Lost 1862

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Bridgeport Railroad Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Built ca 1851; Arson planned, but never attemped due to being well-guarded November 8th, 1861; Partially blown up by Confederate General Danville Leadbetter; Remaining spans burned by Union General Ormsby M. Mitchell
Lost Howe deck truss bridge over Tennessee River on Nashville & Chattanooga Railway


Folsom Suspension Bridge (Sacramento County, California)
Built 1861, collasped in a flash flood in 1862
Lost Wire suspension bridge over American River in Folsom
Collapsed

IC - Rock River Bridge (1st) (Lee County, Illinois)
Built 1851; Replaced 1862
Lost Howe deck truss bridge over Rock River on Illinois Central Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

L&N - Fort DeWolf Bridge (1st-3rd) (Bullitt County, Kentucky)
Partially Razed September 7th, 1862; Completely destroyed September 28th, 1862; Rebuilt by October 11th, 1862; Destroyed again on December 27th, 1862
Lost Through truss bridge over Salt River on Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Destroyed thrice by Confederate forces.

Point Pleasant-Byram Bridge (First) (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)
Built 1855
Lost Bridge over Delaware River
No longer exists

Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge (First) (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)
Built 1842
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Delaware River on Bridge Street
Superstructure replaced