Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Span length 500-1000 feet

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12th Street Bridge (Boyd County, Kentucky)
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1986
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge (riveted) over Ohio River on U.S. 23 Spur (12th Street) in Ashland
Open to traffic, two lanes, one way southbound

13th Street Bridge (Boyd County, Kentucky)
Built 1985
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Ohio River on U.S. 23 Spur (13th Street) in Ashland
Open to traffic, two lanes, one way northbound

Agate Passage Bridge (Kitsap County, Washington)
Built 1950
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Agate Passage on WA 305 in Suquamish
Open to traffic

Allegheny River I-76 Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1952; rehabilitated 1987
Deck truss bridge over Allegheny River on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) in Plum
Open to traffic

Ambridge-Woodlawn Bridge (Beaver County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1927 by the American Bridge Co.
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Ohio River on 11th Street in Ambridge
Open to traffic

AMVETS Memorial Bridge (Westchester County, New York)
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1989
Steel through arch bridge over New Croton Reservoir on Taconic State Parkway
Open to traffic

Anthony Wayne Bridge (Lucas County, Ohio)
Built 1931 by the McClintic-Marshall Co.; rehabilitated 1961
Suspension bridge over Maumee River on OH 2 in Toledo
Open to traffic

Arrigoni Bridge (Middlesex County, Connecticut)
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1994
Steel through arch bridge over Connecticut River on CT 66 in Middletown
Open to traffic

Atchafalaya River US 190 Bridge (St. Landry Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1973 and 1988
Pair of through truss bridges over Atchafalaya River on US 190 at Krotz Springs
Open to traffic

Atchafalaya River US 90 Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1975
Through truss bridge over Atchafalaya River on US 90 between Berwick and Morgan City
Open to traffic

Auburn-Forest Hill Bridge (Placer County, California)
Built 1972
Deck truss bridge over North Fork American River on Auburn-Forest Hill Road in North Auburn
Open to traffic

B.N.S.F. - Willamette River Bridge (Multnomah County, Oregon)
1908 Built with swing span, 1989 Vertical lift replaces swing span
Vertical lift bridge over Willamette River on BNSF Railway Line in Portland
Open to traffic

Barnhart Island Road Bridge (St. Lawrence County, New York)
Built 1956; rehabilitated 1997
Through truss bridge over South Channel St. Lawrence River on Barnhart Island Road
Open to traffic

Beardstown Bridge (Cass County, Illinois)
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1985
Through truss bridge over the Illinois River on US 67/IL 100 at Beardstown
Open to two-lane traffic

Beaver Bridge (Beaver County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1910, replaced an earlier bridge built in 1890
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Ohio River
Open to railroad traffic

Berkshire Spur Bridge (Rensselaer County, New York)
Built 1958; rehabilitated 1994
Through truss bridge over Hudson River on Berkshire Spur
Open to traffic

Betsy Ross Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1973
Truss bridge on NJ 90 over Delaware River, Richmond Street, River Road, Hedley Street
Open to traffic

Big Four Railroad Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Originally built 1895 by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Big Four). Reconstructed 1929 using existing stone piers from the Prince Madoc Fort on Rose Island (Devil's Backbone) at junction of 14 Mile Creek. Abandoned 1969.
Abandoned six-span through truss railroad bridge over the Ohio River at Louisville
Awaiting rehabilitation to reopen as a pedestrian bridge

Big Mac Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Constructed started 1971; opened to limited traffic 1977; dedicated 1981; entire I-471 project completed 1985
Pair of tied-arch bridges over the Ohio River on I-471 in Cincinnati
Open to eight total lanes of traffic

Birmingham Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1976
Steel through arch bridge over Monongahela River in Pittsburgh
Open to traffic

Black Hawk Bridge (Allamakee County, Iowa)
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1955
Three-span cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on IA 9 at Lansing
Open to two-lane traffic

Blatnik Bridge (Douglas County, Wisconsin)
Built 1961; rehabilitated 1994
Steel through arch bridge over St. Louis Bay on I-535/US 53 between Duluth and Superior
Open to traffic

Blennerhassett Island Bridge (Washington County, Ohio)
Opened June 13, 2008
Network arch bridge over Ohio River at Blennerhassett Island on US 50
Open to traffic

Blue Bridge (Benton County, Washington)
Built 1954; rehabilitated 1986
Steel through arch bridge over Columbia River on US 395 in Kennewick
Open to traffic

Bluestone River Bridge (Mercer County, West Virginia)
Built 1954; rehabilitated 1983
Deck truss bridge over Bluestone River on I-77 S
Open to traffic

Bob Cummings Bridge (Perry County, Indiana)
Opened December 21, 1966
Steel through arch bridge over the Ohio River on IN 237 and KY 69 in Cannelton
Open to two-lane traffic

Bourne Bridge (Barnstable County, Massachusetts)
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1981
Steel through arch bridge over Cape Cod Canal on MA 28 in Bourne
Open to 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

Brandenburg Bridge (Meade County, Kentucky)
Built 1967; rehabilitated 1997
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River on KY 79/IN 135
Open to traffic

Brent Spence Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Built 1963
Double-decker cantilevered through truss bridge over the Ohio River on I-71/I-75 at Cincinnati
Open to traffic

Bridge of the Gods (Hood River County, Oregon)
Built 1926; Raised 1940
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Columbia River on Private Toll Br in Cascade Locks
Open to traffic

Broadway Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1990, tolls removed 1991
Steel through arch bridge over Missouri River on Broadway Blvd (US 169) in Kansas City
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

Brownsville High Level Bridge (Fayette County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1960; rehabilitated 2002
Deck truss bridge over Monongahela River on US 40 in Brownsville
Open to traffic

Burlington-Bristol Bridge (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1996
Vertical lift bridge over Delaware River on CR 413 in Burlington
Open to traffic

Burlington-Bristol Bridge (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1990
Vertical lift bridge over Delaware River on PA 413 in Bristol
Open to traffic

C&D Canal Bridge (Cecil County, Maryland)
Built 1948; rehabilitated 1978
Steel through arch bridge over C&D Canal on MD 213 in Chesapeake City
Open to traffic

Cairo I-57 Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Built 1978
Steel through arch bridge carrying I-57 over the Mississippi River at Cairo
Open to four lanes of traffic

Cairo Mississippi River Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Built 1929; tolls removed 1954; rehabilitated 1983 and 2005
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 60/62 between Birds Point, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois
Open to two-lane traffic with a weight limit

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

Calumet River I-90 Skyway Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1958
Through truss bridge over Calumet River on I-90 Skyway in Chicago
Open to traffic

Cape Girardeau Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Opened to traffic Sept. 3, 1928; replaced 2003
Lost continuous through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on MO 34/IL 146 at Cape Girardeau
Replaced by Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and closed to all traffic on December 13, 2003; main spans demolished on September 9, 2004

Caruthersville Bridge (Pemiscot County, Missouri)
Built 1976; rehabilitated 1987
Continuous through truss over the Mississippi River on I-155, southeast of Caruthersville
Open to four lanes of traffic

Centennial Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Completed July 12, 1940; tolls removed May 2, 2003; rehabilitated 1996
Steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on US 67 between Davenport and Rock Island
Open to traffic

Central Bridge (Campbell County, Kentucky)
Built 1891 by the King Bridge Co.; demolished using explosives in 1992
Lost through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 27
No longer exists

Central Ferry Bridge (Garfield County, Washington)
Built 1969
Steel through arch bridge over Snake River on WA 127
Open to traffic

Cesar Chavez (Macy) Street beneath Union Station (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1937
Closed spandrel Concrete arch bridge under Union Station on Cesar Chavez Street in Los Angeles
Open to traffic

Chester Bridge (Randolph County, Illinois)
Opened Aug. 23, 1942 as a toll bridge. Main span destroyed by severe thunderstorm July 29, 1944; reopened Aug. 24, 1946. Tolls removed Jan. 1, 1989.
Through and deck truss bridge over the Mississippi River on MO 51/IL 150 at Chester
Open to two-lane traffic

Clark Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)
Opened January 4, 1994, replacing the Alton Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River on US 67 at Alton
Open to four lanes of traffic

Clay Wade Bailey Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Built 1974
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 25/US 42/US 127 in Cincinnati
Open to traffic

Cochrane-Africatown Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
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

Cold Spring Canyon Bridge (Santa Barbara County, California)
Built 1963
Steel arch bridge over Cold Spring Canyon on CA 154
Open to traffic

Colorado River Bridge (Garfield County, Utah)
Built 1965
Steel through arch bridge over Colorado River on UT 95
Open to traffic

Colorado River Bridge (Coconino County, Arizona)
Built 1995
Steel arch bridge over Colorado River on Alternate US 89
Open to traffic

Columbia River Bridge (Umatilla County, Oregon)
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1990
Through truss bridge over Columbia River on Eastbound I-82 in Umatilla
Open to traffic

Columbia River Bridge (Benton County, Washington)
Built 1978
Cable-stayed bridge over Columbia River on WA 397 in Kennewick
Open to traffic

Columbia River Bridge (Okanogan County, Washington)
Built 1935
Through truss bridge over Columbia River on WA 155 in Coulee Dam
Open to traffic

Columbia River Bridge (Stevens County, Washington)
Built 1949
Through truss bridge over Columbia River on WA 25 in Northport
Open to traffic

Columbia River Interstate Bridge (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Northbound bridge built 1917; southbound bridge built 1958
Pair of vertical lift bridges over the Columbia River on I-5 between Vancouver and Portland in Portland
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

Confusion Hill Bypass Bridge South (Mendocino County, California)
Built 2009 to replace landside prone hillside and viaduct
Concrete curved chord through girder bridge over South Fork Eel River on Hwy 101
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

Cowlitz River Bridge (Lewis County, Washington)
Built 1968
Concrete arch bridge over Cowlitz River on US 12
Open to traffic

Cumberland River US 62 Bridge (Livingston County, Kentucky)
Built 1952
Through truss bridge over Cumberland River on US 62
Open to traffic

Daniel Boone Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
North/westbound bridge built 1936-37; south/eastbound built 1991
Pair of through truss bridges over the Missouri River on I-64/US 40/US 61 at Chesterfield
Open to traffic

Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1974, Approach Span Failure Repaired 2001
Pair of steel through arch bridges over Milwaukee River on I-794 in Milwaukee
Open to traffic

Deception Pass Bridge (Island County, Washington)
Built 1935
Deck truss bridge over Deception Pass on WA 20
Open to traffic

Detroit-Superior High Level Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1917; rehabilitated 1965 and 1997
Steel arch bridge over Cuyahoga River on US 6/20 in Cleveland
Open to traffic

Discovery Bridge (St. Charles County, Missouri)
Built 1992
Pair of through truss bridges over the Missouri River on MO 370 between St. Charles and Bridgeton
Open to traffic

Donora Monessen Bridge (Washington County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1972
Deck truss bridge over Monongahela River on PA 1077
Open to traffic

Donora Webster Bridge (Washington County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1906; rehabilitated 1938; closed July 14, 2009
Through truss bridge over Monongahela River on PA 1022 in Donora and Rostraver Twp
Closed due to structural problems

Eads Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1869-1874 under the direction of engineer James Buchanan Eads
Three-span steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis
Top deck open to four lanes of traffic with a pedestrian lane, bottom deck open to two tracks of MetroLink light rail service

Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge (Northampton County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1937; rehabilitated 1990
Through truss bridge over Delaware River on US 22 in Easton
Open to traffic

Evansville Bridge (Henderson County, Kentucky)
Northbound bridge built 1932; southbound built 1965
Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Ohio River on US 41. Rehabilitated 2008
Open to traffic

Falls of the Ohio Railroad Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built in 1867-70 for the Louisville & Nashville and the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
Through truss railroad bridge over the Ohio River at Louisville
Open to railroad 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 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 High Bridge (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Built 1877, New superstructure built around it in 1910-11. After the new bridge was built it was taken down about 1913.
Lost Deck truss bridge over Cincinnati Southern Railway

Flaming Gorge Reservoir Bridge (Daggett County, Utah)
Built 1962
Steel through arch bridge over Flaming Gorge Reservoir on UT 191
Open to traffic

Fort Henry Bridge (Ohio County, West Virginia)
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1990
Steel through arch bridge over Ohio River & City Street on Interstate 70
Open to traffic

Fort Madison Bridge (Lee County, Iowa)
Built 1927
Toll double-decker through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River on IA 2/IL 9/BNSF Railroad at Fort Madison
Open to traffic

Fort Pitt Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1959; rehabilitated 2002-03
Steel through arch bridge over Monongahela River on I-279 in Pittsburgh
Open to traffic

Fort Steuben Bridge (Jefferson County, Ohio)
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1972
Suspension bridge over the Ohio River on OH 822 between Steubenville and Weirton
Closed to all traffic

Frisco Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Completed May 12, 1892, under the direction of engineer George S. Morison
Cantilevered through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis
Open to railroad traffic

Fulton Bridge (Whiteside County, Illinois)
Built 1975
Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on IL 136/IA 136 between Fulton and Clinton
Open to traffic

Gateway Blvd. Bridge (Davidson County, Tennessee)
Built 2004
Steel through arch bridge over Cumberland River on Gateway Blvd. in downtown Nashville
Open to six lanes of 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; tolls removed 1946; rehabilitated 1958
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on US 31 at Louisville
Open to all traffic

Girard Point Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1973
Through truss bridge over Schuylkill River, Railroad, Roads on I-95, Double Deck
Open to traffic

Glenwood Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1966; rehabilitated 2000
Cantilevered deck truss bridge over Monongahela River on PA 885
Open to traffic

Glover Cary Bridge (Daviess County, Kentucky)
Opened Sept. 1940; made obsolete by a new bridge in 2002
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on IN 161 (formerly US 231) at downtown Owensboro
Open to two-lane 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

Grandad Bridge (Clearwater County, Idaho)
Built 1971
Deck truss bridge over North Fork Clearwater River on a county road
Open to traffic

Greenville-Lake Village Bridge (Chicot County, Arkansas)
Opened to traffic Sept. 17, 1940; Closed to all traffic August 4, 2010 to prepare for demolition
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 82 between Greenville and Lake Village
Closed to all traffic, pending demolition

Guy A West Bridge (Sacramento County, California)
Built 1968
Wire suspension bridge over American River on American River Bike Trail
Open to pedestrians

Hannibal I-72 Bridge (Marion County, Missouri)
Opened Sept. 16, 2000
Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on I-72/US 36 at Hannibal
Open to four lanes of traffic

Harahan Bridge (Shelby County, Tennessee)
Completed 1916 under the direction of engineer Ralph Modjeski
Cantilevered through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis
Open to railroad traffic on two tracks; road deck abandoned

Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge (Charles County, Maryland)
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1984
Through truss bridge over Potomac River on US 301
Open to traffic

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

Helena Bridge (Phillips County, Arkansas)
Built 1961; rehabilitated 1991
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 49 at Helena
Open to traffic

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