Rail-to-road

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Any railroad bridge, tunnel, viaduct, or culvert converted for roadway use. It can also mean a road running parallel with the tracks on a bridge or through a tunnel.

"I" Street Bridge (Yolo County, California)
Built 1911
Swing bridge over Sacramento River, carries railroad tracks and "I" Street in West Sacramento
Open to traffic

Adelaide Bridge (Fremont County, Colorado)
Built 1894 on the narrow gauge Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad. Converted to highway use after the railroad was abandoned in 1912.
Steel trestle on Phantom Canyon Road over Eightmile Creek
Open to one-lane traffic on a gravel road

Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (Anchorage, Alaska)
Built 1943, converted to combined railroad and highway tunnel 1998-2000
Tunnel under Maynard Mountain on Portage Glacier Highway and Alaska Railroad
Open to traffic

Ash Street Bridge (Des Moines County, Iowa)
Built 1882
Arch bridge on Ash Street in Burlington
Open to traffic

Avila Truss Bridge No. 5 (San Luis Obispo County, California)
Built 1883, converted to automobile bridge around 1941, abandoned 1967, collapsed 1981
Lost Through truss bridge over San Luis Creek on Pacific Coast Railroad/Avila Beach Drive
Collapsed. One concrete peir remains.

Big Bayou Railroad Bridge (Gibson County, Indiana)
Built 1915
Pratt through truss bridge over Big Bayou River on dirt road, former Illinois Central Railroad
Abandoned

Black Creek Bridge (Wayne County, Missouri)
Built 1927 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, later converted for vehicular use
Concrete slab bridge over Black Creek on CR 345 south of Des Arc
Open to traffic

Blevins Bridge (Carter County, Tennessee)
Built in 1889 in another location, relocated here to replace a flood-damaged Howe truss railroad bridge by the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Company on Tweetsie Line, now a county road
Pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge over Doe River on Old Tweetsie Railroad
Open to single-lane traffic

Calypso Bridge (Prairie County, Montana)
Built 1907
Parker through truss bridge over Yellowstone river on Milwakuee Road
Open to traffic

Carpenters Bluff Bridge (Grayson County, Texas)
Built 1910; Renovated for auto use 1965, rehabilitated 1981
Through truss bridge over Red River on Carpenters Bluff Road (formerly KO&T RR)
Open to one lane traffic and includes a Wagon Shelf extension of South deck

Center Street Bridge (Greene County, Pennsylvania)
Built ca. 1910 as a railroad bridge; relocated 1944; rehabilitated 1983
Pony truss bridge over South Fork Tenmile Creek on PA 1011 in Clarksville
Open to traffic

CGW South Fork Clanton Creek Bridge (Madison County, Iowa)
Pony plate girder bridge over South Fork Clanton Creek on Private Road
Open to private traffic

Chouteau Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1887; converted into vehicular use in 1951; demolished in 2001
Lost three-span Whipple truss bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City
Replaced by new bridge in 2001

Cole Camp Creek NE 301 Bridge (Benton County, Missouri)
Originally built by the Sedalia, Warsaw and Southwestern Railroad
Pony plate girder bridge over Cole Camp Creek on County Road NE 301
Open to one-lane traffic

CR 3/05 Tunnel (Mingo County, West Virginia)
Built for railway, coal mined out, rail closed and was converted to roadway
Tunnel on CR 3/05 (former N&W Railroad)
Open to traffic

Crab Orchard Creek (W.L. Baker Ditch) Railroad Bridge (Webster County, Kentucky)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Crab Orchard Creek (W.L. Baker Ditch) on former Illinois Central Railroad
Closed to all traffic

Dale Bridge (Stoddard County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1930 as a bridge on the Frisco Hoxie Branch railroad, then retrofitted for vehicular use after railroad line was discontinued
Wooden trestle with concrete deck on CR 499 near the historic railroad station of Dale
Open to one-lane traffic

Dan Patch Bridge (Scott County, Minnesota)
Built 1908 to carry dual tracks, but one track later converted to highway use, highway discontinued in the 1980's
Pratt through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Canadian Pacific Railway
Intact but closed to all traffic

Dilworth Bridge (Walker County, Alabama)
Polygonal Warren through truss bridge over Black Warrior River on a private road
Open to traffic for the Dilworth Coal Plant

Ernest Mines Railroad Bridge (Indiana County, Pennsylvania)
Built ca. 1903
Baltimore through truss bridge over McKee Run on Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway


FEC Bahia Honda Bridge (Monroe County, Florida)
Built 1912, converted to highway use in 1938; Abandoned 1972.
Railroad through truss bridge over Bahia Honda Channel on the former Florida East Coast Railway
Derelict/abandoned

Flat Creek Railroad Bridge (Pettis County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1898 by the Sedalia, Warsaw and Southwestern Railroad
Two-span through truss bridge over Flat Creek on South Grand Avenue, south of Sedalia
Open to one-lane traffic

Fort Madison Bridge (Lee County, Iowa)
Built 1927
Toll double-decker through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River on IA 2/IL 9/BNSF Railroad at Fort Madison
Open to traffic

Gleaves Road Bridge (Wythe County, Virginia)
Built 1903 or earlier as a railroad bridge; reopened as a highway bridge ca. 1948
Through truss bridge over Cripple Creek on Gleaves Road (Route 619)
Open to traffic

Green Creek Bridge (Erath County, Texas)
Built 1906 by the King Bridge Co.; rehabilitated for vehicular use in 1991
Through truss bridge over Green Creek on CR 270
Open to traffic

Guyandotte Campground Road Tunnel (Wyoming County, West Virginia)
Tunnel under Mountain on Guyandotte Campground Road
Open to East Bound Traffic

Harvey Railroad Bridge (Marion County, Iowa)
Built 1878 by the American Bridge Co. for the CB&Q Railroad; converted for vehicular use in 1938
Four-span wrought-iron through truss bridge over the old channel of the Des Moines River on Harvey Island Road
Open to one-lane traffic on a minimum-maintenance road

Honey Creek Bridge (Boone County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1920
Pony truss bridge over Honey Creek on Montana Road
Open to traffic

Hooff's Run Bridge (Alexandria, Virginia)
Built 1856
Stone arch bridge over Hooff's Run on Jamieson Avenue
Open to traffic

Hot Metal Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1900 as a railroad bridge; converted to pedestrian use in 2007
Through truss bridge over the Monongahela River on the Eliza Furnace Trail
One bridge is for pedestrians and the other is for auto traffic. Very good condition.

Indian Ford Bridge (Stoddard County, Missouri)
Formerly a bridge on the Frisco Hoxie Branch railroad built in 1926(?) and later retrofitted for vehicle use when the line was discontinued in 1967
Through truss bridge over St. Francis River between Puxico and Rombauer on Stoddard CR 499
Open to small vehical traffic

Jowler Creek Bridge (Platte County, Missouri)
Built 1912; replaced 1991
Lost two-span concrete arch bridge over Jowler Creek on Interurban Road
Replaced by new bridge

Kinsey Bridge (Custer County, Montana)
Built 1907 by the American Bridge Co.; later converted to a one lane automobile bridge
Parker through truss bridge over Yellowstone River on Lower Road (formerly Milwakuee Railroad)
Open to traffic

Kolekole Park Bridge (Hawaii County, Hawaii)
Built 1950 using steel from a railroad bridge over Wailuku River that was damage in the 1946 tsunami.
Warren deck truss with all verticals bridge over Kolekole Stream and Park on Hawaii Belt Road
Open to traffic

Layton Bridge (Fayette County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1892; rehabilitated 1984
Through truss bridge over Youghiogheny River on PA 4038
Open to traffic

Levisa Fork KY 2557 Bridge (Floyd County, Kentucky)
Built 1920 by the American Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Levisa Fork on KY 2557
Open to traffic

Lexington Avenue Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1900-01 by the Central Electric Railroad Co.; remodeled 1907; rehabilitated 1965 and 2006
Steel plate-girder bridge over Chestnut Trafficway on Lexington Avenue in Kansas City
Open to traffic

Little Peno Creek Bridge (Pike County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1900 by the St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad
Three-span concrete arch bridge over Little Peno Creek on CR 49
Open to traffic

Lost Nation Railroad Arch Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge on Railroad Avenue over Bear Creek
Open to traffic

LV Spring Creek Trestle (Livingston County, New York)
Timber stringer bridge over Spring Creek on former Lehigh Valley Railroad (currently a private road)
Open to private road traffic

Lyerly Dam Road Bridge (Chattooga County, Georgia)
Built 1957, closed late December 2008, repaired and reopened 2011
Pony truss bridge over Chattooga River on Lyerly Dam Road in Lyerly
Open

Marlowe Creek Bridge (Worth County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1885 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; converted to vehicular use ca. 1981; rehabilitated 1996
Through truss bridge over Marlowe Creek on CR 287
Open to traffic single lane only

Maroon Creek Bridge (Pitkin County, Colorado)
Built 1888; converted to vehicular use ca. 1929. Bypassed in 2005.
Trestle over Maroon Creek on CO 82 at Aspen
Bypassed by a replacement bridge and left in place for pedstrian use.

McKinley Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1910, closed to traffic in October 2001, reopened in 2007
Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis
Open to traffic

Midland Tunnel No. 1 (Chaffee County, Colorado)
Built 1887 by the Colorado Midland Railroad
First of four tunnels on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
Open to one-lane traffic

Midland Tunnel No. 2 (Chaffee County, Colorado)
Built 1887 by the Colorado Midland Railroad
Second of four tunnels on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
Open to one-lane traffic

Midland Tunnel No. 3 (Chaffee County, Colorado)
Built 1887 by the Colorado Midland Railroad
Third of four tunnels on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
Open to one-lane traffic

Midland Tunnel No. 4 (Chaffee County, Colorado)
Built 1887 by the Colorado Midland Railroad
Fourth of four tunnels on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
Open to one-lane traffic

MILW Cedar River Bridge #2 (King County, Washington)
Built 1907-1909
Through truss bridge over Cedar River on Private Road
Open to Seattle Public Utilities traffic

Mineshaft Road Steel Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Built in 1908 by American Birdge Co. Adapted for road after railway was abandoned
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Spring Creek on Mineshaft Rd (former C&NW Ry)
Open to traffic

Mingo Ditch Bridge (Stoddard County, Missouri)
Formerly a bridge on the Frisco Hoxie Branch railroad built in 1926 (?) and refurbished for vehicle use when the line was discontinued; replaced 2010
Lost pony truss bridge over Mingo Ditch southwest of Puxico on CR 499
Replaced by a new bridge

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1904; converted to vehicular use in 2000
Through truss bridge over Monongahela River on Gateway Blvd. in Pittsburgh
Open to traffic

Mountain Quarries RR Bridge (Placer County, California)
Built in 1912 as standard gauge 7 mile railroad to limestone quarry in El Dorado County from Auburn
Closed-spandrel Reinforced concrete arch bridge over North Fork American River
Open to pedestrians & horses

Mt Etna Crossing (Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1930
Bridge over Juniata River on Lower Rail Trail
Open to pedestrians & bicylces on the trail side, Traffic on the other

Nada Tunnel (Powell County, Kentucky)
Was constructed to haul logs via narrow gauge railroad from timber operations in the Gorge. Construction began in December 1910 and was completed in September 1911. Rock and dirt were removed by dynamite, steam drills and hand tools
Tunnel on KY 77
Open to traffic

North Bosque River Bridge (Erath County, Texas)
Built 1921
Pratt through truss bridge over North Bosque River on CR 270
Open to traffic

North Fork Kentucky River KY 3193 Bridge (Breathitt County, Kentucky)
Built ca.1890; may have been rehabilitated in 1956
Through truss bridge over North Fork of Kentucky River on KY 3193
Open to traffic

Ohio River Blvd. Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built ca. 1875
Stone arch bridge over Ferry Street on Ohio River Blvd. in Sewickley
Open to traffic

Old Katy Bridge (Geary County, Kansas)
Built 1895 by the Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. Abutments rehabilitated in 1908 and 1913. Opened to vehicular traffic in 1974.
Through truss bridge over Lyon Creek on Otter Creek Road, just southeast of Wreford
Open to traffic

Old Pinnacle Road Bridge (Cheatham County, Tennessee)
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad installed the two truss spans in 1898 and the Virginia Bridge and Iron Co. fabricated the plate girder in 1911. In 1922 the County acquired the bridge for a roadway.
Through truss bridge over Harpeth River in Kingston Springs
Closed to all traffic

Old Railroad Bed Road Bridge (Lincoln County, Tennessee)
Built 1889
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Cold Water Creek on Old Railroad Bed Road (TN-274)
Replaced by new bridge

Old Railroad bridge at Panama (Le Flore County, Oklahoma)
Built 1903
Abandoned bridge. Originally carried Midland Valley Railroad, later county road over Poteau River, now abandoned. Wood deck remains on 1/2 of the bridge, then a gate and no deck beyond. Very large trestle approach (unphotographed) on East side.
Abandoned

Old Railroad Lane Cumberland River Bridge (Knox County, Kentucky)
Built 1905 for the Cumberland Railroad Company
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on Old Railroad Lane
Open to traffic

Old Route 61 Wolf Creek Bridge (Bland County, Virginia)
Built 1890 as a railroad bridge; Converted to highway bridge in 1946 when rail line discontinued; closed to vehicular traffic in 1987
Pratt through truss bridge over Wolf Creek on former Route 61
Open to pedestrians

Old Seven Mile Bridge (Monroe County, Florida)
Originally built by the railroad in 1912. Replaced 1982 with a modern bridge, but most of the original bridge (with a few spans removed for shipping) intact. Part of the bridge now used for fishing.
Concrete Arch and Deck Girder bridge over Moser Channel on Old US 1 with a through truss swing span (removed), now used as a Fishing Pier and observation deck in Marathon


Oliver Swing Bridge (Douglas County, Wisconsin)
Built 1910
Double-decker swing bridge over St. Louis River on WI 105, BNSF Railway in Oliver
Open to traffic

PE Grand Canal Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Grand Canal on Parking Lot
Open to traffic

Phoenix Bridge over Craig Creek (Botetourt County, Virginia)
Built 1887 by the Phoenix Bridge Co.; Erected here in 1903 by the C&O Railroad; Converted to auto use in 1963.
Pratt through truss bridge over Craig Creek on Ball Park Road (Route 685)
Open to traffic

Private Road Bridge (Lucas County, Ohio)
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Abandoned Railroad Grade on Private Road
Open to traffic

Quinsippi Island Bridge (Adams County, Illinois)
Possibly built 1868 by the CB&Q Railroad; later retrofitted for vehicle traffic
Plate girder swing bridge over Quincy Bay providing access to Quinsippi Island Park in Quincy
Open to one-lane traffic

Republican River Pegram Truss Bridge (Cloud County, Kansas)
Built 1893 by the Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware as a railroad bridge.
Three-span through truss bridge over Republican River on 190th Road (RS 566), northeast of Concordia
Open to traffic

River Road Bridges (Marinette County, Wisconsin)
Pratt through truss bridge over Menominee River
Open to traffic

Romley Bridge (Chaffee County, Colorado)
Built 1881 by the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad
Closed deck truss bridge over Pomeray Gulch (Chrysolite Creek) on FR 295 southwest of St. Elmo
Open to pedestrians only

Salt Creek Bridge (Seminole County, Oklahoma)
Built as a railroad bridge in 1886, rebuilt in 1947 (widened) as a road bridge.
Through truss bridge over Salt Creek on OK 9A. Originally a railroad span built in 1886, was adapted to road use and installed in 1947.
Open to traffic

Sharps Station Bridge (Platte County, Missouri)
Replaced 2002
Lost two-span through truss bridge over Platte River on Interurban Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Shirley Bridge (Van Buren County, Arkansas)
Built 1908 by the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. as a railroad bridge; rehabilitated 1978
Through truss bridge over Middle Fork Little Red River on River Road (CR 125) just outside of Shirley
Open to one-lane traffic

Shoal Creek Road Bridge (Dawson County, Georgia)
Girder bridge over Etowah River on Trail
Open to traffic

St. Francisville Bridge (Knox County, Indiana)
Built 1906 for Big Four Railroad, converted to single lane road bridge after railroad was abandoned
Timber stringer bridge over Wabash River Overflow on TR 257 (formerly Big Four Railroad)
Open to traffic

St. Francisville Bridge (Lawrence County, Illinois)
Built 1906 for Big Four Railroad, converted to single lane road bridge after railroad was abandoned
Timber stringer bridge over Wabash River Overflow on TR 257 (formerly Big Four Railroad)
Open to traffic

Sugar Creek Railroad Bridge (Schuyler County, Illinois)
Built 1921 to replace earlier timber stringer trestle; railroad abandoned c1931
Concrete culvert bridge over Sugar Creek on Private drive (formerly Macomb Industry & Littleton Railway)
Open to traffic

Todd Creek Interurban Road Bridge (Platte County, Missouri)
Built for Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph RR
Concrete arch bridge over Todd Creek on NW Interurban Road in Kansas City
Bypassed by new bridge

Union Street Bridge (Mahoning County, Ohio)
Through truss bridge over Mahoning River on Union Street
Open to traffic

Usal Road Bridge (Mendocino County, California)
Built 1955
Recycled rail car deck bridge with wood road deck over Usal Creek on Usal Road
Open to traffic

Wabash Cannon Ball Bridge (Lawrence County, Illinois)
Built 1906 for the Big Four Railroad, abandoned in late 1960's - 70's, years later local farmer bought it and reopened it as a roadway bridge
Through truss bridge over Wabash River on TR 257 northeast of St. Francisville
Open to one-lane traffic, with a tollbooth in St. Francisville

Wanette-Byars Bridge (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma)
Built 1906; rehabilitated 1993. Originally a railroad bridge, converted to a road bridge.
Through truss bridge over Canadian River on Drummond Rd. (D3342 Rd.)
Open to traffic

Wenatchee River Bridge (Chelan County, Washington)
Built 1900; Relocated 1936
Through truss bridge over Wenatchee River on US 2
Open to traffic

West Fork of Twelvepole Creek Bridge (Wayne County, West Virginia)
Built 1907
Plate girder bridge over West Fork of Twelvepole Creek on Old N&W Railroad (CR 52/55)
Open to traffic

West Fork River Bridge (Harrison County, West Virginia)
Built 1913; rehabilitated 2006
Through truss bridge over West Fork River on CR 34/2
Open to traffic

Williamsburg Bridge (Kings County, New York)
Opened to traffic December 19, 1903
Suspension bridge over East River on Delancey Street in New York
Open to traffic

Zorger Road Thru Truss Bridge (Clearfield County, Pennsylvania)
ca1880 as NY Central Railroad Bridge, rails converted to road in 1920
Through truss bridge over West Branch Susquehanna River on TR 421
Open to traffic