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12th Street Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Through truss bridge over Chicago River on 12th Street (Now Roosevelt Road)
Never built

18th Street Lift Bridge (1915) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built June 23, 1915, Removed 1957
Lost Through truss bridge over Louisville & Portland Canal on 18th Street
Removed

2nd Street Bridge (Van Wert County, Ohio)
Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss lift bridge over Miami & Erie Canal on South Main Street (now 2nd Street)
Replaced by a new bridge

3rd Street Bridge (Allen County, Ohio)
Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss lift bridge over Miami & Erie Canal on 3rd Street
No longer exists

Acosta Bridge (Old) (Duval County, Florida)
Built 1921; Replaced 1991
Lost Parker through truss bridge over St Johns River on State Route 13
Replaced by a new bridge

Adam Street Bridge (Niagara County, New York)
Built 1918 by Lackawanna Bridge Co.; Closed 2014
Vertical lift bridge over Erie Canal on North Adam Street in Lockport
Closed to all traffic

AGR - Black Warrior River Lift Bridge (Marengo County, Alabama)
Built ca. 1927
Vertical lift bridge over Black Warrior River on Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway
Open to traffic

Allen Street Bridge (Cowlitz County, Washington)
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1970, Replaced 2000
Lost through truss bridge over Cowlitz River on Allen Street in Kelso
Replaced by a new bridge in 2000

Almonaster Avenue Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Planned, But Never Constructed
Warren through truss bridge over Industrial Canal on Almonaster Avenue/With Railroad
Never built

AM - Fort Smith Bridge (Sebastian County, Arkansas)
Originally built by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, now used by the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad. Vertical lift span added in the 1970s.
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Arkansas River on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad between Fort Smith and Van Buren in Van Buren
Open for traffic

AMTK - Canal Street Lift Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1915
Pratt through truss bridge over South Branch of Chicago River on Amtrak
Open to traffic

AMTK - Dock Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1935
Warren through truss with all verticals bridges over Passaic River on Amtrak (formerly Pennsylvania RR)
Open to traffic

AMTK - Groton Bridge (1919) (New London County, Connecticut)
Built 1919 by the American Bridge Co. as a bascule bridge; draw span replaced by vertical lift in 2008
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over Thames River on Northeast Corridor (Amtrak)
Open to traffic

Antioch Bridge (1926) (Contra Costa County, California)
Built 1926 by Aven Hanford and Oscar Klatt, who went on to build the original span of the Carquinez Bridge; Replaced 1978
K- through truss lift bridge over San Joaquin River on Route 160
Replaced by a new bridge

Arroyo Colorado Bridge (Cameron County, Texas)
Built 1953
Vertical lift bridge over Arroyo Colorado on FM 106 in Rio Hondo
Open to traffic

ASB Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Opened to traffic on December 28, 1911; upper roadway deck removed 1987
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Missouri River on the BNSF Railway in Kansas City
Open to railroad traffic

Basin Bridge Rd Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Bridge over Ship basin near Schuylkill River on Basin Bridge Rd
Open to traffic

Bayou Black Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1946
Warren deck truss bridge over Bayou Black on La0182
Open to traffic

Bayou Boeuf/Kraemer Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1976
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Boeuf on LA 307
Open to traffic

Bayou La Batre Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
Built 1984
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou La Batre on AL 188 in Grand Bay
Open to traffic

Bayou La Loutre LA 46 Bridge (St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1957
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou La Loutre on LA 46
Open to traffic

Bayou LaCarpe LA 661 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1964
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou LaCarpe on LA 661 in Houma
Open to traffic

Bayou Little Caillou LA 24 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1941
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Little Caillou on LA 24 in Houma
Open to traffic

Bayou Little Caillou LA 58 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1965
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Little Caillou on LA 58 in Chauvin
Open to traffic

Bayou Pierre Part Bridge (Assumption Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1988
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Pierre Part on Lee Drive in Pierre Part
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 3361 Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1951
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 3361 in Breaux Bridge
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche LA 350 Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built ca. 1950
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Teche on LA 350
Open to traffic

Bayou Teche Lift Bridge (Iberia Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2008
Lift bridge over Bayou Teche on LA-87
Open to traffic

Bayou Terrebonne LA 3087 Bridge (Old) (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1965; Closed 2011; Replaced with new bridge 2013
Lost vertical lift bridge over Bayou Terrebonne on Prospect Blvd. (LA 3087) in Houma
Replaced by new bridge

Bayou Terrebonne LA 57/24 Lift Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2006
Deck girder bridge over Terrebonne Bayou on LA 24 Grand Caillou Road
Open to traffic

Bayou Terrebonne LA 58 Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1963
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Terrebonne on LA 58 in Montegut
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 14 Bridge (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1938
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 14 at Abbeville
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 14 Bypass Bridge (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1964
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 14 Bypass at Abbeville
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 182 Bridge (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1981
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 182 (Pinhook Rd) in Lafayette
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 733 Bridge (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1951
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 733 in Lafayette
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 82 Bridge (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1955
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Vermilion on LA 82
Open to traffic

Bayou Vermilion LA 92 Bridge (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1948
Vertical lift bridge over the Bayou Vermilion on LA 92 at Milton
Open to traffic

Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge (Prince George County, Virginia)
Built 1967
Vertical lift bridge over James River on VA 156
Open to traffic

Billys Creek Bridge (Lee County, Florida)
Built 1941; inoperable since 1987
Vertical lift bridge over Billys Creek on FL 80 Westbound in Fort Myers
Open to traffic

Black Warrior River Bridge (Tuscaloosa County, Alabama)
Built 1922; replaced 1974
Lost Through truss bridge over Black Warrior River on Alabama 43
Replaced by a new bridge

BNSF - Burlington Bridge (2012) (Des Moines County, Iowa)
Built 2012
Warren through truss lift bridge over Mississippi River on Railroad
Open to traffic

BNSF - Celilo Bridge (Wasco County, Oregon)
Built 1912
Vertical lift bridge over Columbia River on Oregon Trunk Railroad Line in Celilo, OR and Wishram, WA
Open to traffic

BNSF - Chambers Bay Bridge (Pierce County, Washington)
Originally built 1913-1914, Girders added 1937
Vertical lift bridge over Chambers Bay on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic

BNSF - Illinois River Bridge (Beardstown) (Cass County, Illinois)
Through truss vertical-lift bridge over Illinois River on BNSF Railway (formerly CB&Q, then BN) in Beardstown
Open to traffic

BNSF - Kennewick-Pasco Bridge (Benton County, Washington)
Built 1905, replacing a bridge built in 1887; Lift span added 1975
Parker through truss bridge over Columbia River on Burlington Northern - Santa Fe Railroad
Open to traffic

BNSF - Lake Ewauna Bridge (Klamath County, Oregon)
Beam lift bridge over Lake Ewuana (Klamath River) on BNSF Railroad Tracks in Klamath Falls
Open to traffic

BNSF - Old Galveston Causeway (Galveston County, Texas)
Built 1912, Original Bascule replaced in 1987; 1987 bascule span replaced in 2012 by 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

BNSF - Prescott Lift Bridge (Washington County, Minnesota)
Built in 1984 replacing a swing span
Bridge over St. Croix River on BNSF Railways
Open to traffic

BNSF - Salmon Bay Lift Bridge No. 4 (King County, Washington)
Proposed, but never built
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Lake Washington Canal on Burlington Northern & Santa Fe
Never built

BNSF - Snake River Bridge (Franklin County, Washington)
Built 1971
Vertical lift bridge over Snake River on Burlington Northern - Santa Fe Railroad
Open to traffic

BNSF - Snowden Bridge (Richland County, Montana)
Built 1914; retrofitted to also allow vehicular toll traffic in 1925
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Missouri River on the BNSF Railroad
Open to railroad traffic

BNSF - 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

BNSF/UP - Atchafalaya River Lift Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1908; lift span added in 1969
Lift bridge over Atchafalaya River (Berwick Bay) on the BNSF/UP Railroads between Berwick and Morgan City
Open to traffic

Bridge of Lions (2006) (St. Johns County, Florida)
Built in 2006 as temporary bridge while original was rehabilitated; removed in 2010.
Removed Acrow Pony Truss vertical lift bridge over Matanzas River on Anastasia Boulevard at St. Augustine
Removed but not replaced

Broadway Bridge (1960) (New York County, New York)
Rail deck opened 1960- Highway in 1962
Baltimore through truss bridge over Harlem River on Broadway US 9 and IRT Subway
Open to traffic

Bullards Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1952
Vertical lift bridge over Coquille River on US 101
Open to traffic

Buquet Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1976
Vertical lift bridge over Grand Caillou Bayou on Falgout Canal Road
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

Caddo Lake Bridge (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1914; lift mechanism disabled in the 1940s; replacement bridge built 1994; rehabilitated and reopened as a pedestrian bridge in 1995
Vertical lift bridge over Caddo Lake on LA 538 at Mooringsport
Open to pedestrians only

Cambridge Street Bridge (1810) (Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
Built 1810; Replaced 1925
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Charles River on Cambridge Road/River Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Canal Bridge (Montgomery County, New York)
Lost Modern Warren pony truss bridge over Erie Canal on Main Street in Fort Plain
No longer exists

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge (New Hanover County, North Carolina)
Built 1969
Vertical lift bridge over Cape Fear River on US 76/421 in Wilmington
Open to traffic

Carter Road Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1940 by the Mt. Vernon Bridge Co.
Vertical lift through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Carter Road in Cleveland
Open to traffic

CBQ - Illinois River Bridge (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Built 1932, RR line abandoned 1970's, bridge removed summer 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Illinois River now removed Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Removed

CBQ - Illinois River Bridge (Old) (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Built 1890 minus movable span; Movable span installed 1913; Replaced in 1932 by a vertical lift span
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Illinois River on Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR
Demolished

CFNR - Brazos Drawbridge (1979) (Napa County, California)
Built 1979; Rendered inoperable by copper theives 2007; Reopened for traffic 2009
Bridge over Napa River on California Northern Railroad (CFNR)
Bridge is open to rail traffic with ongoing repairs

Champagne-Harrelson Memorial Bridge (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2003
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou Lafourche on LA 654
Open to traffic

Champlain Canal Bridge (Pre 1910) (Saratoga County, New York)
Lost Bridge over Champlain Canal on Broad Street
No longer exists

Chandler Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1952
Vertical lift bridge over Coos River on Coos River Highway
Open to traffic

Chelsea Street Bridge (New) (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Built 2014
Modern Warren through truss bridge over Chelsea Creek on Chelsea Street
Open to traffic

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge (Washington County, Maryland)
Currently owned by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
1923 Girder and truss lift bridge over C&O Canal
Closed to all traffic

Chesapeake City Bridge (1927) (Cecil County, Maryland)
Destroyed July 28, 1942 by M/V Franz Klasen; Replaced 1948
Lost Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on MD 213
Destroyed by collision & replaced

Cincinnati Southern Bridge (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Built 1922 using the existing piers from a 1877 bridge
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on Norfolk Southern Railroad in Cincinnati
Open to traffic

Claiborne Avenue Bridge (Orleans Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1957
Vertical lift bridge over the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (Industrial Canal) on Claiborne Ave. (LA 39) in New Orleans
Open to traffic

Clybourn Street Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1968; Closed for restoration in July 2010 & remains closed
Vertical lift bridge over Milwaukee River on Clybourn Street in Milwaukee
Closed to all traffic during restoration

CN - Calumet River Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1974
Warren through truss bridge over Calumet River on Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry (now CNRR)
Open

CN - Des Plaines River Bridge (Will County, Illinois)
Built 1934
Through truss lift bridge over Des Plaines River/BNSF RR on EJ&E Ry in Crest Hill
Open to traffic

CN - Wolf River Lift Bridge (Waupaca County, Wisconsin)
Several track upgrades have been completed since the bridge was erected in 1894. Major upgrades to the hydraulic swing machinery were completed in 1987.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Wolf River on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CNJ - Newark Bay Lift Bridge (Union County, New Jersey)
Built 1926; site of Newark Bay Bridge Accident in 1958; 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

Cochrane Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
Built 1927
Lost vertical lift truss bridge over Mobile River on US-90, AL-16
Replaced by a new bridge

Cody Bridge (Lee County, Arkansas)
Lost vertical-lift through truss bridge over St. Francis River on US 79 at Cody, northeast of Marianna
Replaced by a new bridge in 1984

Columbus Road Bridge (1940) (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1940 by the Public Works Administration; Center span replaced 2013 still in use of vehical traffic
Vertical lift bridge on Columbus Road (CR 356) in Cleveland
Center span replaced in 2013

Combon Bridge (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1990
Vertical lift bridge over Grand Caillou Bayou on Combon Bridge Road just off LA 57
Open to traffic

Commodore Schuyler F. Helm Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1946; Demolished 2019
Vertical lift bridge over Cerritos Channel on CA 47 in Long Beach
Replaced by a new bridge

Cotton Belt - St Francis Bridge (Dunklin County, Missouri)
Lost Bridge over St. Francis River on St Louis & Southwestern Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

CP - Mississippi River Bridge (Dakota County, Minnesota)
Built 1981
Vertical Lift Bridge with a Warren through truss bridge span over Mississippi River/1st Street on Railroad
Open to rail traffic

CP - Portage Canal Lift Bridge (Columbia County, Wisconsin)
Former vertical-lift bridge over navigation canal, now fixed
Open to traffic

CRCX - Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge (Richmond County, New York)
Built 1959; use suspended 1991; rehabilitated 2006; returned to service 2007
Through lift truss bridge over Arthur Kill on CRCX (formerly B&O RR)
Open to traffic

CRCX - Harsimus Branch Lift (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Built 1930
Pratt through truss bridge over Hackensack River on Conrail Passaic & Harsimus Line
Open to traffic

CRCX - Paulsboro Draw (New) (Gloucester County, New Jersey)
Opened to service Feb. 2015
Pony plate girder vertical lift bridge over Mantua Creek on CRCX
Open to traffic

CRCX - Upper Bay Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
Built 1930 to replace trestle dating to 1913
Parker through truss bridge over Newark Bay on CSX RR (formerly Lehigh Valley RR)
Open to traffic

CSX - Alabama River Bridge (Autauga County, Alabama)
Vertical Lift Parker through truss bridge over Alabama River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX - Anacostia River Bridge (Washington, District of Columbia)
Built 1892, rebuilt 1972; partially collapsed in Nov. 2007 when runaway coal train derailed on bridge; repaired and put back into service.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Anacostia River on Conrail/CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Bridgeport Lift Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Built 1981 using a lift span relocated from Danville,Tennessee/Kentucky Lake built in 1931
Warren through truss bridge over Tennessee River Barge Channel on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX - Cooper River Bridge (Berkeley County, South Carolina)
Built 1943
Through truss Bridge over Cooper River on CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Joliet Lift Bridge (Will County, Illinois)
Built 1932 by the American Bridge Company
Through truss lift bridge over Des Plaines River on CSX
Open to rail traffic

CSX - Kentucky Lake Bridge (Humphreys County, Tennessee)
Built in 1945
CSX railroad bridge over Kentucky Lake adjacent to Hwy 70 bridge in Johnsonville
Open for traffic

CSX - Mobile River Bridge (2013) (Baldwin County, Alabama)
Built 2013
Warren through truss lift bridge over Mobile River on CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Rantowles Creek Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Built 1925;
Girder bridge over Rantowles Creek on Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX - Seneca Lift Bridge (Grundy County, Illinois)
Three-span through truss railroad bridge with center lift span over the Illinois River east of Seneca. Damaged by a train derailment and collapse in 1916.
Three-span Pratt through truss bridge with center lift span over Illinois River on CSX Rail spur in Seneca
In use; rail line leased by CSX Transportation through 2030

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