Lost 1929

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1st Street Bridge (Old) (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1888; Replaced in 1929
Lost deck truss bridge over Los Angeles River on 1st Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Arkansas River Pontoon Bridge (Yell County, Arkansas)
At one time owned by the Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad, but no trains ever crossed it.
Lost Pontoon bridge over Arkansas River in Dardanelle. Once hailed as the "Longest pontoon bridge over moving water". Carried Old Military Road, a major route between Little Rock and Fort Smith.
Demolished

Big Four Bridge (Original) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built 1888-1895 (Main span portals stated 1893); Replaced 1929
Lost Through truss bridge over Ohio River on New York Central Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Black Run Bridge (Ruins) (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Built 1915 as part of the Harrisville Southern Railroad; Scrapped in 1929
Lost Bridge over Black Run on Harrisville Southern Railroad
Lost

CBQ - Rock River Covered Bridge (Winnebago County, Illinois)
Built 1882; Replaced 1929
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Rock River on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Clark Street Bridge (Old) (Cook County, Illinois)
Built in 1889 collision in 1929
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Main Chicago River on Clark Street
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW - Niobrara River Bridge (Old) (Knox County, Nebraska)
Built 1902; Replaced 1929
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Niobrara River on Chicago & North Western Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW - North Raccoon River Bridge (Greene County, Iowa)
Built 1893 in a line change, replaced 1929
Lost Lattice deck truss bridge over North Raccoon River on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Connecticut Company - Naugatuck River Bridge (Litchfield County, Connecticut)
Built ca. 1905; removed after 1929 abandonment
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Naugatuck River on Waterbury-Thomaston Trolley Line
Removed but not replaced

DJ&C/NYC Overpass (Jackson County, Michigan)
Built 1896; Removed ca 1929 when service was abandoned.
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Michigan Central Railroad on Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway (Detroit United Railway)
Removed

Galena Wagon Bridge (Stone County, Missouri)
Built 1910-11 by the Western Bridge Co. Made obsolete by parallel Galena Y Bridge in 1927. Dismantled Spring 1929, with two spans reused in the Hootentown Bridge.
Lost three-span through truss bridge over James River at Galena
No longer standing, but one concrete pier remains

GN - Old Cascade Tunnel (King County, Washington)
The Original Cascade Tunnel was finished in 1900 and was built to replace a series of 8 switchbacks used to get over the mountains. Deadliest avalanche in US history occurred March 1, 1910 at Wellington (western portal). 96 people killed.
Abandoned tunnel under the Cascade Mountains on abandoned Great Northern Railway grade
Abandoned

Jenkins Creek Bridge (Jasper County, Missouri)
Replaced by a new bridge 1929-30
Lost bridge over Jenkins Creek on the predecessor to Blackberry Road
Replaced by a new bridge but some remnants still visible

Main Street- St. Regis River Bridge (Old) (Franklin County, New York)
Lost 1929
Lost Pratt Pony truss bridge over St Regis River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Milwaukee River Bridge (Older) (Washington County, Wisconsin)
Lost Through truss bridge over Milwaukee River on Main
Replaced by a new bridge

Old Fort Bayou Bridge (Older) (Jackson County, Mississippi)
Built 1901; Replaced 1929
Lost Through truss bridge over Old Fort Bayou on Washington Road
No longer exists

Rapid Railway - Belle River Bridge (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1899; Likely removed 1929
Bridge over Belle River on Rapid Railway
No longer exists

Reelsville Covered Bridge 14-67-29x (Putnam County, Indiana)
Unknown except for it's demise in 1929
Lost Through truss bridge over Big Walnut Creek on CR 625W
Heavily damaged in a 1929 storm.

RI - Flood Creek Bridge (Old) (Butler County, Iowa)
Replaced 1929
Deck plate girder bridge over Flood Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

RIS - Pope Creek Bridge (Mercer County, Illinois)
Built 1910; burned 1929
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Pope Creek on Rock Island Southern RR
Burned 1929

River Bridge (Henry County, Ohio)
Built 1879; Replaced 1929
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Maumee River on Perry Street
Replaced by a new bridge

S&BC - Saginaw River Bridge (Bay County, Michigan)
Built 1914; Replaced 1929
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Saginaw River on Saginaw-Bay City Railroad
Removed

Seabrook-Kemah Ferry (Galveston County, Texas)
Built ca. 1900; Replaced by a drawbridge in 1929
Lost Ferry across Clear Creek
Replaced by a new bridge

Shippingsport Swing Bridge (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Replaced a bridge that had been destroyed in a flood in 1872. Opened in 1874. Cost $75,000-twice the original estimate.
Lost Through truss bridge over Illinois River on Bottom Road
Replaced by a new bridge built upstream, 1929

Sixteenth Street Bridge (Old) (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1890; Replaced 1929
Lost bascule bridge over Menomonee River on 16th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Taylor Street Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1900; Scherzer rolling lift bridge in Chicago; removed 1929
Lost Deck truss bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Taylor Street
Removed but not replaced

US151 Whitewater Creek Bridge (Older) (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Replaced 1929
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Whitewater Creek on US 151
Replaced by a new bridge

Wabash - Lindell Avenue Overpass (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1903 to raise the grade of the Wabash RR through Forest Park over Lindell, prior to the 1904 World's Fair. Possibly replaced with O.G. bridge in 1929, per related link.
Lost Pony/through girder bridge over Lindell Ave. on Wabash, later N&W, Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Wabash Railroad Bridge #2832 (Monroe County, Iowa)
Built 1925; removed 1929 upon line abandonment & consolidation with parallel CB&Q Railroad
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Unknown creek
Demolished account of line abandonment

Wabash/CNW Overpass (Monroe County, Iowa)
Built 1913; removed 1929 upon line abandonment & consolidation with parallel CB&Q Railroad
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Chicago & Northwestern Railway on Wabash Railroad
Demolished