18th Century

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Adams Street Bridge (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Slab spans built 1765; arch spans added 1847; rehabilitated 2006
Stone bridge over Neponset River on Adams Street
Open to traffic

Choate Bridge (Essex County, Massachusetts)
Built 1764; widened 1838
Two-span stone arch bridge over Ipswich River on MA 1A (Main Street) in Ipswich
Open to traffic

Fisher's Lane Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1796; rehabilitated 1801
Stone arch bridge over Tacony Creek on Fisher's Lane in Philadelphia
Open to traffic

Mill Brook Bridge (New London County, Connecticut)
Built ca. 1790; destroyed by flooding on March 30, 2010
Lost stone arch bridge over Mill Brook on Blissville Road (Old Alignment)
Destroyed by flooding

Mission Espada Aqueduct (Bexar County, Texas)
Built between 1731 and 1745
Stone arch bridge over Piedras Creek on Acequia Madre
Still carries water

Old Bethelehem Road Bridge (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1777. Widened & Repaired 1902 and Rebuilt 2008
Stone arch bridge over Cooks Creek on Old Bethlehem Road in Pleasant Valley, PA
Open to traffic

Old Stone Bridge (Somerset County, New Jersey)
Planned in 1683, built 1731, site of 1777 Battle of Bound Brook; creek later filled in and bridge buried intact
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed creek on Olde York Road


Skippack Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1792, rehab 1992
Stone arch bridge over Skippack Creek on Germantown Pike in Evansburg, PA
Open to traffic

Stony Brook Bridge (Mercer County, New Jersey)
Built 1792
Stone arch bridge over Stony Brook on US 206
Open to traffic

Swamp Pike Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1792; rehabilitated 1844, 1928, 1990 ca
Stone arch bridge over Minister Creek on Swamp Pike
Open to traffic

Trinity Lane Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Stone arch bridge over Gulph Mills Creek on Trinity Lane
Open to traffic

Valley View Ferry (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
Ferry Started 1785 by John Craig under charter from the Virgina Legislature. Oldest business in Kentucky.
Ferry across Kentucky River on KY 39
Open to traffic