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Alaskan Way Viaduct (King County, Washington)
Built 1952; rehabilitated 1957
Stringer bridge over City Streets & Railroad on WA 99
Open to traffic
Albemarle Sound Trestle (Chowan County, North Carolina)
Built 1910 for the Suffolk and Carolina Railway, demolished ca. 1987
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Albemarle Sound on Norfolk Southern Railway
Removed
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel (Somerset County, Pennsylvania)
Westbound tunnel completed 1940; eastound tunnel completed 1965
Tunnel on Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-70/I-76
Open to traffic
Ambassador Bridge (Wayne County, Michigan)
Built 1927-1928; New Plaza 2008
Wire suspension bridge over Detroit River on US I-96 and Canada 3 in Windsor, Ontario Canada and Detroit
Open to traffic
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
Apalachicola River Bridge (Calhoun County, Florida)
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1998
Through truss bridge over Apalachicola River on FL 20
Open to traffic
Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Built 2005, replacing the John P Grace and Silas S Pearman bridges
Cable-stayed bridge over Cooper River on US 17
Open to traffic
Astoria-Megler Bridge (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Built 1966
Continuous rigid-cantilever Warren through truss bridge over Columbia River on US 101 in Astoria
Open to traffic
Astoria-Megler Ferry (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Established 1921, Acquired by Oregon Highway Department 1946, Eliminated 1966
Lost Ferry across Columbia River on U.S. 101
Replaced by the Astoria-Megler Bridge
Audubon Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2011
Cable-stayed bridge over Mississippi River on LA 10
Open to all traffic
B.N.S.F. - Cascade Tunnel (King County, Washington)
Longest rail tunnnel in the US, finished in 1929 to bypass old tunnel, switchbacks, and 1.7% grade
Tunnel under Cascade Mountains on BNSF Railway (former Great Northern Railway)
Open to traffic
B.N.S.F. - Stampede Tunnel (Kittitas County, Washington)
Tunnel opened in May of 1888, forced-air ventilation added later
Tunnel under the Cascade Mountains just south of Snoqualmie Pass on BNSF Railway (former Northern Pacific Railway)
Bay St Louis Bridge (Hancock County, Mississippi)
Built in 2007 to replace an earlier structure destroyed by Hurricane Katrina
Concrete deck girder bridge over Bay of St Louis on US Hwy 90
Open to traffic
Bay St Louis Bridge (Hancock County, Mississippi)
Built 1953; Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005
Lost Bridge over Bay St Louis on US-90
Replaced by a new bridge
Bayonne Bridge (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Built 1931
Steel through arch bridge over Kill Van Kull between Bayonne and Staten Island
Toll bridge open to traffic
Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1926; rehabilitated 1984
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on I-676/US 30 in Philadelphia
Open to traffic
Berkshire Spur Bridge (Rensselaer County, New York)
Built 1958; rehabilitated 1994
Through truss bridge over Hudson River on Berkshire Spur
Open to traffic
Big Bend Tunnel (Summers County, West Virginia)
built from 1870-1872 by C&O RR to cut off Big Bend. Legend/tradition names this tunnel as scene of 'Steel Driving Man' John Henry's race with steam drill
Original tunnel built to bypass an 8 mile long bend in the Greenbrier River. Passes between Hilldale, and Talcott West Virginia.
Intact but closed to all traffic
Braga Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)
Built 1965; rehabilitated 1989
Through truss bridge over Taunton River on I-195 in Fall River
Open to traffic
Bronx Whitestone Bridge (Bronx County, New York)
Opened to traffic April 29, 1939
Suspension bridge over East River on I-678 in New York
Open to six lanes of traffic
Brooklyn Bridge (Kings County, New York)
Opened to traffic May 24, 1883
Suspension bridge over East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York
Open to traffic
Brookport Bridge (Massac County, Illinois)
Built 1929
Ten-span through truss bridge on US 45 over the Ohio River at Brookport
Open to two-lane traffic
Cairo Ohio River Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Built 1937; rehabilitated 1979
Cantilevered through truss over the Ohio River on US 51/60 between Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky
Open to two-lane traffic
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1952
Through truss bridge over Calcasieu River on I-10 in Lake Charles
Open to traffic
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Triple Crossing Viaduct (Richmond, Virginia)
Built by the C&O Railway in 1901 to link the former Richmond and Allegheny Railroad with C&O's Peninsula Subdivision to Newport News
Deck plate girder bridge over single track of CSX Transportation (mid level) and Norfolk Southern Railway (ground level) on double track of CSX Transportation (former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway) in Richmond
Open to traffic
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)
Built 1951; rehabilitated 1988
Pair of suspension and cantilever truss bridges over Chesapeake Bay on US 50
Open to traffic
Chowan River Bridge (Bertie County, North Carolina)
Built 1953
Lost swing truss bridge over Chowan River on US-17
Replaced by a new bridge
CNW Mississippi River Bridge (Winona) (Winona County, Minnesota)
Built in 1871; Rebuilt in 1872 after the bridge collapsed; made redundant in 1971; Closed to traffic in 1977; main span removed in 1990
Lost through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Removed
Cochrane-Africatown Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
Built 1991; Named after the Cochrane Bridge, which it replaced, and the former Africatown Community it reached on the western shore
3-span cable-stayed suspension bridge over Mobile River on U.S. 90 and U.S. 98 Truck Route
Open to traffic
Columbia-Wrightsville Lincoln Highway Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1988
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Susquehanna River on PA 462 (Old Lincoln Highway) between Columbia and York Counties
Open to traffic
Commodore Barry Bridge (Gloucester County, New Jersey)
Built 1974
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Delaware River on US 322
Open to traffic
Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1936, Rehabilitation 2008
Steel cantilevered through truss bridge over Coos Bay on US 101 in North Bend
Open to traffic
Corpus Christi Ship Channel Bridge (Nueces County, Texas)
Built 1959; rehabilitated 1987
Through truss bridge over Corpus Christi Ship Channel on US 181 in Corpus Christi
Open to traffic
Courtney Campbell Causeway (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Commissioned by Ben T. Davis, work began in 1927 and completed in 1934
Bridge over Old Tampa Bay on State Route 60
Open to traffic
CSX Sandy Ridge Tunnel (Dickenson County, Virginia)
Built 1914 as part of the Elkhorn Extension, the last 35 miles of the railroad built between Elkhorn City, Kentucky and Spartanburg, South Carolina
Tunnel under Sandy Ridge (Tennessee Valley Divide) on CSX Railroad (formerly Clinchfield Railroad)
Tunnel is open to rail traffic, vented in two locations on Sandy Ridge
CSX Susquehanna River Bridge (Harford County, Maryland)
Built 1907
Through and deck truss bridge over Susquehanna on railroad
Open to traffic
Dames Point Bridge (Duval County, Florida)
Built 1989
Cable-stayed bridge over St. Johns River on FL 9A in Jacksonville
Open to traffic
Delaware River Memorial Bridge (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1951; rehabilitated 1970
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on I 295 N & Us 40 E
Open to traffic
Dumbarton Railroad Bridge (Alameda County, California)
Built 1910, last used 1982.
Abandoned baltimore through truss bridge over San Francisco Bay on Caltrain
Abandoned
East River Mountain Tunnel (Bland County, Virginia)
Built 1974
Tunnel under East River Mountain on I-77
Open to traffic
Elysian Street Viaduct (Harris County, Texas)
Built 1954
Steel stringer bridge over Buffalo Bayou on Elysian Street
Open to traffic
Escambia River Interstate Bridge (Santa Rosa County, Florida)
Built 2006
Concrete deck girder bridge over Escambia River Bay on Interstate 10
Open to traffic
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (King County, Washington)
Built 1963
Pontoon bridge over Lake Washington on SR 520
Open to traffic
First Cairo Railroad Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Built 1889 under engineer George S. Morison; replaced 1949-52
Lost through and deck truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Illinois Central Railroad in Cairo
Replaced by the current bridge, reusing many of the piers in the process
First Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Pierce County, Washington)
Built 1940, collapsed on November 7, 1940
Lost suspension bridge over Tacoma Narrows on Primary State Highway 14-A in Tacoma
Collapsed
Fred Hartman Bridge (Harris County, Texas)
Built 1995
Pair of cable-stayed bridges over Houston Ship Channel on TX 146 in Houston
Open to traffic
General W.K. Wilson, Jr. Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
Built 1978
Through arch bridge over Mobile River on I-65
Open to traffic
George C. Platt Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1949; rehabilitated 1984
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Schuylkill River on PA 291 (Penrose Avenue) in Philadelphia
Open to traffic
George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built 1929 by the American Bridge Co.; tolls removed 1946; rehabilitated 1958
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 31 between Louisville and Jeffersonville
Open to traffic
Gold Star Memorial Bridge (New London County, Connecticut)
Built 1943; twin span built 1973
Pair of deck truss bridges over Thames River on I-95/US 1 in New London
Open to traffic
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco County, California)
Built 1937
Suspension bridge over San Francisco Bay on US 101 at San Francisco
Open to traffic
Great Northern Railway Old Cascade Tunnel (King County, Washington)
The Original Cascade Tunnel was finished in 1900 and was built to replace a series of 8 switchbacks used to get over the mountains. Deadliest avalanche in US history occurred March 1, 1910 at Wellington (western portal). 96 people killed.
Abandoned tunnel under the Cascade Mountains on abandoned Great Northern Railway grade
Abandoned
Great South Bay Bridge (Suffolk County, New York)
Built 1951
Through truss bridge over Great South Bay on Robert Moses Causeway
Open to traffic
Greenville Bridge (Chicot County, Arkansas)
Built 2010
Cable-stayed bridge over Mississippi River on US 82
Opened August 4, 2010
Greenville-Lake Village Bridge (Chicot County, Arkansas)
Opened to traffic Sept. 17, 1940; Closed to all traffic August 4, 2010 ; Demolished 2011
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 82 between Greenville and Lake Village
No Longer Exists
Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge (Charles County, Maryland)
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1984
Through truss bridge over Potomac River on US 301
Open to traffic
Hell Gate Bridge (Queens County, New York)
Originally the world's longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge was opened in 1932
Steel through arch bridge over Hell Gate (East River)
Open to traffic
Henderson Bridge (Henderson County, Kentucky)
Built 1932 by the American Bridge Co. , replacing an earlier 1885 bridge
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River on CSX Railroad in Henderson
Open to traffic
Hernando DeSoto Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Built 1973
Two-span steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on I-40 at Memphis
Open to traffic
High Line Elevated Park (New York County, New York)
Opened 1934; Abandoned in 1980; Faced threats of demolition in the mid-1980s and again during the Guliani administration; Conversion into a park began in 2006; Section I opens in 2009; Section II opens in 2011
Park built on steel stringer bridges over city streets
Open to pedestrians only
Hood Canal Bridge (Kitsap County, Washington)
Built 1961, Sank 1979, Reopened 1982, East half replaced 2009
Pontoon bridge over Hood Canal on WA 104
Open to traffic
Hoosac Tunnel (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
Longest tunnel built at its time, 194 killed during construction, most important piece of railroad history.
Tunnel under Hoosac Mountains on Western Railroad
Open with daily traffic
Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) (East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1940
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 190 in Baton Rouge
Open to traffic
Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish) (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana)
Opened to traffic December 16, 1935
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 90 in Jefferson
Open to traffic
I-680 Bridge (old) (Contra Costa County, California)
Built 1962; rehabilitated 1991
Deck truss bridge over Sacramento River and railroad tracks on I-680 S in Benicia and Martinez
Open to traffic
IA14 Red Rock Bridge (Marion County, Iowa)
Built 1965
Girder bridge over Des Moines River & Res. on IA 14
Open to traffic
IC Tunnel #2 (Pope County, Illinois)
Built 1927
Tunnel on CN (formerly IC) Railroad near Abbot
Open to traffic
Illinois River I-39 Bridge (La Salle County, Illinois)
Built 1987
Steel through arch bridge over the Illinois River on I-39/US 51 near La Salle in Oglesby
Open to four lanes of traffic
International Bridge (Chippewa County, Michigan)
Built 1963
Cantilevered arch bridge over St. Mary River on I-75 at Sault Ste. Marie
Open to traffic
Intracoastal Canal Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2005
Bascule bridge over Intracoastal Canal on LA 319
Open to traffic
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Grace bridge built in 1928
Lost cantilevered truss bridge over the Cooper River on US 17
Replaced by Arthur J Ravenel Bridge in 2005
Julien Dubuque Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1943; rehabilitated 1992
Steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on US 20 at Dubuque
Open to traffic
L&N Railroad Viaduct (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built 1936-37
Girder bridge over city of louisville on CSX (formerly L&N Railroad)
Open to traffic
LA Hwy 47/Paris Road Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1967
Steel through arch bridge over Gulf Intercoastal Waterway on LA Highway 47 (Paris Road)
Open to traffic
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
First bridge built 1956
Pair of prestressed concrete bridges over Lake Pontchartrain with a length of nearly 24 miles
Open to two lanes of toll southbound traffic and two lanes of free northbound traffic
Lavaca Bay Causeway (1931-1961) (Calhoun County, Texas)
Initially built in 1931, the bridge was damaged in 1942 and 1945 by hurricanes, repaired, but effectively destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Lavaca Bay on State Highway 35
Destroyed by storm
Lewis & Clark Bridge (Cowlitz County, Washington)
Built 1929; rehabilitated 2003
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Columbia River on WA 433 at Longview
Open to traffic
Lucin Cutoff Trestle (Box Elder County, Utah)
Built 1904 for the Southern Pacific Railroad, supplanted by an earthen causeway in 1959, closed to traffic in 1993
Lost Timber stringer over Great Salt Lake on Southern Pacific Railroad
Replaced by earthen causeway
MacArthur Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1907-1917 by the City of St. Louis to break the monopoly of the Terminal Railroad Association, which controlled the two other bridges at St. Louis and charged unreasonable tolls. Automobile deck closed to traffic in 1981.
Three-span through truss bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis, south of the Poplar Street Bridge
Open to railroad traffic only
Mackinac Bridge (Emmet County, Michigan)
Opened Nov. 1, 1957
Suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac on I-75 at Mackinaw City
Open to traffic
Maestri Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1928
Bascule bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on US 11 in New Orleans
Open to traffic
Manhattan Bridge (New York County, New York)
Opened to traffic December 31, 1909
Suspension bridge over East River in New York City
Open to seven lanes of highway traffic and four subway tracks
Mathews Bridge (Duval County, Florida)
Built 1953
Cantilever Through truss bridge over St. Johns River on FL 10A in Jacksonville
Open to traffic
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
Metropolis Bridge (Massac County, Illinois)
Built 1917 by the American Bridge Co. under the direction of engineers C. H. Cartlidge and Ralph Modjeski
Six-span through truss bridge over the Ohio River on the Canadian National Railway at Metropolis
Open to railroad traffic
MILW Snoqualmie Tunnel (King County, Washington)
Built 1914 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific Railroad. Rehabilitated 2011
Tunnel on Pedestrian trail under Snoqualmie Pass
Open to pedestrians
Moffat Tunnel (Grand County, Colorado)
Built 1923-1928
Tunnel under Continental Divide west of Denver on Union Pacific RR
Open to railroad traffic, including Amtrak's California Zephyr
Morganza Floodway Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1945
Concrete tee beam bridge over Morganza Floodway on US-190
Open to traffic
Morrison Bluff Bridge (Logan County, Arkansas)
Built 1980. At 1.6 miles this is the longest bridge in Arkansas
Bridge over Arkansas River on AR 109 at Morrison Bluff
Open to traffic
New Chain of Rocks Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)
Built 1966
Bridge over Mississippi River on I 270
Open to traffic
Newark Bay Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1955
Steel through arch bridge over Newark Bay on the NJ Turnpike Extension (I-78) in Newark
Open to traffic
Newark Bay Lift Bridge (Union County, New Jersey)
Built 1926; site of Newark Bay Bridge Accident in 1948; damaged in ship collision 1966; railroad abandoned 1976; lift spans demolished 1980, approach spans demolished 1988
Lost vertical lift bridge over Newark Bay on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Removed
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (Orange County, New York)
Built 1963, rehabilitated 1984. Second span built 1980;
Through truss bridge over Grand Avenue, Hudson River on Rte I84
Open to traffic
Newport Bridge (Newport County, Rhode Island)
Built 1969
Suspension bridge over East Passage Narragansett Bay on RI 138 in Newport
Open to toll traffic
Norfolk Southern Railway Lake Pontchartrain Trestle (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Arguably the longest railroad bridge in the United States
Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on Norfolk Southern Railway (former Southern Railway)
Open to traffic
Old Chain of Rocks Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1927-1929; opened July 5, 1929, closed to traffic in 1968; reopened for pedestrians on June 5, 1999
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on Old US 66 just south of the modern I-270 bridge in St. Louis
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists
Old Galveston Causeway (Galveston County, Texas)
Built in 1912 as both an auto and rail crossing to Galveston Island. New road causeway built in 1939 replacing the highway crossing. Bascule span replaced in 2012 with a lift span
Modern lift bridge with concrete arch approach spans over Galveston Bay on BNSF Railway (and former highway)
Open to railroad traffic only
Old Gandy Bridge (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Built 1956
Steel stringer bridge over Tampa Bay on Old US 92 (Presently Friendship Trail)
Closed to pedestrian traffic but is slated to be reopened when bridge is rehabbed
Old Vicksburg Bridge (Warren County, Mississippi)
Built 1930
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River at Vicksburg just north of the I-20 bridge in Vicksburg
Closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but still used by the Kansas City Southern railroad
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View Exhibit mapAlaskan Way Viaduct (King County, Washington)Built 1952; rehabilitated 1957
Stringer bridge over City Streets & Railroad on WA 99
Open to traffic
Albemarle Sound Trestle (Chowan County, North Carolina)Built 1910 for the Suffolk and Carolina Railway, demolished ca. 1987
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Albemarle Sound on Norfolk Southern Railway
Removed
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel (Somerset County, Pennsylvania)Westbound tunnel completed 1940; eastound tunnel completed 1965
Tunnel on Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-70/I-76
Open to traffic
Ambassador Bridge (Wayne County, Michigan)Built 1927-1928; New Plaza 2008
Wire suspension bridge over Detroit River on US I-96 and Canada 3 in Windsor, Ontario Canada and Detroit
Open to traffic
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
Apalachicola River Bridge (Calhoun County, Florida)Built 1938; rehabilitated 1998
Through truss bridge over Apalachicola River on FL 20
Open to traffic
Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)Built 2005, replacing the John P Grace and Silas S Pearman bridges
Cable-stayed bridge over Cooper River on US 17
Open to traffic
Astoria-Megler Bridge (Clatsop County, Oregon)Built 1966
Continuous rigid-cantilever Warren through truss bridge over Columbia River on US 101 in Astoria
Open to traffic
Astoria-Megler Ferry (Clatsop County, Oregon)Established 1921, Acquired by Oregon Highway Department 1946, Eliminated 1966
Lost Ferry across Columbia River on U.S. 101
Replaced by the Astoria-Megler Bridge
Audubon Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)Built 2011
Cable-stayed bridge over Mississippi River on LA 10
Open to all traffic
B.N.S.F. - Cascade Tunnel (King County, Washington)Longest rail tunnnel in the US, finished in 1929 to bypass old tunnel, switchbacks, and 1.7% grade
Tunnel under Cascade Mountains on BNSF Railway (former Great Northern Railway)
Open to traffic
B.N.S.F. - Stampede Tunnel (Kittitas County, Washington)Tunnel opened in May of 1888, forced-air ventilation added later
Tunnel under the Cascade Mountains just south of Snoqualmie Pass on BNSF Railway (former Northern Pacific Railway)
Bay St Louis Bridge (Hancock County, Mississippi)Built in 2007 to replace an earlier structure destroyed by Hurricane Katrina
Concrete deck girder bridge over Bay of St Louis on US Hwy 90
Open to traffic
Bay St Louis Bridge (Hancock County, Mississippi)Built 1953; Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005
Lost Bridge over Bay St Louis on US-90
Replaced by a new bridge
Bayonne Bridge (Hudson County, New Jersey)Built 1931
Steel through arch bridge over Kill Van Kull between Bayonne and Staten Island
Toll bridge open to traffic
Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1926; rehabilitated 1984
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on I-676/US 30 in Philadelphia
Open to traffic
Berkshire Spur Bridge (Rensselaer County, New York)Built 1958; rehabilitated 1994
Through truss bridge over Hudson River on Berkshire Spur
Open to traffic
Big Bend Tunnel (Summers County, West Virginia)built from 1870-1872 by C&O RR to cut off Big Bend. Legend/tradition names this tunnel as scene of 'Steel Driving Man' John Henry's race with steam drill
Original tunnel built to bypass an 8 mile long bend in the Greenbrier River. Passes between Hilldale, and Talcott West Virginia.
Intact but closed to all traffic
Braga Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)Built 1965; rehabilitated 1989
Through truss bridge over Taunton River on I-195 in Fall River
Open to traffic
Bronx Whitestone Bridge (Bronx County, New York)Opened to traffic April 29, 1939
Suspension bridge over East River on I-678 in New York
Open to six lanes of traffic
Brooklyn Bridge (Kings County, New York)Opened to traffic May 24, 1883
Suspension bridge over East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York
Open to traffic
Brookport Bridge (Massac County, Illinois)Built 1929
Ten-span through truss bridge on US 45 over the Ohio River at Brookport
Open to two-lane traffic
Cairo Ohio River Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)Built 1937; rehabilitated 1979
Cantilevered through truss over the Ohio River on US 51/60 between Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky
Open to two-lane traffic
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)Built 1952
Through truss bridge over Calcasieu River on I-10 in Lake Charles
Open to traffic
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Triple Crossing Viaduct (Richmond, Virginia)Built by the C&O Railway in 1901 to link the former Richmond and Allegheny Railroad with C&O's Peninsula Subdivision to Newport News
Deck plate girder bridge over single track of CSX Transportation (mid level) and Norfolk Southern Railway (ground level) on double track of CSX Transportation (former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway) in Richmond
Open to traffic
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)Built 1951; rehabilitated 1988
Pair of suspension and cantilever truss bridges over Chesapeake Bay on US 50
Open to traffic
Chowan River Bridge (Bertie County, North Carolina)Built 1953
Lost swing truss bridge over Chowan River on US-17
Replaced by a new bridge
CNW Mississippi River Bridge (Winona) (Winona County, Minnesota)Built in 1871; Rebuilt in 1872 after the bridge collapsed; made redundant in 1971; Closed to traffic in 1977; main span removed in 1990
Lost through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Removed
Cochrane-Africatown Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)Built 1991; Named after the Cochrane Bridge, which it replaced, and the former Africatown Community it reached on the western shore
3-span cable-stayed suspension bridge over Mobile River on U.S. 90 and U.S. 98 Truck Route
Open to traffic
Columbia-Wrightsville Lincoln Highway Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)Built 1929; rehabilitated 1988
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Susquehanna River on PA 462 (Old Lincoln Highway) between Columbia and York Counties
Open to traffic
Commodore Barry Bridge (Gloucester County, New Jersey)Built 1974
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Delaware River on US 322
Open to traffic
Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)Built 1936, Rehabilitation 2008
Steel cantilevered through truss bridge over Coos Bay on US 101 in North Bend
Open to traffic
Corpus Christi Ship Channel Bridge (Nueces County, Texas)Built 1959; rehabilitated 1987
Through truss bridge over Corpus Christi Ship Channel on US 181 in Corpus Christi
Open to traffic
Courtney Campbell Causeway (Hillsborough County, Florida)Commissioned by Ben T. Davis, work began in 1927 and completed in 1934
Bridge over Old Tampa Bay on State Route 60
Open to traffic
CSX Sandy Ridge Tunnel (Dickenson County, Virginia)Built 1914 as part of the Elkhorn Extension, the last 35 miles of the railroad built between Elkhorn City, Kentucky and Spartanburg, South Carolina
Tunnel under Sandy Ridge (Tennessee Valley Divide) on CSX Railroad (formerly Clinchfield Railroad)
Tunnel is open to rail traffic, vented in two locations on Sandy Ridge
CSX Susquehanna River Bridge (Harford County, Maryland)Built 1907
Through and deck truss bridge over Susquehanna on railroad
Open to traffic
Dames Point Bridge (Duval County, Florida)Built 1989
Cable-stayed bridge over St. Johns River on FL 9A in Jacksonville
Open to traffic
Delaware River Memorial Bridge (New Castle County, Delaware)Built 1951; rehabilitated 1970
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on I 295 N & Us 40 E
Open to traffic
Dumbarton Railroad Bridge (Alameda County, California)Built 1910, last used 1982.
Abandoned baltimore through truss bridge over San Francisco Bay on Caltrain
Abandoned
East River Mountain Tunnel (Bland County, Virginia)Built 1974
Tunnel under East River Mountain on I-77
Open to traffic
Elysian Street Viaduct (Harris County, Texas)Built 1954
Steel stringer bridge over Buffalo Bayou on Elysian Street
Open to traffic
Escambia River Interstate Bridge (Santa Rosa County, Florida)Built 2006
Concrete deck girder bridge over Escambia River Bay on Interstate 10
Open to traffic
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (King County, Washington)Built 1963
Pontoon bridge over Lake Washington on SR 520
Open to traffic
First Cairo Railroad Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)Built 1889 under engineer George S. Morison; replaced 1949-52
Lost through and deck truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Illinois Central Railroad in Cairo
Replaced by the current bridge, reusing many of the piers in the process
First Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Pierce County, Washington)Built 1940, collapsed on November 7, 1940
Lost suspension bridge over Tacoma Narrows on Primary State Highway 14-A in Tacoma
Collapsed
Fred Hartman Bridge (Harris County, Texas)Built 1995
Pair of cable-stayed bridges over Houston Ship Channel on TX 146 in Houston
Open to traffic
General W.K. Wilson, Jr. Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)Built 1978
Through arch bridge over Mobile River on I-65
Open to traffic
George C. Platt Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1949; rehabilitated 1984
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Schuylkill River on PA 291 (Penrose Avenue) in Philadelphia
Open to traffic
George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)Built 1929 by the American Bridge Co.; tolls removed 1946; rehabilitated 1958
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 31 between Louisville and Jeffersonville
Open to traffic
Gold Star Memorial Bridge (New London County, Connecticut)Built 1943; twin span built 1973
Pair of deck truss bridges over Thames River on I-95/US 1 in New London
Open to traffic
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco County, California)Built 1937
Suspension bridge over San Francisco Bay on US 101 at San Francisco
Open to traffic
Great Northern Railway Old Cascade Tunnel (King County, Washington)The Original Cascade Tunnel was finished in 1900 and was built to replace a series of 8 switchbacks used to get over the mountains. Deadliest avalanche in US history occurred March 1, 1910 at Wellington (western portal). 96 people killed.
Abandoned tunnel under the Cascade Mountains on abandoned Great Northern Railway grade
Abandoned
Great South Bay Bridge (Suffolk County, New York)Built 1951
Through truss bridge over Great South Bay on Robert Moses Causeway
Open to traffic
Greenville Bridge (Chicot County, Arkansas)Built 2010
Cable-stayed bridge over Mississippi River on US 82
Opened August 4, 2010
Greenville-Lake Village Bridge (Chicot County, Arkansas)Opened to traffic Sept. 17, 1940; Closed to all traffic August 4, 2010 ; Demolished 2011
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 82 between Greenville and Lake Village
No Longer Exists
Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge (Charles County, Maryland)Built 1939; rehabilitated 1984
Through truss bridge over Potomac River on US 301
Open to traffic
Hell Gate Bridge (Queens County, New York)Originally the world's longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge was opened in 1932
Steel through arch bridge over Hell Gate (East River)
Open to traffic
Henderson Bridge (Henderson County, Kentucky)Built 1932 by the American Bridge Co. , replacing an earlier 1885 bridge
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River on CSX Railroad in Henderson
Open to traffic
Hernando DeSoto Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)Built 1973
Two-span steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on I-40 at Memphis
Open to traffic
High Line Elevated Park (New York County, New York)Opened 1934; Abandoned in 1980; Faced threats of demolition in the mid-1980s and again during the Guliani administration; Conversion into a park began in 2006; Section I opens in 2009; Section II opens in 2011
Park built on steel stringer bridges over city streets
Open to pedestrians only
Hood Canal Bridge (Kitsap County, Washington)Built 1961, Sank 1979, Reopened 1982, East half replaced 2009
Pontoon bridge over Hood Canal on WA 104
Open to traffic
Hoosac Tunnel (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)Longest tunnel built at its time, 194 killed during construction, most important piece of railroad history.
Tunnel under Hoosac Mountains on Western Railroad
Open with daily traffic
Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) (East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)Built 1940
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 190 in Baton Rouge
Open to traffic
Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish) (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana)Opened to traffic December 16, 1935
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 90 in Jefferson
Open to traffic
I-680 Bridge (old) (Contra Costa County, California)Built 1962; rehabilitated 1991
Deck truss bridge over Sacramento River and railroad tracks on I-680 S in Benicia and Martinez
Open to traffic
IA14 Red Rock Bridge (Marion County, Iowa)Built 1965
Girder bridge over Des Moines River & Res. on IA 14
Open to traffic
IC Tunnel #2 (Pope County, Illinois)Built 1927
Tunnel on CN (formerly IC) Railroad near Abbot
Open to traffic
Illinois River I-39 Bridge (La Salle County, Illinois)Built 1987
Steel through arch bridge over the Illinois River on I-39/US 51 near La Salle in Oglesby
Open to four lanes of traffic
International Bridge (Chippewa County, Michigan)Built 1963
Cantilevered arch bridge over St. Mary River on I-75 at Sault Ste. Marie
Open to traffic
Intracoastal Canal Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)Built 2005
Bascule bridge over Intracoastal Canal on LA 319
Open to traffic
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)Grace bridge built in 1928
Lost cantilevered truss bridge over the Cooper River on US 17
Replaced by Arthur J Ravenel Bridge in 2005
Julien Dubuque Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)Built 1943; rehabilitated 1992
Steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on US 20 at Dubuque
Open to traffic
L&N Railroad Viaduct (Jefferson County, Kentucky)Built 1936-37
Girder bridge over city of louisville on CSX (formerly L&N Railroad)
Open to traffic
LA Hwy 47/Paris Road Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)Built 1967
Steel through arch bridge over Gulf Intercoastal Waterway on LA Highway 47 (Paris Road)
Open to traffic
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)First bridge built 1956
Pair of prestressed concrete bridges over Lake Pontchartrain with a length of nearly 24 miles
Open to two lanes of toll southbound traffic and two lanes of free northbound traffic
Lavaca Bay Causeway (1931-1961) (Calhoun County, Texas)Initially built in 1931, the bridge was damaged in 1942 and 1945 by hurricanes, repaired, but effectively destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Lavaca Bay on State Highway 35
Destroyed by storm
Lewis & Clark Bridge (Cowlitz County, Washington)Built 1929; rehabilitated 2003
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Columbia River on WA 433 at Longview
Open to traffic
Lucin Cutoff Trestle (Box Elder County, Utah)Built 1904 for the Southern Pacific Railroad, supplanted by an earthen causeway in 1959, closed to traffic in 1993
Lost Timber stringer over Great Salt Lake on Southern Pacific Railroad
Replaced by earthen causeway
MacArthur Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)Built 1907-1917 by the City of St. Louis to break the monopoly of the Terminal Railroad Association, which controlled the two other bridges at St. Louis and charged unreasonable tolls. Automobile deck closed to traffic in 1981.
Three-span through truss bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis, south of the Poplar Street Bridge
Open to railroad traffic only
Mackinac Bridge (Emmet County, Michigan)Opened Nov. 1, 1957
Suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac on I-75 at Mackinaw City
Open to traffic
Maestri Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)Built 1928
Bascule bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on US 11 in New Orleans
Open to traffic
Manhattan Bridge (New York County, New York)Opened to traffic December 31, 1909
Suspension bridge over East River in New York City
Open to seven lanes of highway traffic and four subway tracks
Mathews Bridge (Duval County, Florida)Built 1953
Cantilever Through truss bridge over St. Johns River on FL 10A in Jacksonville
Open to traffic
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
Metropolis Bridge (Massac County, Illinois)Built 1917 by the American Bridge Co. under the direction of engineers C. H. Cartlidge and Ralph Modjeski
Six-span through truss bridge over the Ohio River on the Canadian National Railway at Metropolis
Open to railroad traffic
MILW Snoqualmie Tunnel (King County, Washington)Built 1914 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific Railroad. Rehabilitated 2011
Tunnel on Pedestrian trail under Snoqualmie Pass
Open to pedestrians
Moffat Tunnel (Grand County, Colorado)Built 1923-1928
Tunnel under Continental Divide west of Denver on Union Pacific RR
Open to railroad traffic, including Amtrak's California Zephyr
Morganza Floodway Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)Built 1945
Concrete tee beam bridge over Morganza Floodway on US-190
Open to traffic
Morrison Bluff Bridge (Logan County, Arkansas)Built 1980. At 1.6 miles this is the longest bridge in Arkansas
Bridge over Arkansas River on AR 109 at Morrison Bluff
Open to traffic
New Chain of Rocks Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)Built 1966
Bridge over Mississippi River on I 270
Open to traffic
Newark Bay Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)Built 1955
Steel through arch bridge over Newark Bay on the NJ Turnpike Extension (I-78) in Newark
Open to traffic
Newark Bay Lift Bridge (Union County, New Jersey)Built 1926; site of Newark Bay Bridge Accident in 1948; damaged in ship collision 1966; railroad abandoned 1976; lift spans demolished 1980, approach spans demolished 1988
Lost vertical lift bridge over Newark Bay on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Removed
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (Orange County, New York)Built 1963, rehabilitated 1984. Second span built 1980;
Through truss bridge over Grand Avenue, Hudson River on Rte I84
Open to traffic
Newport Bridge (Newport County, Rhode Island)Built 1969
Suspension bridge over East Passage Narragansett Bay on RI 138 in Newport
Open to toll traffic
Norfolk Southern Railway Lake Pontchartrain Trestle (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)Arguably the longest railroad bridge in the United States
Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on Norfolk Southern Railway (former Southern Railway)
Open to traffic
Old Chain of Rocks Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)Built 1927-1929; opened July 5, 1929, closed to traffic in 1968; reopened for pedestrians on June 5, 1999
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on Old US 66 just south of the modern I-270 bridge in St. Louis
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists
Old Galveston Causeway (Galveston County, Texas)Built in 1912 as both an auto and rail crossing to Galveston Island. New road causeway built in 1939 replacing the highway crossing. Bascule span replaced in 2012 with a lift span
Modern lift bridge with concrete arch approach spans over Galveston Bay on BNSF Railway (and former highway)
Open to railroad traffic only
Old Gandy Bridge (Hillsborough County, Florida)Built 1956
Steel stringer bridge over Tampa Bay on Old US 92 (Presently Friendship Trail)
Closed to pedestrian traffic but is slated to be reopened when bridge is rehabbed
Old Vicksburg Bridge (Warren County, Mississippi)Built 1930
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River at Vicksburg just north of the I-20 bridge in Vicksburg
Closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but still used by the Kansas City Southern railroad
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