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Total length over 2500 feet

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New Harmony Bridge (Posey County, Indiana)
Built 1930, Ownership transferred to White County Bridge Commision in 1941.
Four-span through truss toll bridge over Wabash River on IL 14 at New Harmony, Indiana
Closed to traffic May 21, 2012

New Kate Shelley High Bridge (Boone County, Iowa)
Built 2007-09 to replace parallel deck truss bridge
Concrete Beam and Deck Plate Girder over Des Moines River on Union Pacific Railroad west of Boone
Open to traffic

New River Gorge Bridge (Fayette County, West Virginia)
Opened on October 22, 1977
Massive steel arch bridge over New River on US 19 east of Fayette
Open to traffic

New Williamstown Bridge (Wood County, West Virginia)
Built 1992
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on WV 31/OH 60 at Williamstown, West Virginia
Open to traffic

New Youngs Bay Bridge (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Built 1964
Vertical lift bridge over Youngs Bay on US 101 in Astoria
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 (Jackson County, Arkansas)
Built 1930
Cantilevered through truss bridge on AR 367 (formerly US 67) over White River at Newport
Open to two-lane 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 Ohio River Bridge (Wayne County, West Virginia)
Built 1904, rebuilt 1912-13
Pennsylvania - Baltimore through truss bridges over the Ohio River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to 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

Obion River Bridge (Obion County, Tennessee)
Built 1928 and operated as toll bridge until 1939
Through truss bridge over Obion River on TN 211 at Obion
Closed to all traffic about 1990

Ohio River I-77 Bridge (Washington County, Ohio)
Built 1965
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River on I-77 near Marietta
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 Sidney Lanier Bridge (Glynn County, Georgia)
Built 1956, replaced by new cable stay bridge
Lost vertical-lift bridge over Brunswick River on US 17 at Brunswick
No longer exists

Old St. Charles Bridge (St. Charles County, Missouri)
Completed 1904; closed to traffic in 1992; finally dismantled in 1997
Lost four-span through truss bridge over the Missouri River at St. Charles
Replaced by the Discovery Bridge (Missouri State Highway 370) downstream, next to the Wabash Railroad Bridge

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

Osage River MO 7 New Bridge (Benton County, Missouri)
Bridge on Mo Highway 7
Open to traffic

P.N.W.R. - Willamette River Bridge (Linn County, Oregon)
Built 1921 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Swing span through truss bridge over Willamette River on Portland and Western Railroad (P.N.W.R.) in Albany
Open to traffic

PA Turnpike Susquehanna River Bridge (York County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1949, opened 1950 with Turnpike's Philadelphia Extension; rehabilitated 1979; replaced 2007
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Susquehanna River on Pa Turnpike (I-76) in Harrisburg
Replaced by Concrete Segmental Bridge

Packsaddle Bridge (Roger Mills County, Oklahoma)
Built 1929-30; replaced 1985
Lost 26-span through truss bridge over South Canadian River on US 283
Replaced by a modern bridge

Paducah Bridge (McCracken County, Kentucky)
Built 1973
Two-span tied-arch bridge on Interstate 24 over the Ohio River between Paducah, KY, and Metropolis, IL
Open to four lanes of traffic

Page Avenue Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built in 1999 per NBI; opened December 13th, 2003.
Pair of tied arch bridges over the Missouri River on MO 364 (Page Avenue)
Open to traffic

Paris Landing Bridge (Henry County, Tennessee)
Built 1927; replaced 1992, one truss section preserved and relocated to the Scott Fitzhugh Bridge Pavilion in Paris Landing State Park Marina
Partially lost through truss bridge over Tennessee River on TN 76
Bridge replaced by new bridge but one original truss section has been retained, relocated, and preserved as part of the Scott Fitzhugh Bridge Pavilion in the Paris Landing State Park Marina

Parkersburg Bridge (Wood County, West Virginia)
Crosses Ohio River between Parkersburg, WV, and Belpre, OH. Constructed between 1868-1870 by B&O railroad. Longest in world upon completion at 7140 feet.
Through truss bridge over Ohio River
Open to traffic

Pascagoula River Bridge (George County, Mississippi)
Built 1948
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Pascagoula River
Open to traffic

Pasco - Kennewick Bridge (Benton County, Washington)
Built 1922, Bypassed 1978, Demolished March 1990
Lost Cantilever through truss bridge over Columbia River on WA-397
Replaced by new bridge

Peace Bridge (Erie County, New York)
Built 1927; rehabilitated 1989
Steel arch and through truss bridge over Niagara River in Buffalo
Open to traffic

Pickwick Dam Bridge (Hardin County, Tennessee)
Built 1963; rehabilitated 1978
Girder bridge over Tennessee River & Plant Road on Co Rd 128
Open to traffic

Piscataqua River Bridge (York County, Maine)
Built 1972
Through truss bridge over Piscataqua River, ME103 on Interstate 95
Open to traffic

Platte Purchase Bridge (Platte County, Missouri)
Built 1957; rehabilitated 1997
Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on Northbound US 69 in Kansas City
Open to northbound traffic

Posey Tube Tunnel (Alameda County, California)
Built 1927, seismic retrofit 2000
Immersed Tube tunnel under Oakland Inner Harbor on State Route 260


Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge (Dutchess County, New York)
Built 1888 by the Union Bridge Co.; closed to railroad traffic May 8, 1974 due to fire; reopened to pedestrians on Oct. 3, 2009
Massive cantilevered deck truss bridge over the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland
Open to pedestrians

Prairie Bridge (Clayton County, Iowa)
Built 1974
Steel through arch bridge over Mississippi River on US 18 between Marquette and Prairie du Chien
Open to traffic

Pulaski Skyway Bridge (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1984
Cantilevered through and deck truss bridge over the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers on US 1/US 9 in Jersey City
Open to traffic

Puyallup Waterway Bridge (Pierce County, Washington)
Built 1930
Through truss bridge over Puyallup Waterway on East 11th Street in Tacoma
Open to traffic

Queen Isabella Causeway (Cameron County, Texas)
Built 1974
Steel stringer bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on Pr 100 in South Padre Island
Open to traffic

Queensboro Bridge (Queens County, New York)
Opened to traffic March 30, 1909
Cantilevered through truss bridge over East River on NY 25 in New York
Open to a total of 10 lanes of traffic

Quincy Bayview Bridge (Adams County, Illinois)
Built 1986 at a cost of $17,230,000
Cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River on westbound US 24 at Quincy
Open to two lanes of westbound traffic

Quincy Memorial Bridge (Adams County, Illinois)
Built 1928-1930; rehabilitated 1981
Continuous through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on eastbound US 24 at Quincy
Open to two lanes of eastbound traffic

Rainbow Bridge (Jefferson County, Texas)
Opened Sept. 8, 1938; parallel bridge built 1991; rehabilitated and reopened to northbound traffic in 1998
Through truss bridge over Neches River on Westbound TX 73 in Port Arthur
Open to traffic

Rays Hill Tunnel (Bedford County, Pennsylvania)
Begun ca. 1885 by South Penn. RR; completed 1940 by Penn. Tpk. Comm.; bypassed and abandoned in 1968.
Tunnel on abandoned alignment of Pennsylvania Turnpike
Unofficially open to hikers and bicyclists

Red River LA 2 Bridge (Bossier Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1992
Five-span through truss bridge over Red River on LA 2
Open to traffic

Richmond - San Rafael Bridge (Contra Costa County, California)
Built 1956, Seismic Retrofit Completed 2005
Double deck cantilever truss bridge over San Pablo Bay on I-580 in Richmond
Open to traffic

Rigolets Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Opened to traffic June 9, 1930; replaced 2009
Lost through truss swing bridge over Rigolets Pass on US 90 in New Orleans
Replaced by new bridge

Rigolets Pass Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Truss bridge over Rigolets Pass on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

Rip Van Winkle Bridge (Greene County, New York)
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1993
Through truss bridge over Hudson River on NY 23 in Catskill
Open to traffic

Robert C. Byrd Bridge (Cabell County, West Virginia)
Built 1994, replaced the 6th Street Bridge built in 1926, the first bridge in Huntington (imploded beside this bridge in 1995)
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Ohio River, CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

Robertson Tunnel (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Built 1998
Tunnel under the West Hills (Tualatin Mountains) on MAX Light Rail Tracks in Portland
Open to traffic

Rocheport I-70 Bridge (Boone County, Missouri)
Built 1960; rehabilitated 1993
Continuous through truss bridge over Missouri River and Katy trail on I-70 west of Columbia and south of Rocheport
Open to four lanes of traffic

Rockville Bridge (Dauphin County, Pennsylvania)
Longest stone masonry arch railroad viaduct in the world, this is the third bridge to be built at this location completed on March 30, 1902
Masonry stone arch viaduct over Susquehanna River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

Roosevelt Memorial Bridge (Bryan County, Oklahoma)
Built 1948
Through Warren truss bridge over Lake Texoma on US 70
Open to traffic

Ross Island Bridge (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Built 1926; rehabilitated 2000-01
Cantilevered steel arch bridge over Willamette River on US 26 in Portland
Open to traffic

S.P. & S. - Youngs Bay Bridge (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Built 1895, Abandoned 1978
Lost swing span bridge over Youngs Bay on Seattle, Portland and Spokane Railroad
Removed

Sacramento River Bridge (Glenn County, California)
Built 1948; rehabilitated 1961
Howe Through truss bridge over Sacramento River on CA 162
Open to traffic

Sacramento River Bridge (Solano County, California)
Built 1944; rehabilitated 1960
Vertical lift bridge over Sacremento River on CA 12 in Rio Vista
Open to traffic

Sailboat Bridge (Delaware County, Oklahoma)
Built 1938; demolished and replaced 2001
Lost deck truss bridge over Grand Lake on US 59 in Copeland
Replaced by new bridge

Sakonnet River Bridge (Newport County, Rhode Island)
Built 1957; rehabilitated 1990
Through truss bridge over Sakonnet River on RI 24/RI 138 in Portsmouth
Open to traffic

Sam Hill Memorial Bridge (Sherman County, Oregon)
Built 1962, Deck and rail replacement 2008
Through truss bridge over Columbia River on US 97
Open to traffic

San Fernando Railroad Tunnel (Los Angeles County, California)
Work started March 22, 1875, opened August 12, 1876.
Tunnel under Freemont Pass/San Fernando Pass on Union Pacific Railroad/Metrolink
Open to traffic

San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco County, California)
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1962
Suspension and cantilever truss bridge over San Francisco Bay on I-80 in Oakland
Open to traffic

Santa Susana Tunnel (Ventura County, California)
Finished in 1904, Rebuilt 1922
Tunnel on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Sarah Mildred Long Bridge (Rockingham County, New Hampshire)
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1991
Vertical lift bridge over Piscataqua River on US 1 Bypass in Portsmouth
Open to traffic

Sciotoville Bridge (Scioto County, Ohio)
Built 1914-17 under the direction of Gustav Lindenthal, opened to railroad traffic July 31, 1917
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Ohio River at Sciotoville
Open to traffic

Seawolf Parkway Bridge (Galveston County, Texas)
Built 1960
Bascule bridge over Pelican Island Channel on Seawolf Parkway in Galveston
Open to traffic

Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Pierce County, Washington)
Built 1950 as the replacement of the original 1940 bridge
Suspension bridge over Tacoma Narrows on WB WA 16 in Tacoma
Open to traffic

SEPTA Schuylkill River Viaduct (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1911
Deck truss bridge over Schuylkill River on SEPTA Norristown Higb Speed Line (former Red Arrow Lines/Philadelphia & Western)
Open to traffic

Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1970
Steel through arch bridge over Mississippi River on I-280 in Davenport
Open to traffic

Shade-Lohman Bridge (Peoria County, Illinois)
Built 1975
Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Illinois River on I-474 south of Peoria in Bartonville
Open to four lanes of traffic

Shawneetown Bridge (Gallatin County, Illinois)
Built 1955
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Ohio River on IL 13/KY 56 at Old Shawneetown
Open to traffic

Sibley Railroad Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Originally built 1887-88 as a three-span Whipple through truss; later reconstructed c. 1915 with Pennsylvania through truss spans
Three-span through truss railroad bridge over the Missouri River at Sibley
Open to railroad traffic

Sideling Hill Tunnel (Fulton County, Pennsylvania)
Begun c. 1885 by South Penn. RR; completed 1940 by Penna. Tpk. Comm; bypassed and abandoned 1968
Tunnel on Abandoned alignment of Pennsylvania Turnpike
Unofficially open to hikers and bicyclists

Sidney Lanier Bridge (Glynn County, Georgia)
Built 2002
Cable-stayed bridge over Brunswick River on Sidney Lanier Br in Brunswick
Open to traffic

Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge (Mason County, Kentucky)
Built 1931; Bypassed by the cable-stayed William H. Harsha Bridge in 2000, rehabed in 2003-2004
Suspension bridge over Ohio River on Business US 62/68 in Maysville
Open to traffic

Sixth Street Bridge over the Los Angeles River (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1932
Steel arch bridge over Los Angeles River on Sixth Street in Los Angeles
Open to traffic

Smith Avenue High Bridge (Ramsey County, Minnesota)
Built 1887-89, five spans damaged by tornado in 1904, rebuilt in 1905, one northern span rehabilitated in 1933-34, closed to traffic in 1984, replaced in 1985
Lost deck truss bridge over Mississippi River and Canadian Pacific Railway on MN 149 at St. Paul
Replaced by new bridge

Smith Avenue High Bridge (new) (Ramsey County, Minnesota)
Built 1986
Steel through arch bridge over Mississippi River & Railroad on Th 149 (Smith Ave)
Open to traffic

Soo Line High Bridge (Washington County, Minnesota)
Built 1910 replacing a bridge downstream.
Steel arch bridge over St. Croix River on Canadian National Railroad
Open to traffic

South Grand Island Bridge (Erie County, New York)
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1963
Pair of through arch bridges over Niagara River on I-190
Open to traffic

South Omaha Bridge (Douglas County, Nebraska)
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1999; demolished 2010
Lost through truss bridge over Missouri River on US 275/NE 92/IA 92 in Omaha
Demolished and replaced

Southern Pacific Carquinez Strait Bridge (Contra Costa County, California)
Originally built for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1929-1930, this is the last simple truss railroad bridge built in the United States at a new location (i.e. where none had existed before).
Warren through truss bridge over Carquinez Strait on double track of Union Pacific Railroad in Martinez
Open to traffic

St. Andrews Bay Bridge (Bay County, Florida)
Built 1960; replaced 2003
Lost through truss bridge over St. Andrews Bay on US 98/FL 30 in Panama City Beach
No longer exists

St. Clair River Bridge (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1999
Through truss bridge over St. Clair River on Westbound I-94 in Port Huron
Open to traffic

St. Clair Tunnel (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1888-1891; Electrified 1907-1908; Electrification removed 1958: Tube sealed 1994
Tunnel under St. Clair River on Canadian National Railroad in Port Huron
Closed to all traffic

St. Johns Bridge (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Built 1931
Suspension bridge over Willamette River on US 30 Bypass in Portland
Open to traffic

St. Louis Freight Tunnel (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built in 1875 along with the completion of Eads Bridge as a route to Union Station. Later used as a freight route as passenger trains bypassed the tunnel for Merchants and MacArthur Bridges.
Tunnel under downtown on the MetroLink in St. Louis
Open to two tracks of MetroLink light rail service with bypass to original freight alignment

St. Marys Bridge (Pleasants County, West Virginia)
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Ohio River on WV 807 at St. Marys
Open to traffic

Steamboat Bill Bridge (Limestone County, Alabama)
Built 1961; reconstructed 1997
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Tennesee River and L&N SOU RR on US 31/ALT US 72/AL 20
Open to traffic

Summit Tunnel (Placer County, California)
Built by the Central Pacific Railway as part of the original transcontinental railway to finally cross the Sierra's at Donner Pass
Abandoned tunnel on former Central Pacific (later SP) Railroad
Abandoned

Sunrise Beach Toll Bridge (Camden County, Missouri)
Built 1998
Concrete deck girder bridge over Lake of the Ozarks on Route MM in Lake Ozark
Open to toll traffic

Sunshine Bridge (St. James Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1963
Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on LA 70
Open to traffic

Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Pinellas County, Florida)
Opened to traffic April 20, 1987
Cable-stayed bridge over Tampa Bay on I-275/US 19 at Saint Petersburg
Open to four lanes of traffic

Sutter Bypass Bridge (Sutter County, California)
Built in 1938 and replaced the Long Bridge over the Sutter Bypass.
Bridge over Sutter Bypass on Highway 20
Open to traffic

Talmadge Memorial Bridge (Chatham County, Georgia)
Built 1990
Cable-stayed bridge over Savannah River; replaced Old Talmadge Memorial Bridge
Open to traffic

Tappan Zee Bridge (Rockland County, New York)
Opened to traffic December 15, 1955
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Hudson River on I-87/I-287/New York State Thruway in South Nyack
Open to seven lanes of traffic

Tehachapi Loop (Kern County, California)
Built in 1876 by the SP Railroad to circumvent the extreme grade of the Tehachapi Mtns. In 1998 it was added as a Nat'l Historic Civil Enginnering Landmark
Tunnel under .73 mile loop crosses under itself on UP (former SP) Railroad
Open to traffic

Tenth Street Bridge (Yuba County, California)
Built 1947
Bridge over Feather River on Highway 20. Links Yuba City and Marysville.


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