Lost 1917

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13th Street Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1892, and dismantled in 1917.
Lost Bridge over Youghiogheny River
No longer exists

2nd Street Bridge (1884) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1884; Replaced 1917
Lost Pony truss bridge over Mad Creek on 2nd Street
Replaced by new bridge

4th Street Viaduct (1888) (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1888; Replaced 1917
Lost Bridge over Railroads on 4th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Abraham Herr's Covered Bridge 38-36-101x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1838 by Abraham Herr; Reworked in 1867; Removed and Replaced in 1917
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Mill Creek on Hollinger Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Ankeny Luten Arch Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Built 1910; Damaged irreparably by flooding in 1917
Lost Luten arch bridge over Fourmile Creek on 1st Street
Destroyed by flooding

Billington's Bridge (Monroe County, New York)
Built 1867; Collapsed 1917
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Erie Canal on Clover Street
Collapsed

BO - Auglaize River Bridge (Pre 1917) (Defiance County, Ohio)
Possibly replaced 1917 by Warren deck truss
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Auglaize River on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

C&F - Jordan Creek Iron Bridge (1889) (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1889; Replaced 1917
Lost Bridge over Jordan Creek on Catasauqua & Fogelsville Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

CBQ - Black River Bridge (La Crosse County, Wisconsin)
Built 1886, Replaced 1917
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Black River on Railroad (CB&Q)
Replaced by a new bridge

Chestnut Street Bridge (1890) (Winnebago County, Illinois)
1871 State Street Bridge relocated and rebuilt here in 1890; Replaced 1917
Lost Post through truss bridge over Rock River on Chestnut/Wallnut Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Clayton Wenger's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-77x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1845 by Joseph Elliott and Robert Russell; Lost in flooding in 1917 and replaced.
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Conestoga River on West Farmersville Road
Destroyed by flooding and replaced

Colona Ferry (Rock Island County, Illinois)
In operation over 40 years; removed when bridge was finished 1917
Lost Ferry across Rock River on Rock Island-Moline-Chicago Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Commerce Street Bridge (1890) (Dallas County, Texas)
Built 1890; Replaced 1917
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Trinity River on Commerce Street
Replaced by a new bridge in 1917

Conduit Bridge (1893) (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1893; Replaced ca. 1917
Lost Masonry arch bridge over Maline Creek on Water Works Stuff
Replaced by a new bridge

Conococheague Creek Bridge (Franklin County, Pennsylvania)
Replaced 1917
Lost Pony truss bridge over Conococheague Creek on Us 11; Sr 0011
Replaced by new bridge

Court Avenue Bridge (3rd) (Polk County, Iowa)
Built 1871, replaced 1917
Lost Post through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Court Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Culver Road Erie Canal Bridge (Monroe County, New York)
Lost Bridge over Former Erie Canal on Culver Road
Removed but not replaced

Dry Run Creek Bridge (Pre 1917) (Black Hawk County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Dry Run Creek on Waterloo Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Elmwood Street Bridge (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1898; One span carried away by ice in 1916; demolished ca. 1917.
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Black River on Elmwood Street
Destroyed by icy floods

Falls City Bridge (1887) (King County, Washington)
Built 1887; rebuilt 1900; replaced 1917
Lost Through truss bridge over Snoqualmie River on Fall City Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Fifth Street Bridge (Defiance County, Ohio)
Likely removed 1917 when the canal was filled in
Lost Warren pony truss with alternating verticals bridge over Miami & Erie Canal on Fifth Street
No longer exists

First Street Bridge (Defiance County, Ohio)
Built 1871; removed without replacement in 1917 when the canal was filled in
Lost Post through truss bridge over Wabash & Erie Canal on First Street
Removed but not replaced

Freeman's Bridge (Pre 1908) (Schenectady County, New York)
Replaced 1917
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Mohawk River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Georgetown Covered Bridge (Vermilion County, Illinois)
Replaced 1917
Lost covered bridge over Little Vermilion River on State Street south of Georgetown
Replaced by new bridge

Grass River Bridge (Pre 1917) (St. Lawrence County, New York)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Grass River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Hannibal Bridge (First) (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1869 under the direction of Octave Chanute; damaged by tornado in 1887, replaced 1917 by the Second Hannibal Bridge
Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Railroad in Kansas City
No longer exists

Heuvelton Bowstring Bridge (St. Lawrence County, New York)
Late 1870s (or early 1880s) based on strut design; replaced in 1917
Lost Bowstring bridge over Oswegatchie River at Heuvelton
Replaced by a new bridge

Honeoye Falls Bridge (Monroe County, New York)
Replaced ca.1917
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Honeoye Creek on East Street
Replaced by a new bridge

IC - Rock River Bridge (Old) (Winnebago County, Illinois)
Built 1888; Replaced 1917
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Rock River on Illinois Central Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

John Breneman's Covered Bridge 38-36-90x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1847; Lost to a flood in 1917 and replaced.
Lost Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Little Conestoga Creek on Millersville Road
Destroyed by flooding, replaced in 191718847

John Stoll's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-69x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1840; Lost by flooding and replaced in 1917.
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Cocalico Creek on Rothsville Road
Destroyed by flooding and replaced

Keokuk Bridge (Old) (Lee County, Iowa)
Built 1871; Replaced 1917
Lost Linville-Piper Variant Whipple through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River on Railroad/Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Kimball Street Bridge (Old) (Kane County, Illinois)
Lost Deck truss bridge over Fox River on Kimball Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Little Conestoga Creek Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Replaced 1917
Lost Concrete pony/through girder bridge over Little Conestoga Creek on Owl Bridge Road
Replaced by new bridge

Main Street Bridge (1892) (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Build 1892, Replaced 1917
Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 1st Street/Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Old) (Wayne County, Indiana)
Built 1897, replaced in 1917
Lost Deck truss bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on Main Street in Richmond
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Viaduct (Wire Suspension) (Tarrant County, Texas)
Second Bridge to Span the West Fork Trinity River Built in 1895; Replaced by Paddock Viaduct in 1917
Lost Wire Suspension bridge
Replaced by a new bridge

Massachusetts Street Bridge (2nd) (Douglas County, Kansas)
Built late 1800's. Several spans washed out in 1903 Kansas River flood. Replaced 1917
Lost Through truss bridge over Kansas River on (Later US40/59)
Replaced 1917

Merrill Avenue Bridge (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Removed 1917
Through truss bridge over Willow Creek on Merrill Avenue (Later named Superior Street; Now named Pennsylvania Avenue)
Replaced by a new bridge

Merrimac Bridge (1876) (Jefferson County, Iowa)
Built 1876, Replaced 1917
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Skunk River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Mid Fork Zumbro River Bridge (Olmsted County, Minnesota)
Built 1876; Replaced 1917
Truss bridge over Mid Fork Zumbro River on CR 18 in Oronoco
Replaced by new bridge

MILW - Bloody Run Creek Bridge #5 (Pre 1900) (Clayton County, Iowa)
Built 18XX; Replaced 1917
Lost Howe pony truss bridge over Bloody Run on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Replaced

Minetto Bridge (Old) (Oswego County, New York)
Lost Deck truss bridge over Oswego River and canal on Minetto Bridge Road
Replaced by a new bridge

NH - Death Trap Bridge (Hartford County, Connecticut)
Replaced 1917
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Palisado Avenue & Connecticut Company tracks on New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Niobrara River Bridge (Boyd County, Nebraska)
Lost Pony truss bridge over Niobrara River on SH 11
Replaced by a new bridge

Owl Covered Bridge 38-36-92x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1846; Replaced in 1917
Lost Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Little Conestoga Creek on Owl Bridge Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Peru Slough Bridge (1869) (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Built in 1869, replaced and sold for scrap in 1917.
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Illinois River Bayou
No longer exists

Peter Kafroth's Covered Bridge 38-36-78x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 1841 by J. Fink and Samuel Reamsnyder; Lost to flooding in 1917 and replaced.
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Conestoga River on Glenbrook Road (Rt. 772)
Destroyed by flooding and replaced in 1917

Pine Valley Covered Bridge 29-06-31x (Hillsborough County, New Hampshire)
Built c1835
Lost Through truss covered bridge over Souhegan River on Wilton Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Poplar Neck Covered Bridge (Fourth Covered Bridge) (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
The Fourth Covered Bridge was built in 1851; It was uncovered until 1897 when it was roofed; Replaced in 1917.
Lost Through truss bridge over Schuylkill River on Poplar Neck Road
Replaced by a new bridge (For the latest bridge, please see, BH #30413)

RDG - Sunbury Bridge (Old) (Northumberland County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1883 by Phila. & Reading subsidiary Shamokin, Sunbury & Lewisburg; Replaced by plate girder bridge ca. 1917.
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Reading Railroad
Superstructure replaced

Saugatuck River Bridge (Pre 1917) (Fairfield County, Connecticut)
Replaced 1917
Lost Through truss bridge over Saugatuck River on Us Route 1, Westport
Replaced by new bridge

Second Spokane Street Drawbridge (King County, Washington)
Built 1907; Replaced 1917
Pratt through truss bridge over Duwamish River on Spokane Street & Streetcars
Replaced by a new bridge

SN - St. John Bridge (Butte County, California)
Built ca 1907; Lost ca 1917
Lost Pontoon Howe pony truss bridge over Sacramento River on Northern Electric Railroad
Destroyed by flooding

SOO - Chippewa Falls Dam Bridge (Chippewa County, Wisconsin)
Built 1882, Replaced 1917
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chippewa River Dam on Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

South Mill Street Bridge (Pre 1890) (Lawrence County, Pennsylvania)
Built C 1880's
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Neshannock Creek on South Mill Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Stone Way Bridge (King County, Washington)
Built 1911; Demolished 1917
Pratt through truss bridge over Lake Union on Electric Railroad
Removed

Swift Creek Rail Bridge (Chesterfield County, Virginia)
Built in 1841 for the Clover Hill Railroad, removed in 1917 with the rest of the T&W to supply scrap iron for France in WW1
Lost bridge over Swift Creek on Tidewater & Western Railroad (Formerly Farmville & Powhatan, Brighthope, and Clover Hill Railroads)
Removed but not replaced, abutments remain

Tama Bridge (Tama County, Iowa)
Built 1876; Abutment undermined during flooding & replaced 1917
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Iowa River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Troost Avenue Bridge (Pre 1917) (Jackson County, Missouri)
Replaced 1917
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Brush Creek on Troost Avenue
Replaced by new bridge

Turkey Run Covered Bridge 14-61-48x (Parke County, Indiana)
Built after 1866; Built by Joseph J. Daniels; Removed in 1917.
Lost Queenpost through truss bridge over Turkey Run on Abandoned Roadway
Removed but not replaced (Site appears to be abandoned)

UP - Johnson Creek Bridge (Old) (Jefferson County, Wisconsin)
Replaced 1917
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Johnson Creek & Milwaukee Street on Union Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Verdigre Creek Bridge (1910) (Knox County, Nebraska)
Built 1910; Repalced 1917
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Verdigre Creek on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Veterans Memorial Bridge (Blue Earth County, Minnesota)
Built 1879-1880; Pedestrian walkways added 1897; Replaced 1917 & Relocated
Lost Pratt/Whipple through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Wabash/RI Overpass (Will County, Illinois)
Built 1879-1880; Replaced 1917
Pony plate girder over Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific on Wabash, later N&W, now NS/Metra
Replaced by a new bridge

West Twin Covered Bridge 19-11-03x (Piscataquis County, Maine)
Built in 1840 (unsure); Burned in 1917 and replaced..
Lost Through truss bridge over Piscataquis River on Former location of RT 15
Destroyed by fire in 1917

Wiley & Russell Covered Bridge 21-06-39x (Franklin County, Massachusetts)
Lost Through truss covered bridge over Green River on Meridian Street
Replaced by a new bridge