US 61

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Bayou Manchac Bridge (East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1953
Concrete tee beam bridge over Bayou Manchac on US-61
Open to traffic

Blind River Bridge (St. James Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1977
Slab bridge over Blind River on US-61 NB
Open to traffic

Blind River Bridge (St. James Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1954
Slab bridge over Blind River on US 61 SB
Open to traffic

Bliss Creek Bridge (Warren County, Mississippi)
Steel stringer bridge over Bliss Creek on Old US 61
Open to traffic

BNSF US 61 Crossing (Marion County, Missouri)
Deck plate girder bridge over US 61 on BNSF Railway, just north of Palmyra
Open to traffic

Bogue Phalia River Bridge (Washington County, Mississippi)
Built 1948
Steel stringer bridge over Bogue Phalia River on US 61 Southbound
Open to traffic

Bonnet Carre Bridge (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1935
Concrete tee beam bridge over Bonnet Carre Spillway on US-61
Open to traffic

Buckeye Creek US 61 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1922; replaced April 2010
Lost pony truss bridge over Buckeye Creek on US 61
Replaced by a new bridge

Buffalo River Bridge (Wilkinson County, Mississippi)
Built 1989
Steel stringer bridge over Buffalo River on Us 61
Open to traffic

Cinque Hommes US 61 Bridge (Perry County, Missouri)
Built 1930; replaced 1996
Lost pony truss bridge over Cinque Hommes Creek on US 61, south of Perryville
Replaced by a concrete bridge in 1996

Crystal City BNSF Railroad Trestle (Jefferson County, Missouri)
Built or relocated here in 1925; subsequent work in 1954 by the St. Louis-San Francisco (old Frisco) railroad
Deck plate girder bridge over U. S. Highway 61 / 67 / Truman Blvd. on the BNSF (former Frisco) Railroad in Crystal City
Open to one track of railroad traffic

Cuivre River US 61 Bridge (Lincoln County, Missouri)
Replaced 1969
Lost four-span through truss bridge over Cuivre River on US 61 north of Troy
Replaced by a pair of bridges on a four-lane highway

Daniel Boone Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
North / westbound bridge built 1935, rehabilitated in 1992; south / eastbound bridge built in 1991
Pair of through truss bridges over the Missouri River on I-64 / U. S. 40 / U. S. 61 in Chesterfield
Open to traffic; old 1935 bridge has three narrow lanes.

Deer Creek Bridge (Washington County, Mississippi)
Steel stringer bridge over Deer Creek on N. Main St in Leland
Open to traffic

Deer Creek Bridge (Sharkey County, Mississippi)
Built 1936
Steel stringer bridge over Deer Creek on US 61
Open to traffic

Diversion Channel I-55 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1949; rehabilitated 1989
Deck plate girder bridge over Diversion Channel on Southbound I-55
Open to traffic

Diversion Channel Old US 61 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1924-25, replacing a series of temporary bridges across the Diversion Channel on Rock Levee Road, located to the east.
Lost three-span through truss bridge over the Diversion Channel between Cape Girardeau and Scott City on Old US 61, just east of the I-55 bridge
Bridge removed and never replaced

DM&E River Drive Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over River Drive/US61 on Railroad
Open to traffic

Donaldson Creek Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1974
Concrete arch bridge over Donaldson Creek on IA 22
Open to traffic

Drainage Ditch US 61 Bridge (Mississippi County, Arkansas)
Lost through truss bridge over a drainage ditch on US 61
No longer exists

Eagle Point Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1901, subsequent work in 1907, 1922 and 1936, destroyed in 1983
Lost Truss bridge over Mississippi River on US 151/US 61 in Dubuque
Lost

Establishment Creek Bridge (Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri)
Built 1931; replaced 2009
Lost two-span through truss bridge over Establishment Creek on US 61, south of Bloomsdale
No longer exists

Frenchmans Bayou US 61 Bridge (Mississippi County, Arkansas)
Lost through truss bridge over Frenchmans Bayou on US 61
Replaced by a new bridge in 1954

Hastings Bridge (Dakota County, Minnesota)
Built 1951
Steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on US 61 in Hastings
Open to traffic

Honey Creek Old US 61 Bridge (Clark County, Missouri)
Built 1925
Pony truss bridge over Honey Creek on CR 409 (Old US 61)
Open to traffic

Hughes Creek US 61 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1922
Pony truss bridge over Hughes Creek on US 61 south of Old Appleton
Open to two-lane traffic on a paved road

IAIS Brady Street Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Through Plate girder bridge over Brady Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

Indian Creek US 61 Bridge (Perry County, Missouri)
Built 1925
Concrete tee beam bridge over Indian Creek on US 61
Open to two-lane traffic

Industrial Ave & ICRR Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1965
Concrete tee beam bridge over Industrial Ave & ICRR on US 61 (TN 14) in Memphis
Open to traffic

Iowa River Bridge (Old) (Louisa County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Iowa River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Isle du Bois Bridge (Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri)
Built 1924
Concrete bridge over South Fork Isle du Bois Creek on Old TT (formerly US 61)
Open to traffic on a paved dead-end road

Joachim Avenue Bridge (Jefferson County, Missouri)
Built 1924; made obsolete by new bridge in 1933; closed to traffic Nov. 21, 2005; main span demolished Dec. 27, 2006; replaced by UCEB in 2007
Lost through truss bridge over Joachim Creek on Joachim Avenue (Old US 61/67) in Herculaneum
Replaced by UCEB

Joachim Creek US 61/67 Bridge (Jefferson County, Missouri)
Built 1933 - 1934 by M. E. Gillioz
Through truss bridge over Joachim Creek on U. S. Highway 61 / 67 in Herculaneum
Open to four lanes of traffic

Lake St. Louis Bridge (St. Charles County, Missouri)
Built 1935; parallel bridge built 1968; bypassed 2009
Pony truss bridge over Lake St. Louis (Peruque Creek) on Civic Center Drive (Old US 40/61)
Open to two lanes of traffic

Lemay Ferry Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built in 1933; replaced by UCEB in 2004
Lost two-span through truss bridge over the Meramec River on U. S. Highway 61 / 67 north of Arnold in Oakville
Replaced by UCEB

Liberty Road Bridge (Adams County, Mississippi)
Built 2007
Stringer bridge over Liberty Road on US 61 in Natchez
Open to traffic

Little Bayou Pierre Bridge (Claiborne County, Mississippi)
Built 1947
Steel stringer bridge over Little Bayou Pierre on US 61 in Port Gibson
Open to traffic

Main St Bridge (Washington County, Mississippi)
Built 1935, removed mid 1980's
Lost Beam bridge over US 82 on S. Main St (old US 61) in Leland
Removed

Mattese Creek US 61 Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built 1921; rehabilitated 1933; replaced 2003
Lost closed-spandrel arch bridge over Mattese Creek on US 61 in Concord
Replaced by a new bridge

Messmer Street Bridge (Scott County, Missouri)
Built 1919 by contractor Stanford Madden
Concrete bridge on Messmer Street (Old US 61) over a branch of Ramsey Creek just north of Kelso
Open to traffic

Mississippi River US 61 Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1982
Steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on US 61 and US 151
Open to traffic

Natural Stream Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1925; rehabilitated 1971
Concrete arch bridge over an unnamed creek on IA 22
Open to traffic

Nonconnah Creek US 61 Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Built 1929
Through truss bridge over Nonconnah Creek and Illinois Central Railroad on US 61 (TN 14) just south of I-55 in Memphis
Open to traffic

North Gabouri Creek US 61 Bridge (Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri)
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1940
Concrete tee beam bridge over Gabouri Creek on US 61
Open to traffic

Old Appleton US 61 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1931; Replaced 2011
Pony truss bridge over Apple Creek on US 61 at Old Appleton
Replaced by a new bridge

Old US 61 Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Pine Creek
Closed to all traffic

Old US61 Overpass (Wabasha County, Minnesota)
Built 1926
Lost Bridge on Former US 61
Removed

Ramsey Branch Old US 61 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1928
Pony truss bridge over Ramsey Branch on Old US 61 just south of intersection with MO 74 and South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau
Open to traffic on a dead-end paved road

Ramsey Creek Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1961; Replaced 2011
Steel stringer bridge over Ramsey Creek on US 61
Replaced by new bridge

River Aux Vases US 61 Bridge (Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri)
Built 1925; replaced July 2004
Lost through truss bridge over River Aux Vases between Ste. Genevieve and St. Mary
Replaced by a new bridge

Saline Creek US 61 Bridge (Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri)
Built 1925; replaced Aug. 2004
Lost through truss bridge over Saline Creek on US 61 north of St. Mary
Replaced by a new bridge

Spiral Bridge (Dakota County, Minnesota)
Built 1895, lost 1951
Lost Through truss bridge over Mississippi River
Lost

SR 161 Bridge (Coahoma County, Mississippi)
Built 1937
Steel stringer bridge over SR 161 on Mississippi Delta RR in Clarksdale

SR 6 Bridge (Coahoma County, Mississippi)
Built 1983
Stringer bridge over SR 6 on Us 61
Open to traffic

St Catherine Creek Bridge (Adams County, Mississippi)
Built 1933
Steel stringer bridge over St Catherine Creek on Us 61 in Natchez
Open to traffic

Taylor Bridge (Marion County, Missouri)
Built 1929, replacing an earlier bridge
Through truss bridge over North Fabius River on CR 313 (Old US 24/61)
Open to traffic with a weight limit

US-61 Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1940
Steel stringer bridge over I-10 on US 0061
Open to traffic

Watson-Lindbergh Cloverleaf Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Opened to traffic August 20, 1913; replaced 1983
Lost concrete arch bridge over Lindbergh Blvd. on Watson Road (formerly US 66) as part of the first cloverleaf interchange west of the Mississippi River
Replaced by new bridge

Wyaconda River Route B Bridge (Lewis County, Missouri)
Built 1932
Through truss bridge over Wyaconda River on Route B in La Grange
Open to traffic

Yazoo River Bridge (Warren County, Mississippi)
Built 1950; Replaced by new bridge in 2009
Lost through truss bridge over Yazoo River and KCS RR on US 61 near Redwood
Replaced by new bridge