid, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/msanseve/2887267109/ | Rushy Pond Railway Bridge | Railway (Abandoned) Over Rushy Pond |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Through Girder |
This is a traditionally composed plate girder bridge. |
Google Maps | ! | Sir Ambrose Shea Lift Bridge | HWY 100 Over Placentia Gut |
Placentia Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
1961 Vertical lift |
This bridge is a rare example of a movable bridge in the province. The province plans to address this rare structure by demolishing and replacing it, rather than preserving it. The bridge is 300 feet long, with each span 100 feet. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10240406 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15007987 | Stephenville Crossing Railway Bridge | Railway Over Main Gut |
Stephenville Crossing Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Metal Polygonal Warren Truss, Through with riveted connections. |
This two-span bridge has been abandoned. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandjt/3708688122/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/763069 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1238927 | Old Ship Cove Bridge | HWY 100 (Old Alignment) |
Ship Cove Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, open spandrel deck. |
THis bridge is a n excellent and beautiful example of an open spandrel arch bridge. The bridge has been bypassed and abandoned, but appears to be in decent shape. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterflutter/3733452544/ | Old Middle Brook Bridge | Bonne Bay Road (Abandoned Alignment) Over Middle Brook |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This is one of the less deteriorated examples of what appears to be one of the older rainbow arch bridges in Newfoundland, and it is also one of the larger individual spans. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/22795056@N03/2643617266/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30541343 | Old Barachois Brook Bridge | Old Highway Alignment Over Barachois Brook |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This appears to be slightly younger than the other surviving rainbow arch bridges in the province. Perhaps because of this, the bypassed and abandoned bridge is in better condition than others, and as a large multi-span example it should get a high preservation priority. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/appaloosa/2846223126/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/appaloosa/2846220486/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodyear_j/3482497355/ | X | Pasadena Bridge | Main Street Over South Brook |
Pasadena Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
1936 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This beautiful rainbow arch bridge appears to have had less deterioration than many of the small group of remaining rainbow arch bridges in Newfoundland. The province responded to this preservation opportunity by demolishing and replacing the bridge. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/newfiebullet/527734631/in/photostream/ | X | Nicholsville Bridge | Nichols Road Over Humber River |
Deer Lake Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
1940 Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This three span through rainbow arch bridge appears to have been the largest remaining example of its type. Despite its high level of heritage and aesthetic significance, the bridge was demolished. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/newfiebullet/527734559/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/momofone98/1115866763/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9410263 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5047089 | New Bridge | Old HWY 90 Over Little Harbour River |
New Bridge Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is today distinguished as one of the largest and most significant remaining heritage bridges in Newfoundland and Labrador, as a multi-span rainbow arch. There were once larger examples in better structural condition, such as the Nicholsville Bridge demolished in 2007. It is unfortunate to see that these bridges are not apparantly appreciated for their heritage value. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry_curtis/4762296324/ | Salmonier River Bridge | Salmonier Line (HWY-90) Over Salmonier River |
Abandoned Road Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
Although structurally deteriorated, this beautiful abandoned bridge has not been altered from its original design. Dates to 1929 |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_carberry/1352698346/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/21096258@N05/2305431107/ | Back River Bridge | Salmonier Line (HWY-90) Over Back River |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, closed spandrel deck |
With its railings missing, this small arch bridge sits in an abandoned, overgrown, and deteriorated state. |
Google Maps | Point Road Bridge | Point Road (Old HWY-10) Over Northwest Brook |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete arch, bowstring through "rainbow arch" |
This bridge with its shallow arch has unfortunately spalled severely. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16178636 | Old HWY 10 Chance Cove Brook Bridge | Old HWY 10 Over Chance Cove Brook |
Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Concrete T-Beam |
This small concrete t-beam bridge has been bypassed. |
Google Maps | Pont d'Ingrandes-sur-Loire | Rue des Ponts Over Loire |
Ingrandes-sur-Loire Pays-de-la-Loire France |
1922 Suspension bridge |
Metal Warren pony truss stiffening. This bridge is an uncommon expression of the suspension bridge, as it is composed of a large number of short suspension spans. Suspension bridges were normally used where a small number (or just one) span(s) were desired. Usually other structure types like trusses and girders would be used for spans the length of this bridge. |
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_suspendu_d%27Ingrandes-sur-Loire |
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![]() Glabb, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont_suspendu_d%27Ingrandes-sur-Loire_%281%29.jpg | Ponts de Thouare | Rue des Ponts Over Loire |
Thouare-sur-Loire Pays-de-la-Loire France |
1882 Metal lattice truss, through with riveted connections and Metal Warren truss, through with riveted connections |
Because this road crosses using an island there are two bridges. The northern one is an extremely long example of a lattice truss, while the other is a Warren truss. The 1882 date refers to the lattice truss. |
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponts_de_Thouar%C3%A9 |
![]() maximeo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32244840 | Pont suspendu de Varades | Rue d'Anjou (D757) Over Loire |
Ancenis Pays-de-la-Loire France |
1954 Cable suspension bridge with double-intersection Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This large imposing bridge is visually noted for its tower design, which are concrete but have an attractive lattice at the top. |
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_suspendu_d%27Ancenis |
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![]() Glabb, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont_suspendu_de_Varades_(8).jpg | Pont d'Ancenis | Rue du Pont (D763) Over Loire |
Ancenis Pays-de-la-Loire France |
1953 Cable suspension bridge with double-intersection Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This large imposing bridge is visually noted for its tower design, which are concrete but have an attractive lattice at the top. |
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_suspendu_d%27Ancenis |
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![]() Glabb, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont_d%27Ancenis_%281%29.jpg | Verdun-sur-Garonne Bridge | Route de Montauban Over Garonne |
Verdun-sur-Garonne Midi-Pyrenees France |
1931 Suspension bridge with double-intersection Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15570362 | Pont de Bourret | Grand-Rue d'Auch Over Garonne |
Bourret Midi-Pyrenees France |
1915 Cable suspension/cable stayed hybrid bridge with deck girder stiffening. Triangulated suspension system (Gisclard System) |
This is one of the most unusual and historically significant bridges in France and it may have international level of significance. Replacing an 1842 suspension bridge, this bridge is an example of a unique suspension method where stay come down from the towers to hold a suspension cable which in turn holds suspenders. The bridge has not been restored or maintained, however perhaps because of this it appears to be largely unaltered. Preservation of this bridge is essential but great care should be taken to retain original materials and not disrupt the historic integrity of the bridge. Any existing parts of the bridge that need replacement should be exactly replicated, since this bridge's significance arises from its engineering design and materials. |
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http://pont-de-bourret.monsite-orange.fr/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25997236 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11683772 |
![]() kaouyana, CC BY 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25697752 | Route de Belleperche Bridge | Route de Belleperche (D14) Over Garonne |
Midi-Pyrenees France |
Cable suspension bridge with Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is relatively utilitarian in appearance. The bridge appears to retain historic integrity including riveted stiffening truss. |
Google Maps | Pont du Cacor | D15 Over Tarn |
Midi-Pyrenees France |
Metal cantilever through truss with riveted connections. |
This beautiful cantilever through truss is traditionally composed. It is located next to an interesting aqueduct. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43940470 |
![]() tagweb, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/31954130 | Saint-Nicolas Bridge | D15 Over Garonne |
Midi-Pyrenees France |
Suspension bridge with double-intersection Warren pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has four towers, setting it apart in design from the majority of suspension bridges. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40038114 | Auvillar Bridge | D11 Over Garonne |
Auvillar Midi-Pyrenees France |
1939 Cable suspension bridge with Warren pony truss stiffening. |
Replaced an 1845 suspension bridge. This bridge is an excellent example of a traditionally composed cable suspension bridge. |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lespetitslezards/3254505735/ | Saint-Leger Bridge | D8 Over Garonne |
Saint-Leger Aquitaine France |
Metal cantilever through truss with riveted connections. |
This is a beautiful example of a traditionally composed small-scale cantilever through truss bridge. With none of the architectual adornments and decorations seen on many heritage bridges in Europe, this bridge gets its beauty from its structure alone, from the comlex variety of angles in the truss, and the v-lacing in the built-up beams. |
Google Maps | Castelmoron-sur-Lot Bridge | D13 Over Lot |
Castelmoron-sur-Lot Aquitaine France |
Concrete through arch with steel hangers. |
This is an unusual bridge. The concrete appears old as do the railings, but otherwise, the style of this bridge is quite modern in appearance. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8033411 | Pont de Roussanes | Over Lot |
Roussanes Aquitaine France |
1841 Suspension bridge with stone deck arch approach span |
Repairs made in 1980. This suspension bridge has stone arch approaches and suspension towers that are formed from pairs of monolithic pillars. The deck, which does not have any traditional stiffening girders or trusses, appears to be modern. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12805291 |
Supplemental Data PDF File With Photos and Assessments Made On Bridge | Pont de Tonneins | Avenue du Pont |
Tonneins Aquitaine France |
1922 Concrete Closed Spandrel Ribbed Arch |
This arch bridge is interesting because it is a closed spandrel arch but over the piers it is open. This opening allows one to see that this is not an earth-filled arch, but instead is ribbed. |
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http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0002062 | Le Mas d'Agenais Bridge | D6 Over Garonne |
Le Mas d'Agenais Aquitaine France |
Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This unusual suspension bridge has four towers, but the center two are massive, traditional stone towers like those seen on the oldest suspension bridge, while the outer two are of an odd design that looks newer. The cable suspension and girder stiffening system look like something newer than the two center stone towers. It may be that two two center stone towers were reused from a former bridge, and the outer two towers were added in a new bridge to extend the length of the bridge and provide better flood clearance under the bridge. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38298132 | Pont de Marmande | Avenue Paul Gabarra (D933) Over Garonne |
Marmande Aquitaine France |
1932 Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This utilitarian looking suspension bridge has piers of stone, but towers themselves above the piers are steel. The bridge replaced an 1836 suspension bridge whose deck had failed. Historical photos show that the tower and suspension cables from the old bridge were left in place while the new towers were built, apparantly to help provide access for constructing the new bridge. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28458642 http://www.flickr.com/photos/charriejeanpaul/sets/72157623408056688 | Pont de Marmande | Avenue Paul Gabarra (D933) Over Garonne |
Marmande Aquitaine France |
Cable suspension bridge with girder stiffening. |
This utilitarian looking suspension bridge has piers of stone, but towers themselves above the piers are steel. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28458642 | Canal de Garonne Bridge | Over Canal de Garonne |
Aquitaine France |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/41415997 | La Reole Bridge | Over Garonne |
La Reole Aquitaine France |
Suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
Not much is known about this bridge. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1422201 | Castets-en-Dorthe Bridge | Route de Castets Over Garonne |
Castets-en-Dorthe Aquitaine France |
1880 Metal lattice through truss with riveted connections. |
This bridge is one of several multiple-intersection Warren (ie lattice) truss bridges along this river. This example is noted for its attractive portal as well as a more extensive use of attractive v-lacing and lattice on the built-up beams |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44643101 |
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![]() hpjps, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22579618 | Cadillac Bridge | Rue du Pont Over Garonne |
Cadillac Aquitaine France |
1880 Metal lattice through truss with riveted connections. |
This bridge is one of several multiple-intersection Warren (ie lattice) truss bridges along this river. This example is noted for its beautiful, ornate portal bracing. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29446053 | Pont de Langoiran | Route de la Palue (D115) Over Garonne |
Aquitaine France |
1881 Metal lattice through truss (3 spans) with pony truss approach spans and riveted connections. |
This bridge is an excellent example of a lattice truss bridge. The bridge has endposts that bow outward beyond the truss web, an interesting detail. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23421223 | Pont Saint-Jean | Railway Over Garonne |
Bordeaux Aquitaine France |
1860 Metal double-intersection Warren through truss with riveted connections. |
Designer: Paul Regnauld On-Site Engineer: Gustave Eiffel. This bridge is famous because of its association with Eiffel, but it is equally impressive for its extremely old construction date for a bridge of its type, as well as for its impressive length. The bridge was bypassed by a new railway bridge, but the heritage bridge remains. |
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http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0002936 |
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![]() chmop, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/chmop/5081615911/in/photostream/ | Pont de Mauves | D31 Over Loire |
Pays-de-la-Loire France |
Metal lattice through truss with riveted connections. |
This spectacular bridge is perhaps one of the largest and most significant examples of a lattice truss (multiple intersection Warren truss) bridge in France. The bridge is so long and with its extensive number of truss members and overhead bracing, it can feel like a tunnel when driving through it. This is truly a unique bridge that should recieve a high level of preservation priority. Follow the link to see an elevation view which shows how long this bridge is. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/32244296 |
![]() Yann Le Tolguenec, CC BY-NC 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11889716 | Moneteau Bridge | Rue de Sommeville Over Yonne |
Moneteau Bourgogne France |
1913 Riveted Metal Through Arch |
Design based on the Austerlitz Viaduct in Paris. Both bridges are extremely unusual and historically significant examples of arch bridges which deviate from traditional design. The unsual gaps seen in the arch rib are where the hinges for this three-hinge arch bridge are located. Rehab work occured in 1985 and apparantly in 2008 as well. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10961423 | Argenteuil Railway Bridge | Railway Over Seine |
Argenteuil Ile-de-France France |
Metal Warren pony truss with riveted connections. |
This bridge sits next to an ugly modern bridge. |
Google Maps | Chatou Railway Bridge | Railway Over Seine (Eastern Channel) |
Chatou Ile-de-France France |
Steel Deck Arch |
This bridge has attractive piers, and a deck that cantilevers out beyond the arches. This cantilevered section gets additional support from lightweight double-intersection Warren pony truss. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6562177 | Rue Sequeval Bridge | Rue Sequeval Over Oise Canal |
Picardy France |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
Little is known about this bridge, but it appears in overhead imagry from Google. It is likely similar to the other examples in this area. |
Google Maps | Oise Canal Railway Bridge | Railway Over Oise Canal |
Chauny Picardy France |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Pony Truss |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps | D937 Oise Bridge | Rue de Soissons (D937) Over Oise |
Chauny Picardy France |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This concrete through arch bridge is similar to some other surviving examples. |
Google Maps | Rue des Trois Ponts: Canal Bridge 2 | Rue des Trois Ponts Over Oise Canal |
Picardy France |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss With Riveted Connections |
This concrete through arch bridge is similar to some other surviving examples but this particular example appears to have excellent historic integrity and this includes what appear to be original railings. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27663725 | Oise Canal Pedestrian Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over Oise Canal |
Picardy France |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss With Riveted Connections |
This bridge appears to have been abandoned or is in private use only. |
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27663361 | Rue de I'Eglise Bridge | Rue de I'Eglise Over Oise Canal |
Picardy France |
Metal Pony Truss |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. One of several examples in this area. |
Google Maps | Rue d'Orroire Bridge | Rue d'Orroire (D934) Over Oise Canal |
Picardy France |
Metal Parker Pony Truss With Riveted Connections. Vertical endposts. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. One of several examples in this area. |
Google Maps | Rue des Trois Ponts: Oise Bridge | Rue des Trois Ponts Over Oise |
Picardy France |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
Rue des Trois Ponts "Three Bridges Street" does indeed have three bridges, two of them are noteworthy. This concrete arch bridge is an attractive bridge and is a nice contrast to the nearby metal truss bridge. |
Google Maps | Rue des Trois Ponts: Canal Bridge | Rue des Trois Ponts Over Oise Canal |
Picardy France |
Metal Pony Truss With Riveted Connections. |
Little is known about this bridge. It may be a movable bridge. Rue des Trois Ponts "Three Bridges Street" does indeed have three bridges, two of them are noteworthy. |
Google Maps | Rue Haute Bridge | Rue Haute Over Oise |
Picardy France |
Metal Parker Pony Truss With Riveted Connections. Vertical endposts. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps | D66 Bridge | Route de Ribecourt (D66) Over Oise |
Picardy France |
Metal Parker Pony Truss With Riveted Connections. Vertical endposts. |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps | Le Pont de Verberie | Rue du Port Salut Over Oise |
Port Salut Picardy France |
Riveted Metal Through Arch |
This bridge is one of the tallest through arches ever encountered that does not have overhead sway bracing. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_speedracer/4447812333/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38684323 | Pont-Sainte-Maxence | Rue due la Republique Over Oise |
Pont-Sainte-Maxence Picardy France |
Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
This bridge is a good representative example of this bridge technology in France. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22465384 | Rue de I'Hotel-Dieu Bridge | Rue due Bac Over Oise |
Verneuil en Halatte Picardy France |
Suspension bridge with concrete through girder stiffening. |
This bridge is a rare example of a suspension bridge where the stiffening is made of concrete. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3178518 | Rue de I'Hotel-Dieu Bridge | Rue de I'Hotel-Dieu Over Oise |
Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Picardy France |
Suspension bridge with through girder stiffening. |
This bridge has a suspension and suspender design that is found on a number of bridges in France. |
Google Maps | Pont de Boran sur Oise | Chemin du Halage Over Oise |
Boran sur Oise Ile-de-France France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has tall double-intersection Warren pony truss stiffening. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4222508 | Oise Railway Bridge | Railway Over Oise |
Ile-de-France France |
Metal Double-Intersection Warren Deck Truss |
Little is known about this bridge. It is tightly located next to a highway bridge. |
Google Maps | Pont Eiffel | Railway Over Oise |
Conflans-Ste-Honorine Ile-de-France France |
Metal Cantilever Deck Truss Bridge with riveted connections. |
This bridge is a beautiful example of deck cantilever truss bridge technology. The massive bridge has five closely space truss lines under the deck.. |
Google Maps |
![]() Gilles RAIMBAULT, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13494970 | Eugene Senet Bridge | Rue Eugene Senet (D2) Over Seine |
Triel-sur-Seine Ile-de-France France |
Cable suspension bridge. |
Little is known about this bridge other than that it is simple in appearance with small concrete towers. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/41641720 | Pont de Rangiport | Rue Gabriel Peri (D130) Over Seine |
Gargenville and Epone Ile-de-France France |
Continuous Metal Warren pony truss with riveted connections. |
There are actually two bridges here, one on each side of the island that this road leads to. One is a single span bridge the other is two spans. This truss bridge has a continuous span configuration for the two-span section giving it a somewhat streamlined and consistant appearance. |
Google Maps |
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Rangiport |
![]() JH mora, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont_de_Rangiport02.jpg | Vieux pont de Limay | Rue du Vieux Pont Over Seine |
Limay Ile-de-France France |
Stone deck arch |
This ancient bridge was built sometime in the 11th Century and is one of the oldest bridges in France. The center spans were destroyed by the French during World War II to delay the Germans. The bridge remains today as a historic ruin and a reminder of the devastating cost of war. |
Google Maps |
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux_pont_de_Limay |
![]() Spedona, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Vieux_pont_de_Limay01.jpg | Pont de Courcelles-sur-Seine | Avenue de l'Europe Over Seine |
Courcelles-sur-Seine Haute-Normandie France |
Continuous Metal Warren pony truss with riveted connections. |
This multispan truss bridge has a continuous span configuration giving the bridge a somewhat streamlined and consistant appearance. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13188884 | Les Andelys Bridge | Rue Du Pont (D135) Over Seine |
Les Andelys Haute-Normandie France |
Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge has fairly plain looking concrete towers. Only the center span is suspended. The stiffening truss is double-intersection Warren pony truss. Chateau Gaillard offers great views of this bridge, while the bridge offers great views of Chateau Gaillard. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15155813 | Pont de St-Pierre-du-Vauvray | Highway Over Seine |
Pont de St-Pierre-du-Vauvray Haute-Normandie France |
Concrete through arch. |
This stunning bridge has massive arch ribs that soar above the roadway, with comparatively lightweight hangers holding the deck in place. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23712802 | Seine Railway Bridge | Railway Over Seine |
Pont-de-l'Arche Haute-Normandie France |
Metal lattice through truss with riveted connections. |
This bridge is an example of a multiple intersection Warren truss bridge, loosely called a lattice truss configuration. Lattice truss bridges have a far less dense lattice than the similar "lattice girder" bridges of England. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13204529 | Pont 8 | Pont VIII Over Seine |
Gonfreville-l'Orcher Haute-Normandie France |
Metal Warren through truss bascule with riveted connections. Single leaf rolling lift bascule. |
The only thing on this bridge that does not look American is that there is no rust or deterioration showing on it. Other than that, the simplistic Warren truss configuration with a simple rolling lift design is something far more common on metal bridges in the United States. Even the type of bars used to compose the v-lacing and lattice on the built-up beams are all features more common in the United States. Because of these characteristics, it is quite possible that the American bridge builder Sherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company designed this bridge. |
Google Maps |
![]() pomihs, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/9472166@N07/1017579728/ | Pont de Tancarville | Over Seine |
Tancarville Haute-Normandie France |
1959 Cable suspension bridge with deck truss stiffening. |
This is a very large and rather modern looking suspension bridge. |
Google Maps |
![]() pomihs, CC BY 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/9472166@N07/1018814137/ | Viaduc d'Eauplet | Railway Over Seine |
Rouen Haute-Normandie France |
1913 Steel cantilever through truss |
This impressive cantilever truss has a curved top chord and has long, sweeping anchor archs. It was damaged during the war, but repairs appear to have been undertaken in-kind. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42431253 |
![]() Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Pont_ferroviaire_Rouen_01_09.jpg | Pont Ango | Quai due Carenage |
Dieppe Haute-Normandie France |
1950 Deck Plate Girder bascule bridge. |
This single leaf bascule has an unusual mechanical and structural layout. |
Google Maps |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickaelbodot/4108933060/ http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20468994 | ! | Pont Colbert | Quai de la Cale |
Dieppe Haute-Normandie France |
1889 Through bowstring truss swing bridge. |
Engineer: Paul Alexandre. Cantilevered sidewalks added in 1938. A regionally rare and significant example of a bowstring swing bridge. Partially blown apart by the Germans in World War II, this bridge was reconstructed to the original design, where the bridge remains today. The future of the bridge is uncertain, and a group exists to promote the preservation of this beautiful heritage structure, and their website is offered in the link column. HistoricBridges.org believes that to do anything other than preserve this heritage bridge would be unthinkable. |
Google Maps |
http://www.pontcolbert.fr |
![]() GUYOMARD, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45457080 | McFarlane Bridge | Lawrence Road (Regional Road 152) Over Clarence River South Arm |
Maclean New South Wales Australia |
1906 Warren deck truss bascule with riveted connections. Rolling lift bascule with cable-drawn aspect. |
This bridge may have been based off American bridges and engineering as the Hertiage and Conservation Register says, but it is doubtful that a bridge like this remains in America today. The unusual bascule design uses cables and a counterweight that rolls down a sloped tower to raise the bridge. |
Google Maps |
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4300642 |
Supplemental Data Includes Hertiage and Conservation Register Data Sheet and Higher Resolution Version of Photo |
![]() neonblade, CC BY-ND 3.0, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6110927 | Hillas Creek Bridge | Hume Highway (Old Alignment) Over Hillas |
New South Wales Australia |
1938 Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
Engineer: Karmalsky and Britton. A rare example of its type in Australia, one of only two in the state. Retains good integrity and has been bypassed and left in place. |
Google Maps |
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4309569 |
Supplemental Data Includes Hertiage and Conservation Register Data Sheet |
![]() NSW RTA Heritage and Conservation Register | Shark Creek Bridge | Pacific Highway (Old Alignment) Over Shark Creek |
New South Wales Australia |
1936 Concrete bowstring through arch "rainbow arch" |
Builder: State Monier Pipe and Reinforced Concrete Works Engineer: Karmalsky and Britton. A rare example of its type in Australia. Retains good integrity and has been bypassed and left in place. |
Google Maps |
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4309568 |
Supplemental Data Includes Hertiage and Conservation Register Data Sheet |
![]() NSW RTA Heritage and Conservation Register | Elderslie Bridge | Elderslie Road Over Hunter River |
New South Wales Australia |
1891 Double-intersection Warren pony truss with riveted connections, continuous. "Iron Lattice Truss bridge" |
Engineer: John A McDonald and Contractor: F. J. Carson. This is one of the largest and most impressive examples of McDonald's "lattice truss bridges" which are noted for their European style trusses and a continuous design. |
Google Maps |
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4301691 |
Supplemental Data Includes Hertiage and Conservation Register Data Sheet |
![]() NSW RTA Heritage and Conservation Register | Kennedy Bridge | Bourbong Street Over Bundaberg Creek |
Bundaberg Queensland Australia |
1899 Metal Riveted Bowstring Through Truss |
Similar to the nearby larger Burnett Bridge, this smaller single span bridge is also an attractive and good example of its type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=15985 |
Supplemental Data Includes DSEWPaC Australian Heritage Database Report |
![]() Copyright DSEWPaC. Unlimited reproduction usage for unlimited period of time | Bundaberg Railway Bridge | Railway Over Burnett River |
Bundaberg Queensland Australia |
Metal Pratt Through Truss with riveted connections. |
Traditionally composed trusses sit on attractive bents. This bridge compliments a nearby heritage highway bridge. |
Google Maps | John Foord Bridge | Wahgunyah Road (MR 86) Over Murray River |
Corowa New South Wales Australia |
1892 Double-intersection Warren pony truss with riveted connections, continuous. "Iron Lattice Truss bridge" |
Builder: Wahgunyah Murray Bridge Co. According to the heritage and conservation register, The John Foord bridge, completed in 1892, is of State significance. The iron lattice trusses are significant for their materials and form, and their association with British Bridge technology and design engineer John A McDonald. The form and setting have high aesthetic and social significance. The bridge as a whole is extremely important and visible identity of the historic precinct of Wahgunyah and Corowa. The bridge, completed in 1892, is the sixth in a series of seven lattice truss bridges designed by J A McDonald between 1887 and 1893. Despite local protests at the narrowness of the 5.5 metre carriageway, the original design was not altered and it remains unchanged today |
Google Maps |
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4301018 |
Supplemental Data Includes Hertiage and Conservation Register Data Sheet |
![]() NSW RTA Heritage and Conservation Register | Burnett Bridge | Quay Street Over Burnett River |
Bundaberg Queensland Australia |
1900 Metal Riveted Bowstring Through Truss |
This is an extremely long multi-span example of this important European style truss bridge in Australia. Contractor: John McCormick and Son. Appears to have survived the late 2010 floods. |
Google Maps |
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=15986 |
Supplemental Data Original size version of the photo, plus an additional photo showing substructure. |
![]() Fridy, CC BY-NC 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/fridy/177792607/ | Rockhampton Railway Bridge | Railway Over Fitzroy River |
Rockhampton Queensland Australia |
Metal Whipple Bowstring Through Truss |
This bridge is a large, and well-preserved example of a significant European style truss bridge in Australia. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8717880 | Victoria Bridge | Bridge Road (A1130) Over River Tees |
Stockton-on-Tees England United Kingdom |
1887 Wrought iron deck arch, 3 spans |
This wrought iron bridge was designed to look similar to the cast iron arch bridges of earlier years. A rather lucky bridge, a World War II bomb fell through the deck but did not explode. Today, the bridge looks essentially the same it has since the day it was built, and continuing to carry heavy city traffic, the bridge is a model of what proper bridge maintenance should be, and the potential service life of a heritage bridge that is cared for. |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Bridge_%28Stockton-on-Tees%29#cite_note-BLB-1 |
![]() John Yeadon, Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 | Goole Railway Bridge | Railway Over River Ouse Skelton |
Hook England United Kingdom |
Curved metal through plate girder swing bridge. |
This bridge is large, multi-span example of this interesting bridge type. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14894806 | Connel Bridge | A828 Over Loch Etive |
Connel Scotland United Kingdom |
1903 Cantilever through truss with stone deck arch approach spans. |
This is one of the most unique bridges in the country, and despite being an old example of its type, with its unusual support system for the cantilever, it may be one of the most modern looking heritage bridges in existance. Built By Arrol's Bridge and Roof Company |
Google Maps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connel_Bridge |
![]() Source: Memestorm, Wikipedia, Public Domain. Photo taken April 2007. | Telford Bridge | A82 Over Invermoriston Falls |
Scotland United Kingdom |
Stone deck arch, 2 spans |
This bridge reduces the amount of material needed to produce the pier by making use of a massive rock in the middle of the river. |
Google Maps |
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13046400 | Mid Street Railway Bridge | Railway |
Scotland United Kingdom |
Curved metal through plate girder swing bridge. |
This bridge appears to still operate for boats. |
Google Maps | Clachnaharry Road Bridge | Clachnaharry Road |
Scotland United Kingdom |
Curved metal through plate girder swing bridge. |
This bridge appears to still operate for boats. |
Google Maps | Glenurquhart Road Bridge | Glenurquhart Road |
Scotland United Kingdom |
Curved metal through plate girder swing bridge. |
This bridge appears to still operate for boats. |
Google Maps | Infirmary Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over River Ness |
Inverness Scotland United Kingdom |
1881 Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is one of two similar bridges in the city, both noted for lightweight towers. Built by W. Smith and Son; Ness Iron Works of Inverness. The stiffening truss looks modern and appears to have been altered or replaced. |
Google Maps |
http://cauldeenprimary.co.uk/secretlochness/data/inverness_bridges3.htm | Greig Street Bridge | Greig Street Over River Ness |
Inverness Scotland United Kingdom |
1881 Cable suspension bridge with pony truss stiffening. |
This bridge is noted for its lightweight towers. Built by Rose Street Foundry. The stiffening truss looks modern and appears to have been altered or replaced. |
Google Maps |
http://cauldeenprimary.co.uk/secretlochness/data/inverness_bridges2.htm |
![]() Geoff Wong, http://www.flickr.com/photos/keepwaddling1/3556575454/ | Waterloo Bridge | Grant Street Over River Ness |
Inverness Scotland United Kingdom |
1896 Double-intersection Warren pony truss with riveted connections. |
Also called The Black Bridge |
Google Maps |
http://cauldeenprimary.co.uk/secretlochness/data/inverness_bridges.htm | Albert Bridge | Saltmarket Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
1870 Cast Iron Deck Arch, 3 Spans |
One of the finest bridges in Glagow and one of the more ornate and unaltered cast iron arch bridges in the U.K., however photos on the internet suggest the bridge has been neglected and needs paint. Builder: Hanna, Donald and Wilson, Paisley |
Google Maps |
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=94026 http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/94026/details/glasgow+glasgow+green+albert+bridge/ |
Supplemental Data Includes a high resolution version of the photo for this bridge. |
![]() James Brown, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/8899981@N05/4652536051/ | City Union Railway Bridge | Railway (City Union Railway) Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
1899 Spandrel Braced Steel Deck Arch |
A beautiful union of stone and steel. Engineer William Melville and Builders: Morrison and Mason and Sir William Arrol and Co. |
Google Maps | http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst18056.html |
![]() Graham Chandler, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahamchandler/1300946191/ | Victoria Bridge (Stockwell Bridge) | Gorbals Street (A8) Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
1854 Stone Deck Arch |
Reportedly the third bridge on this site, currently the oldest bridge on River Clyde |
Google Maps | http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1477.html | Carlton Suspension Bridge | South Portland Street (Pedestrians) Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
1853 Eyebar Chain Suspension |
An excellent example of this important structure type. Reportedly got new stiffening truss and additional chains in 1870. Another rehab in 1926. Fun fact is that a tower split during construction and had to be rebuilt. |
Google Maps |
![]() Ciaran Roarty, CC BY-SA 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjroarty/2252417405/ | Glasgow Bridge | Bridge Street Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
Stone deck arch |
This stone bridge is located next to the impressive railway bridge, but is a noteworthy structure in its own right. |
Google Maps | King George IV Bridge | Commerce Street Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
1928 Concrete with stone facade |
This bridge looks like a stone arch bridge but is apparantly actually a concrete bridge. This technique was a popular way to make concrete bridges look more attractive. |
Google Maps | Central Station Bridge (Caledonian Railway Bridge) | Railway (City Union Railway) Over River Clyde |
Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom |
1899 Whipple Deck Truss with Riveted Connections and supplemental town lattice pony truss. |
Engineers: A. Matheson and Sir J. Wolfe-Barry and Builders: Sir William Arrol and Morrison and Mason. This massive bridge with its attractive two color paint scheme dazzels the mind with its complex design which combines a pony truss with a deck truss. The piers of a previous 1878 bridge remain next to this bridge. The bridge was the first of the permanant River Clyde bridges to be built of steel. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst17493.html |
Google Maps |
Supplemental Data Includes a high resolution version of the photo for this bridge. |
![]() James Brown, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/8899981@N05/3554666722 | Andressey Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway |
Burton Upon Trent England United Kingdom |
Metal Bowstring Pony Truss |
This pedestrian bowstring bridge has very lightweight members. |
Google Maps | Baron Burton Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway Over River Trent |
Burton Upon Trent England United Kingdom |
1898 Metal Bar Suspension |
This handsomely decorated bridge has lightweight suspenders that run at an angle down to the deck. It is further technologically significant as an unusual example of a bridge where the main suspension is riveted bars, rather than eyebar chains or cables. The bridge appears to retain excellent historic integrity. |
Google Maps | Ferry Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway |
Burton Upon Trent England United Kingdom |
1898 Double-intersection Warren through truss with riveted connections. |
This odd little bridge is mainly noted for its ornate portal bracing. |
Google Maps | Detroit Bridge | Pedestrian Walkway |
Salford Quays England United Kingdom |
Metal Warren Through Truss Swing With Riveted Connections. |
Painted in red, white and blue, this former railway bridge is a wonderful example of how an old heritage bridge now serves a new function in a vibrant and modern area. |
Google Maps | New Quay Street Bridge | New Quay Street Over River Irwell |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Metal Bowstring Pony Truss |
This attractive bridge features a two-color paint scheme of red and white. There are decorative flower motifs on the siagonal members. |
Google Maps | Chapel Street Bridge | Chapel Street Over River Irwell |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Metal Warren Pony Truss With Riveted Connections, Deck Plate Girder |
This wide and unusual bridge appears to be a truss on one side and a girder on the other. |
Google Maps | Victoria Street Cast Iron Overpass | Railway Over Victoria Street |
Manchester England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch, Metal Pratt Deck Truss |
This hodgepodge of spans that crosses roads and water has clearly changed over the years, but still includes a span over Victoria Street which appears to include a cast iron arch. |
Google Maps | Eastfield Road Bridge | Railway Over Eastfield Road |
Birmingham England United Kingdom |
Brick Deck Arch, 1 Span |
This is a traditionally composed structure that is very short. The one-lane span requires a traffic signal to control traffic. |
Google Maps | Landor Street Bridge | Railway Over Landor Street |
Birmingham England United Kingdom |
Brick Deck Arch, Multiple Spans |
This is a traditionally composed structure that crosses several roads. The span over Landor Street retains the best integrity. |
Google Maps | Midland Street Bridge | Railway Over Midland Street |
Birmingham England United Kingdom |
Brick Deck Arch, 1 Span |
This is a traditionally composed structure that appears to retain integrity. |
Google Maps | Adderley Road South Bridge | Railway Over Adderley Road South |
Birmingham England United Kingdom |
Cast Iron Deck Arch, 1 Span |
The cast iron arches on the outside edges of this bridge appear to be decorative only today, with riveted beams bearing the actual load. "Stavele" is cast into the iron of the arches. |
Google Maps | D39 Rhine Bridge | D39 Over Rhine |
Chalampe France |
Metal Warren Pony Truss With Riveted Connections. |
A traditionally composed example of its type. |
Google Maps | Frederick Road Bridge | Frederick Road Over River Irwell |
Salford England United Kingdom |
1880 Metal Lattice Through Girder |
This bridge is in excellent shape. With catchy lime green paint on the lattice and a darker green on the upper chord, and the little decorative flower motifs painted red and white, this bridge demonstrates how careful use of paint color can have a positive effect on the appearance of a heritage bridge. |
Google Maps | Wansford Bridge | Old N Road (A5118) |
Wansford England United Kingdom |
Stone Deck Arch |
This bridge is very narrow for its noteworthy length. Like many arch bridges in England, the roadway widens over the piers. The bridge remains open to 3 ton traffic. |
Google Maps |
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