Historic Bridges of the U.S.

Amadei Road Bridge (Cambria County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1915
Concrete through girder bridge over North Branch Blacklick Creek on TR 509
Open to traffic

Ames Creek Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1912
Concrete girder bridge over Ames Creek on 300th Street
Open to traffic

B&O Overpass (St. Clair County, Illinois)
Built 1976, replacing an earlier railroad overpass.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Scott-Troy Road on B&O Rr
Open to traffic

Big Bonne Femme Katy Trail Bridge (Boone County, Missouri)
Pony plate girder bridge over Big Bonne Femme Creek on the Katy Trail
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Black Rock Railroad Bridge (Lawrence County, Arkansas)
Pony plate-girder bridge with a center swing span over Black River at Black Rock
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Cut-Off overpass (Jackson County, Missouri)
Abandoned 1980 with the bankruptcy of the Rock Island Railroad
Abandoned pony plate girder bridge over Blue Ridge Cut-Off on the Rock Island Railroad in Kansas City
Railroad line abandoned

Blue River US 24 Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1977
Plate grider bridge over Blue River on US 24 in Kansas City
Open to traffic

Bridal Veil Creek Bridge (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Built 1914
Girder bridge over Bridal Veil Creek on Historical Columbia River Highway (HWY 100) in Bridal Veil
Open to traffic

Brorein Street Bridge (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Built 1959
Bascule bridge over Hillsborough River on Brorein Street in Tampa
Open to traffic

Bryants Creek MO 79 Bridge (Pike County, Missouri)
Built 1935
Pony plate girder bridge over Bryants Creek on MO 79
Open to two-lane traffic

Busch Creek Old MO 100 Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1955
Plate girder bridge over Busch Creek on Old MO 100 at Washington
Open to traffic

Cache Channel Illinois Central Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Abandoned pony plate-girder bridge over the Cache River Diversion Channel next to IL 3
Still standing, but rails removed

Cache Channel Missouri Pacific Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Lost pony plate-girder bridge over the Cache River Diversion Channel on the Missouri Pacific Thebes-Cairo railroad line
Several concrete piers remain

Cane Creek MO 158 Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built 1937
Pony plate-girder bridge over Cane Creek on MO 158 at Harviell
Open to one-lane traffic

Capital City Trail Yahara Crossing (Dane County, Wisconsin)
Built 1904; Coverted in Rails-toTrails program ca. 2000
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Yahara River on Former Railroad Right-of-way, now a major bike trail in Madison
Open to pedestrians

Capital City Trail Yahara Crossing Two (Dane County, Wisconsin)
Converted Rails-to-trail
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Yahara River on Branch of the Capital City Trail in Madison
Open to pedestrians

Cass Street Bridge (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Built 1926; rehabilitated 1949
Bascule bridge over Hillsborough River on Cass Street in Tampa
Open to traffic

City Lake Road Bridge (Madison County, Missouri)
Built 1948
Plate girder bridge over Village Creek on City Lake Road in Fredericktown
Open to traffic

Clear Creek Bridge (Atchison County, Kansas)
Concrete through girder bridge over Clear Creek on Decatur Road
Open to traffic

Cole Camp Creek NE 301 Bridge (Benton County, Missouri)
Originally built by the Sedalia, Warsaw and Southwestern Railroad
Pony plate girder bridge over Cole Camp Creek on County Road NE 301
Open to one-lane traffic

Court Creek Bridge (Knox County, Illinois)
Built 1928
Concrete girder bridge over Court Creek on TR 116, 1 mi. east of Galesburg
Open to traffic

Cow Creek Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1954
Pony/through girder bridge over Cow Creek on CR 39
Open to traffic

Cumberland Road Bridge (Cumberland County, Illinois)
Built 1920
Concrete girder bridge over Embarras R Overflow on Sbi 11 A
Open to traffic

Deer Creek overflow Bridge (Cass County, Indiana)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Deer Creek overflow on CR 100E
Closed to all traffic

Eastwood Street Viaduct (Saline County, Missouri)
Built 1922; closed April 2005
Concrete girder bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad on Eastwood Street (Old MO 240) in Marshall
Closed to all traffic

Ferguson Railroad Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Pony plate girder railroad bridge over S. Florissant Road (Route N) in Ferguson
Open to traffic above and below

Fisk Railroad Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
The first railroad bridge at Fisk was a through truss with a center pivot span to allow boats to travel up St. Francis River. At some point this bridge was replaced with a pony plate girder span.
Pony plate girder railroad bridge over St. Francis River at Fisk
Open to railroad traffic

Frisco Railway Underpass (Okmulgee County, Oklahoma)
Built 1937
Plate girder bridge over Old Hwy. 75 on S.L. & S.F. R.R.
Open to traffic

Frog Bayou Railroad Bridge (Crawford County, Arkansas)
Pony plate girder and wooden trestle bridge over Frog Bayou and AR 282 south of Mountainburg
Open to railroad traffic above and road traffic below

Gay Creek Bridge (Iroquois County, Illinois)
Built ca. 1920
Concrete girder bridge over Gay Creek on CH 20
Open to traffic

Georgetown Loop Plate Girder Bridge (Clear Creek County, Colorado)
Pony plate girder bridge over Clear Creek on the Georgetown Loop Railroad
Open to traffic

Grocery Branch Katy Trail Bridge (Boone County, Missouri)
Pony plate girder with timber trestle approach over Grocery Branch on the Katy Trail near the end of Route O
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Guinns Creek MO 79 Bridge (Pike County, Missouri)
Built 1935
Pony plate girder bridge over Guinns Creek on MO 79
Open to traffic

Harviell Railroad Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Pony plate girder bridge over Cane Creek on the Union Pacific Railroad, just north of Harviell
Open to railroad traffic on two tracks

Hinkson Creek Old Route K Bridge (Boone County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1950; made obsolete by new bridge in 1968
Pony plate girder bridge over Hinkson Creek on Old Route K just off MO 163 in Columbia
Open to traffic

Honey Creek Bridge (Marshall County, Iowa)
Built 1915
Plate girder bridge over Honey Creek on a local road
Open to traffic

Honey Creek Bridge (Macoupin County, Illinois)
Built 1920
Concrete bridge over Honey Creek on Old IL 4 (at one time US 66) between Carlinville and Gillespie, 5.8 mi. south of Carlinville
Open to traffic

Ingham Bridge (Jersey County, Illinois)
Built 1926; replaced 2007
Concrete bridge over Piasa Creek on Gotter Road (TR 137), 0.8 mi. west of Brighton
Replaced by new bridge

Iowa Falls Junction Bridge (Hardin County, Iowa)
Pony plate girder bridge over Iowa Hwy 65 on Chicago, Central & Pacific rail line in Iowa Falls
Open to traffic

Island Park Railroad Bridge (Lyon County, Iowa)
Abandoned plate girder railroad bridge over Rock River at Island Park in Rock Rapids
Railroad line discontinued, but bridge still in decent condition

Kaskaskia River Railroad Bridge (Clinton County, Illinois)
Located just north of IL 161, open to railroad traffic.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Kaskaskia River on Southern Railroad
Open to traffic

Kemper Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Concrete and stone bridge on Bellefontaine Road at the intersection with Kemper Place in Spanish Lake
Open to traffic

Kemper Road Bridge (Jersey County, Illinois)
Built 1926
Concrete bridge over a branch of Macoupin Creek on Kemper Road (CH 3), 1.2 mi. north of Fidelity
Open to traffic

Keyesport Causeway (Clinton County, Illinois)
Built in the mid to late 1950s when Carlyle Lake was constructed
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Kaskaskia River (Carlyle Lake) on BNSF Railroad in Keyesport
Used by railroad traffic

Kingdom City I-70 Railroad Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1963
Plate girder bridge over I-70 on the former GM&O Railroad at Kingdom City
Rail line is intact, but apparently unused

Kinneman Lake Road Bridge (Massac County, Illinois)
Concrete bridge over an unnamed creek on Kinneman Lake Road, .5 mi. north of Ohio River
Open to one-lane traffic

Koch Creek Katy Trail Bridge (Warren County, Missouri)
Pony plate girder bridge over Koch Creek on the Katy Trail, just west of Treloar
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Larson Road Bridge (Orange County, New York)
Built 1930 by the American Bridge Co.
Pony plate girder bridge over Shawangunk Kill on Larson Road, northeast of Bloomingburgh
Open to traffic

Leeville Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1970
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 1 at Leeville
Open to traffic

Lenox Railroad Bridge (Dyer County, Tennessee)
Pony plate girder bridge over Obion River on the Tennken Railroad, north of Lenox
Open to railroad traffic

Lincoln Highway Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1930
Two-span pony plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 235th Street (former Lincoln Highway)
Open to one-lane traffic

Main Street Railroad Bridge (Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri)
Built 1901
Pony plate girder and wood trestle bridge over S. Main Street and South Fork Gabouri Creek in Ste. Genevieve
Open to railroad traffic

Manatee River Railroad Bridge (Manatee County, Florida)
Bascule plate girder bridge over Manatee River on the CSX Railroad between Palmetto and Bradenton
Open to traffic

Martinton Ditch No. 3 Bridge (Iroquois County, Illinois)
Built 1929
Concrete girder bridge over Martinton Ditch No. 3 on TR 55B, 1.25 mi. east of Martinton
Open to traffic

McKee Street Bridge (Harris County, Texas)
Built 1932
Concrete girder bridge over Buffalo Bayou on McKee Street in Houston
Open to traffic

Mill Street Bridge (Columbia County, Wisconsin)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on Mill Street in Lodi
Open to traffic

Model Ditch Bridge (Las Animas County, Colorado)
Built 1945
Concrete girder bridge over Model Ditch on CR 79.0
Open to traffic

Moniteau Creek Katy Trail Bridge (Howard County, Missouri)
Built during the 1940's after a train derailment destroyed the original Parker through truss bridge
Pony plate girder railroad bridge over Moniteau Creek on the Katy Trail just outside of Rocheport
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

N. 45th Street Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1952
Pony plate girder bridge over Menomonee River on N 45th Street in Milwaukee
Open to traffic

Niemans Creek Katy Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1926 by the American Bridge Co.
Pony plate girder bridge over Niemans Creek on the Katy Trail (former MKT Railroad)
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Norfolk Southern French Broad Bridge #6 (Cocke County, Tennessee)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over French Broad River (Douglass Lake) on Norfolk Southern Railroad--Bridge is Number 6 because it is the 6th French Broad River bridge on the railroad from Asheville to Knoxville
Open to traffic

Nut Junction Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built 1938
Pony plate girder bridge over the Castor River Diversion Channel on Route N just east of the intersection with Route U and Route T
Open to two-lane traffic with no posted weight limit

Old US 36 Viaduct (Doniphan County, Kansas)
Concrete through girder bridge over Abandoned Railroad Grade on Old U.S. 36
Open to traffic

Olinda Creek Bridge (Shasta County, California)
Abandoned concrete pony/through girder bridge over Former Olinda Creek Streambed on Old Olinda Road Alignment in Anderson
Abandoned

Otter Creek Bridge (Fayette County, Iowa)
Built 1917
Concrete girder bridge over Otter Creek on 40th Street
Open to traffic

Otterville Railroad Bridge (Cooper County, Missouri)
Built 1938
Two-span pony plate girder railroad bridge over Lamine River, parallel with Route A
Open to railroad traffic

Pequea Creek Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1927
Concrete through girder bridge over Pequea Creek on PA 2030
Open to traffic

Pickneyville Railroad Overpass #1 (Perry County, Illinois)
Built 1938
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Ill 13-154 on Icg Rr in Pinckneyville
Open to railroad traffic above and vehicle traffic below

Pickneyville Railroad Overpass #2 (Perry County, Illinois)
Built 1940
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Ill 13-127 on Icg Rr in Pinckneyville
Open to traffic

Platt Street Bridge (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Built 1926
Bascule bridge over Hillsborough River on Platt Street in Tampa
Open to traffic

Plum Creek Bridge (Miami County, Kansas)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Plum Creek in Osawatomie
Open to traffic

River Street Bridge (Floyd County, Iowa)
Built 1912
Plate girder bridge over an unnamed creek on River Street in Marble Rock
Open to traffic

Robbins Ditch Railroad Bridge (Starke County, Indiana)
Pony plate girder bridge over Robbins Ditch on CSX Railroad
One span open to railroad traffic, one span abandoned

Saugus River Railroad Bridge (Essex County, Massachusetts)
Built 1911
Plate girder bascule bridge over Saugus River on the MBTA Railroad
Unknown status

Seaford Bridge (Sussex County, Delaware)
Built 1925 by the Chicago Bascule Bridge Co.
Bascule bridge over Nanticoke River on Front Street in Seaford
Open to traffic

Sedgewickville Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Built 1936
Three-span pony plate-girder bridge over Whitewater River on Route K north of Sedgewickville
Open to two-lane traffic

Short Road Bridge No. 1 (Morgan County, Missouri)
Built 1920
Concrete girder bridge over Straight Fork on Short Road (Old MO 5)
Open to traffic

Spoil Bank Railroad Bridge (Stoddard County, Missouri)
Built 1935; west approach reconstructed 1975
Two-span pony plate girder bridge over the Spoil Bank drainage ditch on the Union Pacific Railroad, west of Morehouse
Open to traffic

Spring Road Bridge (Grundy County, Illinois)
Built 1910
Three-span concrete girder bridge over Mazon River on Spring Road (TR 105), .3 mi. east of Campbell Rd
Open to one-lane traffic

Stoe Creek Bridge (Fayette County, Iowa)
Built 1914
Concrete girder bridge over Stoe Creek on V Avenue
Open to traffic

Telephone Creek Bridge (Shasta County, California)
Abandoned concrete pony/through girder bridge over Telephone Creek on Old Olinda Road Alignment in Anderson
Abandoned

Turner Station Railroad Bridge (Greene County, Missouri)
Pony plate girder railroad bridge over James River just south of the Turner Station Bridge near Route D
Open(?) to railroad traffic

Unnamed Creek Bridge (Washington County, Oklahoma)
Built 1917; rehabilitated 1997
Plate girder bridge over an unnamed creek on N4010
Open to traffic

UPRR Bridge over the Santa Clara River (Los Angeles County, California)
Bridge over Santa Clara River on Union Pacific Railroad & Metrolink Tracks
Open to railroad traffic

Vienna City Park Bridge (Johnson County, Illinois)
Built 1906 by the King Bridge Co.
Pony plate girder bridge on the Tunnel Hill State Trail (originally Cairo and Vincennes Railroad) over Little Cache Creek at Vienna City Park in Vienna
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only

Wanda Railroad Viaduct (Madison County, Illinois)
Open to railroad traffic above and vehicle traffic below.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Old Alton-Edwardsville Road, MCT Watershed Trail on Conrail Railroad in Roxana
Open to traffic

Wapsipinicon (Overflow) River Lincoln Highway Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1930
Pony plate girder bridge over a branch of Wapsipinicon River on 235th Street (former Lincoln Highway)
Open to one-lane traffic

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1939
Plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Matsell Park Road
Open to traffic

Watershed Trail Viaduct (Madison County, Illinois)
former railroad line abandoned in 1990s, reopened 2003 as a bike trail
Pony/through plate girder bridge over UP Railroad on MCT Watershed Trail
Open to pedestrians

West Fork of Twelvepole Creek Bridge (Wayne County, West Virginia)
Built 1907
Plate girder bridge over West Fork of Twelvepole Creek on Old N&W Railroad (CR 52/55)
Open to traffic

Willow Springs Viaduct (Howell County, Missouri)
Built 1939
Plate girder bridge over the BNSF Railroad yard on MO 137 in Willow Springs
Open to two-lane traffic

Worden Missouri Pacific Viaduct (Madison County, Illinois)
Built 1903, still in use
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on Missouri Pacific Railroad
used by railraod traffic

Through girder