19th Century
There are 1,720 bridges in this category · Only showing 479 bridges with photos
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Selby Avenue Bridge (Ramsey County, Minnesota)Built 1890; modified 1960; closed to trafic in 1989; replaced 1993
Lost skewed through truss bridge over the Soo Line Railroad and Ayd Mill Road on Selby Avenue
Replaced by new bridge
Settles Bridge (Forsyth County, Georgia)Built 1896; abandoned 1950's
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Chattahoochee River on former Settles Bridge Road
Abandoned
Shenk's Mill Covered Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)Built 1855; rehabilitated 1977
Covered bridge over Big Chickies Creek on Erisnan Road
Open to traffic
Shieldstown Covered Bridge (Jackson County, Indiana)Built 1876 by J.J. Daniels
Covered bridge over East Fork White River
Open to pedestrians only
Shinn Covered Bridge (Washington County, Ohio)Built 1886 by E.B. Henderson; rehabilitated 1998
Covered bridge over West Branch Wolf Creek on Palmer Road (TR 447)
Unknown status
Shioc River Stone Bridge (Outagamie County, Wisconsin)Built by a Mr. Garvey of the Town of Freedom
Stone arch bridge over Shioc River on Pedestrian Walkway
Open to pedestrians
Shoemaker Covered Bridge (Columbia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1881
Covered bridge over West Branch Run on Shoemaker Bridge Road (PA 4027)
Open to pedestrians only
Sim Smith Covered Bridge (Parke County, Indiana)Built 1883 by J.A. Britton; rehabilitated 1977
Covered bridge over Leatherwood Creek on CR N50W
Open to traffic
Singing Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)Built 1893; rehabilitated 1956
Through truss bridge over Kentucky River on US 60 in Frankfort
Open to traffic
Smith Covered Bridge (Rush County, Indiana)Built 1877 by A. M. Kennedy; rehabilitated 1996
Covered bridge over Flatrock River on CR 150 North
Open to traffic
Smithfield Street Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)Built 1883 under the direction of engineer Gustav Lindenthal
Two-span lenticular through truss bridge over Monongahela River on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh
Open to four lanes of traffic
Snow Hill Covered Bridge (Franklin County, Indiana)Built 1894 by William Butts and John Horn; rehabilitated 1987
Covered bridge over Johnson Fork Whitewater River on Snow Hill Road
Open to traffic
Snyder Covered Bridge (Columbia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1876
Covered bridge over Roaring Creek on Rarig Road, southeast of Catawissa
Open to traffic
South Fork Blue River Main Street Bridge (Washington County, Indiana)Built 1884; rehabilitated 1987 and 2007
Through truss bridge over South Fork Blue River on Main Street in New Pekin
Open to traffic
Southwest Fifth Street Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)Built 1898 by J.H. Killmar; closed to traffic in 1993; rehabilitated 1998
Three-span through truss bridge over Raccoon River on SW 5th Street in Des Moines
Open to pedestrians only
Speakman Covered Bridge (Chester County, Pennsylvania)Built 1881
Covered bridge over Buck Run T Branch on Frog Hollow Road
Open to traffic
Spencer's Crossing Bridge (Anderson County, Kansas)Built 1885 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; replaced 2005
Through truss bridge over Pottawatomie Creek, 0.6 mi. west and 0.1 mi. north of Greeley
Preserved
Spencerville Covered Bridge (De Kalb County, Indiana)Built 1873 by John McKay
Covered bridge over Saint Joseph River on CR 68
Open to traffic
Spring Creek 1700N Bridge (Iroquois County, Illinois)Built 1898
Through truss bridge over Spring Creek on 1700N Road
Closed to all traffic after suffering damage in a car accident
Spring Creek Road Bridge (Ellis County, Texas)Built 1890
Through truss bridge over Grove Creek on Spring Creek Road in Waxahachie
Preserved awaiting full restoration
Springfield Bridge (Faulkner County, Arkansas)Completed July 1874 by the King Bridge Manufactory & Iron Works of Iola, Kansas, a branch of the King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. Bypassed by a new bridge 1991.
Iron bowstring truss bridge over Cadron Creek near Springfield on the Conway-Faulkner County line
Open to pedestrians only
St. Clair Street Bridge (Preble County, Ohio)Built 1887 by the Columbia Bridge Works; rehabilitated 1999
Through truss bridge over a branch of Seven Mile Creek on St. Clair Street in Eaton
Open to traffic
Station Road Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)Built 1881-82 by the Massillon Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1992
Through truss bridge over the Cuyahoga River on Station Road in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Open to pedestrians only
Stevenson Road Covered Bridge (Greene County, Ohio)Built 1877 by the Smith Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1975; closed to traffic 2003
Covered bridge over Massies Creek on Stevenson Road (CR 76) in Wilberforce
Open to pedestrians only
Steyer Bridge (Winneshiek County, Iowa)Limestone deck arch was locally built by Michael Steyer.
Bridge over Twin Springs Creek on Oneata Drive
Open to traffic
Stillwater Covered Bridge (Columbia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1849 by James McHenry
Covered bridge over Fishing Creek in Stillwater
Open to pedestrians only
Stockheughter Covered Bridge (Franklin County, Indiana)Built 1887 by the Smith Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1988
Covered bridge over Salt Creek on Enochsburg Road
Open to traffic
Stone Arch Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)Built 1883 for the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway; rehabilitated 1994
Stone arch bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis
Open to pedestrians only
Stone Arch Road Bridge (Johnson County, Indiana)Built 1885
Through truss bridge over Ninevah Creek on Stone Arch Road
Open to traffic
Sugar Creek Bridge (Christian County, Kentucky)Built 1894 by the Groton Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Groton, NY. Replaced 1985
Lost bedstead pony truss bridge over Sugar Creek on KY 124
Replaced(?) by modern bridge
Sugar Creek Bridge (Sullivan County, Indiana)Built 1899
Through truss bridge over Sugar Creek on CR 550 West
Closed to all traffic
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge (Sangamon County, Illinois)Built 1880 by Thomas Black; rehabilitated 1965
Covered bridge over Sugar Creek at Covered Bridge Road southeast of Chatham in Chatham
Open to pedestrians only
Sulfur Fork Bridge (Montgomery County, Tennessee)Built 1890 by the Converse Bridge Company
Pratt through truss bridge over Sulfur Fork on an old alignment of the Old Clarksville-Springfield Rd. in Port Royal State Park
Open to pedestrians
Sunset Bridge (Polk County, Missouri)Built 1884-85 on the Bolivar-Buffalo Road at Burns by the King Bridge Co.; relocated to Sunset Ford in 1931-32
Lost through truss bridge over Pomme de Terre River on 475th Road between the ends of Route Y and Route YY
No longer exists
Sutliff Bridge (Johnson County, Iowa)Built 1897-98; destroyed by flooding June 13, 2008
Three span through truss bridge over Cedar River on CR F14
One span destroyed by flooding
Switzer Covered Bridge (Franklin County, Kentucky)Built 1855. Rehabilitated in 1906 and again 1990. Bridge placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Bridge was washed off its supports on March 1, 1997, but restored in 1998.
Howe through truss bridge over North Elkhorn Creek on KY 1262
Open to pedestrians
Tauy Creek Bridge (Franklin County, Kansas)Built 1895 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Tauy Creek on Nebraska Road, northeast of Ottawa
Closed to all traffic
Teegarden Covered Bridge (Columbiana County, Ohio)Built 1876 by Robinson and McCracken
Covered bridge over Middle Fork Little Beaver on Eagleton Road (TR 761)
Open to pedestrians only
Thompson Mill Covered Bridge (Shelby County, Illinois)Built 1868 at a cost of $2,500
Covered bridge over Kaskaskia River north of Cowden
Open to pedestrians only
Tioga Road Bridge (Carroll County, Indiana)Built 1890 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Two-span through truss bridge over Tippecanoe River on Tioga Road
Open to pedestrians only
Tiskilwa Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)Built 1884 by the Smith Bridge Co.; replaced 1995
Lost through truss bridge over Bureau Creek on TR 236 near Tiskilwa
Replaced by modern bridge
Tobias Bridge (Jefferson County, Indiana)Built 1885; rehabilitated 2004
Wrought-iron through truss bridge over Big Creek on CR 1360 West
Open to one-lane traffic
Trickum Road Bridge (Pettis County, Missouri)Built 1884-85 by the King Bridge Co. on the county seat road between Sedalia and Marshall. Relocated ca. 1920 a short distance to the southwest. Replaced by a new concrete bridge in 1991
Lost through truss over Heaths Creek on Trickum Road just west of the intersection between US 65 and Route BB
Replaced by a concrete bridge
Turkey River Bridge (Winneshiek County, Iowa)Built 1873 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Bowstring through truss bridge over Turkey River on Little Church Road
Open to traffic
Twenty-First Street Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)Built 1892 by the City of St. Louis. Closed to traffic in 1976 and demolished after 1984
Lost three-span through truss bridge over the railroad tracks on 21st Street south of Highway 40
Demolished but never replaced
Union Covered Bridge (Monroe County, Missouri)Built 1870-71 by Joseph C. Elliott; closed to traffic in 1970; rehabilitated 1987-88
Covered bridge over Elk Fork Salt River, just off Route C southwest of Paris
Open to pedestrians only
Upper Bluffton Bridge (Winneshiek County, Iowa)Built 1878 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Upper Iowa River on W. Ravine Road
Open to one-lane traffic
Vallonia Bridge (Jackson County, Indiana)Built 1887
Through truss bridge over East Fork White River on CR 375 West
Open to traffic
Van Buren Avenue Bridge (Stephenson County, Illinois)Built 1885 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Pecatonica River on N. Van Buren Avenue in Freeport
Open to pedestrians only
Victorian Footbridge (St. Louis, Missouri)Built 1885; rehabilitated 1994
Metal suspension bridge on a trail west of Forest Park Parkway
Open to pedestrians only
Vine Street Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)Built 1883, replacing an earlier wooden toll bridge built by Daniel Kitchen in 1868 which had collapsed. Closed to traffic in 1968 because of poor condition, and soon replaced by a new concrete bridge at the same location
Lost through truss over Black River on Vine Street in Poplar Bluff
No trace of old bridge visible
Vole Drive Bridge (Newton County, Missouri)Originally built 1886 at Redings Mill by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., then relocated here in 1932. Replaced by a new bridge in 1993.
Lost through truss bridge over Clear Creek on Vole Drive (CR 312) east of Ritchie
Replaced by a modern stringer bridge
Wabash Railroad Bridge (Marion County, Iowa)Built 1882 for the Wabash Railroad; rehabilitated for vehicular traffic in 1951
Three-span through truss bridge over Des Moines River on 216th Place
Open to pedestrians only
Waco Suspension Bridge (McLennan County, Texas)Built 1869-70; rehabilitated 1914
Suspension bridge over the Brazos River on Bridge Street in Waco
Open to pedestrians only
Waddell 'A' Truss Bridge (Platte County, Missouri)Built 1898 for the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway. Abandoned in 1939, but converted into a highway bridge on MO 4 in 1953. Dismantled in 1980 to make room for Smithville Reservoir, but relocated and reassembled in 1987 as a pedestrian bridge
Through truss bridge originally spanning Linn Branch Creek in Clinton County near Trimble, but relocated to Parkville
Open to pedestrians only
Wagoner's Mill Covered Bridge (Perry County, Pennsylvania)Built 1889
Covered bridge over Bixler Run on Wagner Road (TR 579)
Open to pedestrians only
Walnut Street Bridge (Hamilton County, Tennessee)Built 1889-91
Six-span through truss bridge over the Tennessee River on Walnut Street in Chattanooga
Open to pedestrians only
Wanich Covered Bridge (Columbia County, Pennsylvania)Built 1884 by George Russel Jr.
Covered bridge over Little Fishing Creek on Covered Bridge Drive
Open to traffic
Washington Mill Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)Built 1878 by the Massillon Bridge Co.
Bowstring truss bridge over Lytle Creek on Creek Branch Lane, east of Bernard
Open to traffic on a dead-end road
Waterville Bridge (Lebanon County, Pennsylvania)Built 1890 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; relocated 1985
Lenticular through truss bridge over Swatara Creek on the Appalachian Trail in Fort Indiantown Gap
Open to pedestrians only
Wawona Bridge (Mariposa County, California)Built in 1878 this bridge is located in the south part of Yosemite National Park. Just down the hill from historic Wawona Hotel.
Bridge over South Fork of Merced River
Open to pedestrians
Wea Creek Bridge (Shawnee County, Kansas)Built 1870 by the Buckeye Bridge Works; relocated 1988
Relocated bowstring truss bridge on the grounds of the Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka
Open to pedestrians only
Weaver's Mill Covered Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)Built 1878
Covered bridge over Big Conestoga River on Weaverland Road (TR 773)
Open to traffic
Wells Street Bridge (Allen County, Indiana)Built 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Whipple through truss bridge over St. Marys River on Wells Street in Fort Wayne
Open to pedestrians only
Wertz Covered Bridge (Berks County, Pennsylvania)Built 1867 or 1869
Covered bridge over Tulpehocken Creek on Red Bridge Road
Open to pedestrians only
West Union Covered Bridge (Parke County, Indiana)Built 1876 by J.J. Daniels; bypassed in 1964
Two-span covered bridge over Sugar Creek on CR N525W, north of West Union
Open to pedestrians only
Westphalia Bridge (Osage County, Missouri)Main span built 1893 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.; pony trusses added 1902 by the Interstate Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Maries River on CR 611 near Westphalia
Open to one-lane traffic
Wheeling Covered Bridge (Gibson County, Indiana)Built 1877 by William T. Washer
Covered bridge over Patoka River on Moores Bridge Road
Open to pedestrians
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (Ohio County, West Virginia)Built 1849; rehabilitated 1999
Suspension bridge over Ohio River on WV 251 in Wheeling
Open to traffic
Whiskey Creek Bridge (Iroquois County, Illinois)Built 1896; rehabilitated 1937
Pony truss bridge over Whiskey Creek on TR 192, 1 mi. northeast of Claytonville
Open to traffic
Williams Covered Bridge (Lawrence County, Indiana)Built 1884 by J.J. Daniels
Two-span covered bridge over East Fork White River on Huron & Williams Road
Open to one-lane traffic
Wilsons Bridge (Carroll County, Indiana)Built 1898 by the Lafayette Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Deer Creek on CR 300 North
Open to traffic, but in poor condition
Windham Road Bridge (Windham County, Connecticut)Built 1857
Two-span stone arch bridge over Willimantic River on Windham Road in Windham
Closed to traffic(?)
Windsor Harbor Bridge (Jefferson County, Missouri)Originally built 1875 by the Keystone Bridge Co. over River Des Peres at Lemay Ferry in St. Louis. Relocated to Kimmswick in 1930; bypassed by new bridge in 1985.
Wrought-iron through truss over Rock Creek at Kimmswick in Imperial
Open to pedestrians only
Windsor Mills Covered Bridge (Ashtabula County, Ohio)Built 1867; reconstructed 2004
Covered bridge over Phelps Creek on Warner Hollow Road
Open to traffic
Wood Ford Drive Bridge (Washington County, Wisconsin)Built 1891; rehabilitated 1979
Through truss bridge over Milwaukee River on Wood Ford Drive
Closed to all traffic
Yellow Creek Park Bridge (Daviess County, Kentucky)Originally built in 1897 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. over Panther Creek in Owensboro, but later restored and relocated to Yellow Creek Park in Thruston, KY.
Pratt through truss bridge over Yellow Creek on a nature/hiking trail in the Yellow Creek Park in Thruston
Open to pedestrians
Young's High (Railroad) Bridge (Anderson County, Kentucky)Built 1888
Cantilevered deck truss bridge over Kentucky River
Closed to all traffic
Zumbrota Covered Bridge (Goodhue County, Minnesota)Originally built 1869; relocated in 1932, 1970, and finally 1997
Relocated covered bridge over North Fork Zumbro River in Zumbrota
Open to pedestrians only