Lost 1926

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"The General" Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built & Demolished in July 23, 1926 as part of the filming of the Buster Keaton silent film "The General"
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Row River on Film Railroad
Demolished

7th Street Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1884; replaced 1926
Lost Wire suspension bridge over Allegheny River on 7th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Big Rock Bridge (Venango County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1879; Lost 1926
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Allegheny River on River Road and Citizens Traction Company
Destroyed by collision with ice

Carbon Electric - Beaver Run Trestle (Carbon County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1905; Removed 1926
Lost Steel arch bridge over Beaver Run on Carbon Electric Street Railway
Removed

CP&E - Chagrin River Bridge (Lake County, Ohio)
Built 1896; Timber approach trestle replaced by steel 1910; Removed 1926
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Chagrin River & Glenn Avenue on Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railroad
Removed

CP&E - Grand River Viaduct (Lake County, Ohio)
Built X; Removed 1926
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Grand River on Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railroad
Removed

CRG&E - Breach Inlet Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Replaced 1926
Lost Trestle bridge over Breach Inlet on Consolidated Railway, Gas & Electric Co.
Replaced by an automobile bridge

Falls Bridge (old) (Hancock County, Maine)
Built 1883 by Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; Replaced 1926
Lost Lenticular through truss bridge on ME-175 over Salt Pond
Replaced by a new bridge

Fortune Street Bridge (Old) (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Built 1892; Replaced 1926
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Hillsborough River on Fortune Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Gordon Bridge (Shelby County, Indiana)
Built ca. 1880
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Big Blue River on Old Marion Road (Now Morristown Rd.)
Replaced by a new bridge

LARy - Macy Street Trolley Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1903; Replaced 1926
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Los Angeles River on Los Angeles Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

LIRR - Powell Creek Bridge (Old) (Nassau County, New York)
Built 1903; Replaced 1926
Lost Bridge over Powell Creek on Long Island Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

M&StL - Eddyville Rail Bridge (Old) (Monroe County, Iowa)
Built 1884; Replaced 1926
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River & Muchakinock Creek on Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Macy Street Bridge (Old) (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1904; Replaced 1926
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Los Angeles River on Macy Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Older) (Franklin County, Kansas)
Built 1885; Destroyed 1926
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Marais des Cygnes River on Main Street
Destroyed by flooding

Mossdale Swing Bridge (San Joaquin County, California)
Built 1917; Replaced 1926
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over San Joaquin River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Old Conasauga River Bridge (Polk County, Tennessee)
Lost Bridge over Conasauga River on Predecessor to US 411
Only the piers remain.

Old Lower Bank Road Bridge (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Built 1915 ; replaced 1926
Lost Through truss bridge over Mullica River on County Route 652
Demolished

PCC&StL - Tippecanoe River Bridge (White County, Indiana)
Built 1871, west span collapsed July 17, 1878 and later repaired, replaced in 1926
Lost Deck truss bridge over Tippecanoe River on Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad in Monticello
Replaced by new bridge

Reedy Point Bridge (Older) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1910 replaced 1926
Lost Concrete stringer Shear pole bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware River on Route 9
No longer exists

Robert Street Bridge (Old) (Ramsey County, Minnesota)
Built 1885; Replaced 1926
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Robert Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Santa Fe Covered Bridge (Monroe County, Missouri)
Built in 1859 by Joseph C. Elliott; destroyed by flooding on June 19, 1926; later replaced by a truss bridge
Lost covered bridge over South Fork Elk River near Santa Fe
No longer exists

Spadra Creek Bridge (Johnson County, Arkansas)
Bridge cost Johnson County $3500.00 in 1895.
Lost Through truss bridge over Spadra Creek on Old road
Replaced by a new bridge

Steel Bridge (Linn County, Oregon)
Built 1893; demolished after Ellsworth Street Bridge opened in 1926
Lost Through truss bridge over Willamette River
Replaced by a new bridge

US181 Hall's Bayou Bridge (Aransas County, Texas)
Built ?; Replaced 1926
Lost Bridge over Hall's Bayou on US 181
Replaced by a new bridge

Warsaw Lower Bridge (Benton County, Missouri)
Built 1897; destroyed by fire in 1926
Lost suspension bridge over Osage River at Warsaw
Destroyed by fire

YV - Pleasant Valley Bridge (Mariposa County, California)
Built 1907; Removed when the 1926 Exchequer Dam inundated Pleasant Valley
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Merced River on Yosemite Valley Railroad
Removed