Linville-Piper Truss
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Air Line Railroad Bridge (Middlesex County, Connecticut)
Built 1872; Destroyed by Steamboat collision 1876; Replaced 1886Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss bridge over Connecticut River on New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadReplaced by a new bridge
BO - Bellaire Bridge (1871) (Belmont County, Ohio)
Built 1869-1871Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss truss bridge over Ohio River on Baltimore & Ohio RailroadReplaced by a new bridge
BO - Parkersburg Bridge (Old) (Wood County, West Virginia)
Construction started July 9, 1869, and the bridge opened January 7, 1871Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Ohio River on Baltimore & Ohio RailroadReplaced by a new bridge in 1905
California Avenue Bridge (Old) (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1889 using 1862 spans ; Deck Raised 1896; Razed 1926Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple deck truss bridge over Woods Run on California AvenueReplaced by a new bridge
Cincinnati Southern Ohio River Bridge (1st) (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Built 1869-1877; superstructure replaced by current bridge in 1922Lost Linville variant Whipple through truss swing bridge over Ohio River on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad at CincinnatiSuperstructure replaced
Hannibal Bridge (First) (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1869 under the direction of Octave Chanute; damaged by tornado in 1887, replaced 1917 by the Second Hannibal BridgeLost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Railroad in Kansas CityNo longer exists
Keokuk Bridge (Old) (Lee County, Iowa)
Built 1871; Replaced 1917Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Railroad/RoadReplaced by a new bridge
LN - Newport & Cincinnati Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Built 1872; Superstructure replaced 1897Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss bridge over Ohio River on L&N RailroadSuperstructure replaced