Lost 1898

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Brainerd Bridge (Crow Wing County, Minnesota)
Built 1883; replaced 1898
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Laurel Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Central Pacific - Alice Street Drawbridge (Alameda County, California)
Built 1873; Replaced 1898 by the Harrison Street Bridge
Howe through truss bridge over Oakland Estuary on Central Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

CNTP - New River Viaduct (1st) (Scott County, Tennessee)
Built 1879; Replaced 1898
Lost Fink deck truss bridge over New River on Cincinnati Southern Railway/Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW - KK Madison Bridge (Older) (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1880s; Replaced 1898, but was relocated 200ft downstream
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Kinnickinnic River on Chicago & North Western Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW - Squaw Creek Bridge (Story County, Iowa)
Replaced 1898
Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Squaw Creek on Railroad (CNW)
Replaced by a new bridge

Connecticut River Covered Bridge (Hartford County, Connecticut)
Built 1808; destroyed by flood 1898
Lost Through truss bridge over Connecticut River on Bridge Lane
Destroyed by flooding; not replaced

First Carver Railroad Bridge (Carver County, Minnesota)
Built 1871 for the M&STL
Lost through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

IC - Mill Creek Bridge (Old) (Cherokee County, Iowa)
Built 1887; Replaced 1898
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Mill Creek and Road on Illinois Central Railroad
Removed

Kansas Avenue Bowstring (Shawnee County, Kansas)
Built sometime in the 1870s or before, replaced 1898 by the Melan Arch Bridge
Lost bowstring through truss bridge over Kansas River on Kansas Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge 1898

MILW - Kinnickinnic River Lift Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Replaced in 1898
Lost Stringer bridge over Kinnickinnic River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Saulpaw Bridge (Knox County, Tennessee)
Built by GW Saulpaw 1880; Replaced by current bridge 1898
Lost wooden Howe through truss bridge over Tennessee River on Gay Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Webster Street Drawbridge (1871) (Alameda County, California)
Built 1871; Replaced 1898
Lost Through truss bridge over Oakland Harbor on Webster Street
Replaced by a new bridge