Built 1853

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Barrackville Covered Bridge (Marion County, West Virginia)
Built in 1853 by Eli & Lemuel Chenoweth; Bypassed 1987
Burr arch-truss bridge over Buffalo Creek
Open to pedestrians

Century Lane Bridge Bensalem Twp, PA (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1853; rehabilitated 1950 CA & 2004 (accoding to builders plate)
Stone and concrete arch bridge over Poquessing Creek on Century Lane in Philadelphia
Open to traffic

CN Carr Road Bridge (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Built 1853, deck refurbished 1926
Stone arch Bridge over Carr Road on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CN Kelly Road Overpass (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Built 1853, deck refurbished 1926
Stone Arch bridge over Kelly Road on the ICRR, 2.8 mi. northeast of Galena
Open to traffic

CN Posey Hollow Road Overpass (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Built 1853, deck refurbished 1926
Arch bridge over Posey Hill Road on the ICRR, 3 mi. northeast of Galena
Open to traffic

CN/IC Malone Creek Stone Arch (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1853
Stone arch bridge over Malone Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

Dalton Bridge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire)
Built 1853; rehabilitated 1963
Covered bridge over Warner River on Joppa Road West in Warner
Open to traffic

Grant's Bend Tunnel (Kenton County, Kentucky)
West tunnel built 1853; parallel east tunnel built 1912
Pair of railroad tunnels at Grant's Bend just north of Lambs Ferry Road in Ryland Heights
Open to railroad traffic

Keefer Covered Bridge (Montour County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1853 by William Butler; rehabilitated 1983
Covered bridge over Chillesquaque Creek on Keefer Mill Road
Open to traffic

Knapp's Covered Bridge (Bradford County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1853; rehabilitated 2001
Covered bridge over Browns Creek on Browns Creek Road (TR 554)
Open to traffic

Newfield Covered Bridge (Tompkins County, New York)
Built 1853; rehabilitated 1972
Wooden arch bridge over West Branch Cayuga Inlet on Covered Bridge Street in Newfield Hamlet
Open to traffic

Old State Road Bridge (Herkimer County, New York)
Built 1853; rehabilitated 1973
Stone arch bridge over West Canada Creek on Old State Road in Newport
Open to traffic

PerkasieTunnel, Perkasie, PA (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1853-1857
Tunnel under goes under Ridge Road (PA Route 563)-Landis Ridge on Former Reading RR now East Penn RR
Open to traffic

Pulp Mill Bridge (Addison County, Vermont)
Built 1853 probably to replace earlier bridge built in the 1820s
Burr arch-truss bridge over Otter Creek
Open to traffic

Reshaw's Second Bridge (Natrona County, Wyoming)
Built 1853
Timber stringer bridge over Platte River
Removed but not replaced; Replica built

Rio Piedras Bridge (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Built 1853
Brick arch bridge over Piedras River on PR 8839
Open to pedestrians

Rowell's Bridge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire)
Built 1853; rehabilitated 1996
Covered bridge over Contoocook River on West Hopkinton Road in Hopkinton
Open to traffic

Saddle Tunnel (Oconee County, South Carolina)
Built 1853
Bridge
Inundated

Sharpsville Covered Bridge (Washington County, Kentucky)
Built 1862
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Chaplin River
Lost

Wakeman Railroad Bridge (Huron County, Ohio)
Built 1853
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Vermilion River on former Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad in Wakeman
Derelict/abandoned

West Barretts Tunnel (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built between 1851-53 by the Pacific (later MO Pacific) Railroad for a single broad gauge track; Gauge standardized in 1869. Tunnel remained in service until congestion caused the railroad to bypass the tracks via a cut 100' to the south in 1944.
Tunnel under a hill in Kirkwood, MO on former Missouri Pacific Railroad
Abandoned

White Street Bridge (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Built 1853
Stone arch bridge over North Branch Rancocas Creek on White Street
Open to traffic