Mystery

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Alton Steel Rail Yard Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)
Abandoned Pratt through truss bridge over the rail yard in Alton, south of E. Broadway
Abandoned

Bedstead Bridge (Cedar County, Missouri)
Lost Bedstead Pratt pony truss bridge over ? on Hwy 32
Demolished

Blackwood Road Bridge (Wise County, Virginia)
Homemade timber and steel deck truss built over the Powell River, North Fork
Bridge over Powell River, North Fork on Blackwood Road
Closed to all traffic

Bolckow Bridge (Andrew County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over One Hundred and Two River near Bolckow
No longer exists

Bourbeuse Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Bourbeuse River near Moselle
No longer exists

Bourbeuse River Bridge (Gasconade County, Missouri)
Lost through truss over Bourbeuse River, somewhere near Owensville
Lost

Brookfield Bridge (Linn County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Yellow Creek somewhere near Brookfield
No longer exists

Chariton River Covered Bridge (Adair County, Missouri)
Built 1869
Lost 130-ft covered bridge over Chariton River somewhere in Adair County
No longer exists

Cox Ferry Bridge (Washington County, Illinois)
Built early 1900s, closed early 1930s when the IL 15 bridge (now IL 160/177) opened upstream in late 1920s. Razed 1938.
Lost through truss bridge over Kaskaskia River on Mud Lake Road/Old St. Louis Road/Whittenberg Road
Removed

Davis Swinging Bridge (Lincoln County, Missouri)
Lost swinging bridge at or near Davis
No longer exists

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

Electric Line Viaduct (Monroe County, Illinois)
Lost Pratt pony truss railroad bridge somewhere in Columbia
No longer exists

Eleven Point River Bridge (Randolph County, Arkansas)
Built by the Canton Bridge Co.
Lost through truss bridge over the Eleven Point River somewhere in Randolph County
No longer exists

Farmington Bridge No. 1 (St. Francois County, Missouri)
Lost two-span pony truss bridge over St. Francois River, somewhere near Farmington
No longer exists

Farmington Bridge No. 2 (St. Francois County, Missouri)
Apparently built by Stupp Bros. Bridge & Iron Co.
Lost through truss bridge over St. Francois River, somewhere near Farmington
No longer exists

Fenton Creek Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Abandoned deck truss bridge over Fenton Creek just off Route V at Union
Closed to all traffic

Florida Bridge (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Deerfield River on River Road
Replaced by new bridge

Gallatin Bridge (Daviess County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Grand River near Gallatin
No longer exists

Gallatin Railroad Bridge (Daviess County, Missouri)
Lattice through truss bridge over Grand River on Rock Island Railroad


GM&O Bridge (Logan County, Illinois)
Built 1900
Through truss bridge over Salt creek on former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad line
Removed but not replaced

Grand River Bridge (Grundy County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Grand River somewhere near Trenton
No longer exists

Hermitage Swinging Bridge (Hickory County, Missouri)
Built 1896
Lost suspension bridge over Pomme de Terre River somewhere near Hermitage
No longer exists

Highway 95 Bridge (Conway County, Arkansas)
Lost through truss bridge on AR 95 north of Morrilton
No longer exists

Kaskaskia River Bridge (Clinton County, Illinois)
Built early 1900s
Derelict through truss bridge over Kaskaskia River on a alignment of Pelican Road
Derelict but can easily be accessed from Pelican Road

Kellogg Bridge (Tulsa County, Oklahoma)
Built 1915, Relocated c. 2002.
Bedstead Pratt pony truss bridge over small lake on the grounds of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Tulsa office, on footpath.
Open to pedestrians

Kingpost Bridge (Van Buren County, Arkansas)
Lost Kingpost truss bridge on AR 9 somewhere in Van Buren County
No longer exists

Kirk Mystery Bridge (Dunklin County, Missouri)
Lost Howe pony truss bridge over Floodway drainage ditch
No longer exists

Lackey Bridge (Pope County, Illinois)
Replaced 1963
Lost bridge over Bay Creek on Bay City Road (FAS 1930), 3.5 mi. north of Bay City
Replaced by a new bridge

Lake Wilson Bridge (Russell County, Kansas)
Pony truss bridge over a branch of Lake Wilson on Reservoir Road(?)
Closed to traffic as of 1997

Lancaster High Bridge (Schuyler County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over railroad tracks at or near Lancaster
No longer exists

Little Blue ghost bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Shown on 1919 map, shown as bypassed on 1939 quad.
Lost Bridge over Unnamed tributary of Little Blue River on Unnamed rural road
Removed

Macon Bridge (Macon County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge on a city street in Macon
No longer exists

Mammoth Spring Bridge (Fulton County, Arkansas)
Lost six-span pony truss bridge over Spring Lake (the outlet of Mammoth Spring)
Demolished in the 1960s

McCain Bridge (Pulaski County, Missouri)
Lost three-span through truss bridge somewhere near Richland, probably over Gasconade River
Replaced by new bridge

Mill Bridge (Faulkner County, Arkansas)
Built 1921; bypassed 1993
Lost through truss bridge over Cadron Creek on Mill Bridge Road (CR 280)
Replaced by new bridge

Mill Creek Bridge (Jackson County, Illinois)
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Mill Creek on Jacobini Road (Forest Road 377)
Wrecked following a flash flood

Mystery Bedstead Bridge (Cooper County, Missouri)
Relocated bedstead pony truss bridge visible from Highway M, just west of Harriman Hill Access
Unknown status: Was gone at last check

Mystery Bridge (Crawford County, Arkansas)
Lost two-span through truss bridge, possibly over Mulberry River
No longer exists

Mystery Bridge (Scott County, Arkansas)
Lost through truss bridge somewhere in Scott County
No longer exists

Mystery Bridge (Washington County, Arkansas)
Lost through truss bridge somewhere in Washington County, possibly over Middle Fork White River
No longer exists

Mystery Bridge (Boone County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge somewhere near Easley, possibly over Perche Creek
No longer exists

Mystery Bridge (Harrison County, Missouri)
Through truss bridge somewhere near Bethany
Unknown status

Mystery Bridge (Washington County, Illinois)
lost pratt pony truss bridge on a unknown creek somewhere in Washington County. Destroyed by a flash flood sometime during the 1970s.
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over unknown creek on unknown county road
Destroyed by flood

Mystery Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Through truss bridge
No longer exists

Mystery Railroad Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Abandoned Warren through truss bridge over Big Blue River on an abandoned railroad near Sheffield
Abandoned

Mystery Swinging Bridge No. 1 (Benton County, Missouri)
Lost swinging bridge over Osage River in the Warsaw area
No longer exists

Mystery Swinging Bridge No. 2 (Benton County, Missouri)
Lost swinging bridge over Osage River in the Warsaw area
No longer exists

North River Bridge (Marion County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over North River somewhere near Palmyra
No longer exists

Organ Ferry Bridge (Ralls County, Missouri)
Collapsed under truck in Jan 1956. On a state highway between New London and Hannibal.
Lost through truss bridge near New London
No longer exists

Power Site Bridge (Texas County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Piney River near Houston
No longer exists

Rothville Bridge (Chariton County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over Yellow Creek at or near Rothville
No longer exists

Route E Mystery Bridge (Perry County, Missouri)
Lost bridge over Old Channel Bois Brule Creek on Route E, northwest of Menfro
Replaced by new bridge

Sheridan Bridge (Worth County, Missouri)
Lost three-span concrete arch bridge somewhere near Sheridan
No longer exists

Spring Branch Road Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Lost Bridge over Branch (or former channel) of Little Blue River on former Spring Branch Road
Removed but not replaced

St. Francis River Bridge (Madison County, Missouri)
Lost through truss bridge over St. Francis River
No longer exists

Stockton Bridge (Cedar County, Missouri)
Lost open-spandrel arch bridge over Sac River near Stockton
No longer exists

Stockton Swinging Bridge (Cedar County, Missouri)
Lost suspension bridge over Sac River near Stockton
No longer exists

Taberville Bridge (St. Clair County, Missouri)
Lost swinging bridge over Osage River somewhere near Taberville
No longer exists

Talbot Stone Arch Bridge (Lawrence County, Missouri)
Derelict stone arch bridge over a branch of Spring River in Talbot Conservation Area, near CR 1082
Abandoned and partially collapsed

Tunnel Road Bridge (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
Warren through truss bridge over Deerfield River on Tunnel Road
Appears to be open to traffic on satellite imagery, but is not listed in the NBI

Unknown Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Abandoned through truss bridge at Hennepin Canal Lock 17 day use area near Wyanet
Abandoned

Wagon Bridge (Fremont County, Iowa)
Lost truss bridge located near Sidney, Iowa
Lost

Welch Bridge (Laclede County, Missouri)
Lost bridge over Osage Fork on Ottawa Road, southeast of Morgan
Removed

White River AR 16 Bridge (Washington County, Arkansas)
Lost open-spandrel arch bridge over White River on AR 16, near Fayetteville
No longer exists

Wyaconda River Bridge (Lewis County, Missouri)
Lost(?) through truss bridge over Wyaconda River somewhere near La Grange
No longer exists

Yellow Creek Foot Bridge (Stephenson County, Illinois)
Bridge over Yellow Creek on Pedestrian Trail (old CH17 alignment??)