Superstructure replaced

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Ben Sawyer Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Built 1945; Rebuilt on existing piers 2009-2010
Modern swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on SC 703 in Charleston
Bridge rebuilt on existing piers.

Chunky River Bridge US 80 (Lauderdale County, Mississippi)
Lost Through truss bridge over Chunky River on US 80


CSX (L&N) Cumberland Swing Bridge (Old Civil War Version) (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Originally a covered bridge, but uncovered and fortified during Civil War. Bridge burnt by Hood's forces during the Battle of Nashville (1864) and then replaced.
Former L@N over Cumberland River on the L&N Railroad (today CSX), the current CSX Cumberland Swing Bridge sits on its original piers.
Destroyed by fire

DM&E 12th Street Bridge (Brown County, Minnesota)
Built 1911, superstructure replaced by modern I-Beam bridge 2011
Lost Steel stringer bridge over 12th N Street on DM&E RR
Superstructure replaced

First Bismarck Railroad Bridge (Burleigh County, North Dakota)
Built in 1882 under the direction of George Morison; superstructure replaced 1905
Lost through and deck truss bridge over the Missouri River carrying the Northern Pacific Railway in Bismarck
Orginal Whipple truss spans replaced with through Warren truss spans, reusing the original piers

First Cincinnati Southern Railroad Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Built 1869-1877; superstructure replaced by current bridge in 1922
Lost through truss swing bridge over Ohio River on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad at Cincinnati
Superstructure replaced

First Glasgow Railroad Bridge (Howard County, Missouri)
Built 1878-79 by Gen. William Sooy Smith; superstructure replaced in 1900
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Chicago & Alton Railroad
Superstructure replaced

First High Bridge (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Built 1876-77, new superstructure built in 1910-11, original substructure demolished in 1913
Lost Deck truss bridge over Kentucky River on Cincinnati Southern Railway at High Bridge


First Omaha Railroad Bridge (Douglas County, Nebraska)
Built 1873 under the direction of Grenville Dodge; damaged by tornado Aug. 25, 1877; replaced span by span during 1886-87
Lost Post through truss bridge over Missouri River on Union Pacific Railroad
Replaced by new bridge

Gladstone Blvd. Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1897-98 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; most of superstructure replaced in 2005
Replaced steel deck arch bridge over Anderson Ave. on Gladstone Blvd. in Kansas City
Substantially replaced by a new bridge

Glasgow Bridge (Howard County, Missouri)
Built 1925; rehabilitated 1986; closed to traffic on August 4, 2008, for replacement of the superstructure; new bridge opened Sept. 2009
Lost five-span through truss bridge over the Missouri River on MO 240 at Glasgow
Superstructure replaced

Keya Paha River Bridge (Tripp County, South Dakota)
Built 1914 by the Standard Bridge Co.
Pony truss bridge over Keya Paha River on 318th Avenue, northwest of Wewela, 1.5 mi. west and 1.5 mi. north of Wewela in Rames Township
Superstructure replaced; roadway appears intact

Lafayette Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Originally built ca. 1888 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co.; reconstructed in 1935 and 1988
Replaced iron deck arch bridge on Grand Drive just south of Union Blvd. in Forest Park
Superstructure replaced by a similar, but modern, design

Old Blair Railroad Bridge (Washington County, Nebraska)
Built 1883; superstructure replaced 1923-24; spans relocated to cross Wind River in Wyoming
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Union Pacific Railroad
Superstructure replaced

Old Rulo Railroad Bridge (Richardson County, Nebraska)
Built 1887 under the direction of George S. Morison; replaced 1977 by new truss spans reusing the existing piers
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River
Superstructure replaced

Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) Bridge (Franklin County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1939; Demolished 2012 (new bridge built further east)
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Turnpike Ramps; B-487 on Pa Turnpike (I-76)
Superstructure replaced

Stanislaus River Railroad Bridge (Stanislaus County, California)
Built 1905, Truss span replaced with deck girder ca. 1995
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Stanislaus River on Santa Fe Railroad (B.N.S.F.)


US 80 Chunky River Bridge (Newton County, Mississippi)
Built 1929; replaced 1992
Lost through truss bridge over Chunky River on US 80
Replaced by new bridge