Lost 1963

View Exhibit map

101st Street Covered Bridge (Rensselaer County, New York)
Burned July 14, 1963
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Boston & Maine Railroad on 101st Street
Destroyed by fire

2nd Street Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1917; Replaced 1963
Lost Concrete deck girder bridge over Mad Creek on 2nd Street
Replaced by a new bridge

5th Street Bridge (Older) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1900; Replaced 1963
Lost Pony truss bridge over Mad Creek on 5th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Archer Avenue Lift Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1906
Lost Through truss bridge over South Fork of South Branch Chicago River on Archer Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

B&O - Eaton Tunnel (Old) (Wood County, West Virginia)
Collapsed 1963 killing two workers
Lost Tunnel that was located south of the current Eaton Tunnel
Collapsed

B&O - Shannon Tunnel (Doddridge County, West Virginia)
Lost Tunnel on the Parkersburg Branch of the B&O Railroad. Cut is located on the North Bend Rail Trail.
Daylighted and replaced by a cut

Beebe Bridge (Old) (Chelan County, Washington)
Built 1919; Removed 1963
Lost Wire suspension bridge over Columbia River on Flume/Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Blackiston Mill Bridge (Floyd County, Indiana)
Built 1888 by Canton Bridge Co., collapsed 1963 under a concrete mixer, (Bridge was under repair at the time)
Lost Through truss bridge over Silver Creek on Blackiston Mill Road
Lost

Chittenden Bridge (Park County, Wyoming)
Built 1903; Replaced 1963
Lost Deck arch bridge over Yellowstone River on S Rim Drive
Replaced by a new bridge

Cinque Hommes Creek Route B Bridge (Perry County, Missouri)
Built 1888; collapsed Apr. 15, 1962, following collision by overweight truck; replaced 1963
Lost through truss bridge over Cinque Hommes Creek on Route B
Replaced by new bridge

Dunkels Church Road -Sacony Creek (Older 1900-1963) (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1900
Lost Through truss bridge over Sacony Creek on Dunkels church Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Elm Street Bridge (Vermillion County, Indiana)
Built 1898, replaced in 1963
Lost Through truss bridge over Wabash River on Elm Street in Clinton
Replaced by new bridge

Fox Bridge (Caroline County, Virginia)
Built 1926; replaced 1963
Lost Warren through truss bridge over North Anna River on US Route 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway)
Replaced by a new bridge

Fox Bridge (Caroline County, Virginia)
Built 1935; replaced 1963
Lost Warren through truss bridge over North Anna River on US Route 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway)
Replaced by a new bridge

High Bridge Park Covered Bridge 14-69-01x (Ripley County, Indiana)
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Laughery Creek on 450 N
Removed

Houlton Covered Bridge 14-17-04x (De Kalb County, Indiana)
Built in 1884; destroyed by fire in 1963
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Fish Creek on County Road 4A
Destroyed by fire

IA5 Chariton River Bridge (Appanoose County, Iowa)
Built 1920; Replaced 1963
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Chariton River on IA 5
Replaced by a new bridge

IHB - S&S Canal Bridge (Old) (Cook County, Illinois)
Lost ca. 1963
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal on Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Collapsed

Kesler Covered Bridge (Banks County, Georgia)
Built 1925, Collapsed 1963
Lost Kingpost & Queenpost through truss bridge over Middle Fork Broad River on County Line Road
Collapsed

Lackey Bridge (Pope County, Illinois)
Replaced 1963
Lost bridge over Bay Creek on Bay City Road (FAS 1930), 3.5 mi. north of Bay City
Replaced by a new bridge

Lincoln Covered Bridge 01-61-03x (Talladega County, Alabama)
Built 1903 by Johnny Morris before the Civil War; Destroyed by fire July 28, 1963
Lost Kingpost truss bridge over Choccolocco Creek
Destroyed by fire

Malden Bridge (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Built 1917, replaced 1963
Lost Through truss bridge over Mystic River on Route 99 Alford Street
Replaced by a new bridge

MN13 Cottonwood River Bridge (Old) (Brown County, Minnesota)
Built 1921; Replaced 1962
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Cottonwood River on MN 13
Replaced by a new bridge

North Bend Rail Trail - Butcher's Tunnel (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Bored in 1857, daylighted in 1963.
Lost Tunnel for the Parkersburg Branch of the B&O Railroad. Cut is located on North Bend Rail Trail.
Daylighted and replaced by a cut

North Bend Rail Trail - Tunnel #11 (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Built 1857
Lost Tunnel for the Parkersburg Branch of the B&O Railroad. Cut is located on the North Bend Rail Trail.
Daylighted and replaced by a cut

North Bend Rail Trail - Tunnel #15 (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Bored in 1857 and daylighted in 1963.
Daylighted Tunnel for the Parkersburg Branch of the B&O Railroad
Daylighted and replaced by a cut

North Bend Rail Trail - Tunnel #16 (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Bored 1857 and daylighted 1963
Daylighted Tunnel for B&O Railroad
Demolished

North Bend Rail Trail - Tunnel #17 (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Bored 1857 and bypassed in 1963
Abandoned tunnel
Derelict/abandoned after being bypassed by a cut

North Bend Rail Trail - Tunnel #18 (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Bored 1857 and daylighted 1963.
Daylighted Tunnel for B&O Railroad
Demolished

North Bend Rail Trail - Tunnel #20 (Ritchie County, West Virginia)
Bored 1857 and daylighted in 1963
Lost Tunnel for the Parkersburg Branch of the B&O Railroad. Cut is located on North Bend Rail Trail.
Daylighted and replaced by a cut

Nueces Bay Causeway (Nueces County, Texas)
Built 1911; Heavily damaged/partially destroyed by the infamous 1919 Hurricane; Rebuilt 1921, appearing to have reused the original 1911 bascule; Replaced ca. 1963
Lost Plate girder bascule bridge over Nueces Bay on US 181
Replaced by a new bridge

Old Bridge (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania)
Replaced 1963
Lost Bridge over Clarion River on Old Bridge Rd/Main Street
Replaced by new bridge

Old CNTP - New River Bridge (Scott County, Tennessee)
Built in 1879 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, for its Cincinnati Southern Line (later sold to Norfolk Southern Railway)
Abandoned Pratt deck truss bridge over New River once carried Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway's Cincinnati Southern Railroad (later Norfolk Southern), before being bypassed
Abandoned

Old Fort Denaud Bridge (Hendry County, Florida)
Replaced 1963
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Caloosahatchee River on Fort Denaud Road
Replaced by a new bridge

OW - Cadosia Trestle (Sullivan County, New York)
Removed ca.1963
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Cadosia Creek & Lower Cadosia Road on New York, Ontario, & Western Railway
Removed

PE - La Brea Avenue Overpass (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1927; Abandoned July 7, 1940, Demolished 1963
Lost Pony Plate Girder Bridge over La Brea Avenue on Pacific Electric Railway
Removed

PE - San Gabriel River Bridge (Bellflower; Old) (Los Angeles County, California)
Built ? elsewhere; Erected here ca. 1905; Replaced 1963
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over San Gabriel River on Pacific Electric Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

PE - Venice/La Cienega Boulevards Overpass (Los Angeles County, California)
Abandoned September 17th 1950; Removed 1963
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Venice Boulevard/South La Cienega Boulevard on Railroad
Removed

Pleasant Mills Covered Bridge 14-01-01x (Adams County, Indiana)
Built 1882, replaced in 1963
Lost Covered bridge over St. Mary's River at Pleasant Mills
Replaced by new bridge

Porter's Bluff Bridge (Benton County, Arkansas)
Built 1902; replaced 1963
Lost through truss over White River (now Beaver Lake) on AR 12 east of Rogers
Replaced by a modern bridge in conjunction with the creation of Beaver Lake

Portland Street Bridge (old) (Caledonia County, Vermont)
Built c. 1908 by American Bridge Co; Partially bypassed 1943; Replaced 1963
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Passumspic River on Portland Street (U.S. Route 2)
Demolished

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built in 30 days in 1896 to be "temporary" replacement for destroyed covered bridge, with intent of road being added to upper level; neither replacement nor upper deck ever built. Removed 1963
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Pennsylvania Railroad & Lincoln Highway
Removed

Ringo Ford Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built 1924; replaced in 1963
Lost bridge over Little Black River on US 160 between Fairdealing and Harviell
No longer exists

RUT - Baldwin Dry Bridge (Addison County, Vermont)
Built 1871 as a pony truss, rebuilt sometime after 1890 as a stringer; demolished 1963
Lost Steel stringer bridge over Richville Road & branch of Sawmill brook on Rutland Railroad (Addison Division)
Removed but not replaced

Sea Isle City Bridge (Cape May County, New Jersey)
Built 1916 ; replaced 1963
Lost Deck plate girder bascule bridge over Ludlam Thorofare on 44th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Stayton Bridge (Marion County, Oregon)
Built 1912; Covered span replaced 1952; Rest of bridge replaced 1965
Lost Through truss bridge over North Santium River on 1st Street (Stayton Scio Road)
Replaced by a new bridge

US14 Minnesota River Bridge (Old) (Brown County, Minnesota)
Built 1922; Replaced 1963
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Minnesota River on US 14
Replaced by a new bridge

Utica Swing Bridge (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Three spans destroyed by tornado on June 27, 1906. Bridge rebuilt and swing span added.
Lost Through truss bridge over Illinois River on Illinois Rt 178
Replaced by a new bridge

William's Covered Bridge 35-84-09x (Washington County, Ohio)
Build date unknown; Lost in flood 1963
Lost Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over Little Hocking River on Welch Road
Destroyed by flooding