Lost 1966

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6th Street Overpass (Old) (Story County, Iowa)
Replaced ca. 1966
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Chicago & North Western Railway on 6th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

7th Street Viaduct (Old) (Polk County, Iowa)
Built 1913; Replaced 1966
Steel stringer bridge over Railroad on 7th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge (Douglas County, Nebraska)
Built 1888; widened with 3rd truss line added 1922-1924; tolls removed 1947; replaced by I-480 bridge in 1966
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Douglas Street
Replaced by new bridge

Astoria-Megler Ferry (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Established 1921, Acquired by Oregon Highway Department 1946, Eliminated 1966
Lost Ferry across Columbia River on U.S. 101
Replaced by the Astoria-Megler Bridge

Blue Point Bridge (Effingham County, Illinois)
Lost Pony truss bridge over Blue Point Creek
Collapsed

CA49 Bagby Bridge (Old) (Mariposa County, California)
Built ca. 1922; Replaced 1966
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Merced River on CA 49
Replaced by a new bridge

Callender Road Covered Bridge 35-04-24x (Ashtabula County, Ohio)
Built 1870; Burned by owners December 1966
Lost Covered Town lattice truss bridge over Rock Creek (Now Lake Roaming Rock) on Callender Road
Destroyed by fire

Cedar Valley Bridge (Cedar County, Iowa)
Built 1887; Replaced 1966
Lost Through truss bridge over Cedar River on Cedar Valley Road
Replaced by a new bridge upstream

Clyde Oler Road - Greens Fork Bridge (Wayne County, Indiana)
Built ca. 1895 by the Massillon Bridge Company; replaced in 1966
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Greens Fork on Clyde Oler Road
Replaced by a new bridge in 1966

Cover Covered Bridge 14-90-01x (Wells County, Indiana)
Named for nearby family, lost by Arson in late May 1966. 300 West bridge is nearby to the East, and probably why bridge was not replaced.
Lost Through truss bridge over Wabash River on Former County Road at or about 325 West
Destroyed by fire on May 28, 1966

CRandIC - Mays Island Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1904; Abandoned 1953; Removed 1966
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Cedar River on Railroad (CRandIC)
Removed

De Kalb Village Iron Bridge (St. Lawrence County, New York)
Built in 1874 by the King Bridge Company; replaced in 1966
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Oswegatchie River on County Road 17
Replaced by a new bridge

Dos Rios Bridge (Mendocino County, California)
Replaced 1966
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Eel River & Nwp RR on Dos Rios Road
Replaced by new bridge

Dry Fork Bridge (McDowell County, West Virginia)
Replaced 1966
Lost Warren pony truss with all verticals bridge over Dry Fork on Cr 9/5
Replaced by new bridge

FDDM - Fourmile Creek Trestle (Polk County, Iowa)
Collapsed 1966
Timber stringer bridge over Fourmile Creek on Radio Mast Access Road
Collapsed

Flat Creek Covered Bridge 25-80-01x (Pettis County, Missouri)
Built 1880 by Nicholas Hall and M. L. Carter; destroyed by fire on May 29, 1966
Lost covered bridge over Flat Creek on Ingram Avenue near Sedalia
No longer exists, but scale-model replica built in Sedalia's Centennial Park

Freedom Covered Bridge (Owen County, Indiana)
Built in 1882 by J.J. Daniels
Lost Bridge over White River on Freedom Road, CR 590 S
Replaced by a new bridge

Frisco - Bird's Nest Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Replaced 1966
Lost three-span through truss railroad bridge over the Meramec River north of Steelville; replaced by a six-span deck girder bridge
Replaced by a new bridge

Front Street Viaduct (Franklin County, Ohio)
Lost Bridge over Railroad Tracks on North Front Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Grinnell Road - Little Miami River Bridge (Greene County, Ohio)
Lost Through truss bridge over Little Miami River on Grinnell Road
Collapsed in 1966. Replaced by a new bridge in 1968

Hill Road Bridge (McLean County, Illinois)
Lost Pony truss bridge
Collapsed

Hog Creek US 65 Bridge (Boone County, Arkansas)
Built 1929-30; Replaced by a new bridge in 1966
Lost closed-spandrel arch bridge over Hog Creek on US 65 near Valley Springs
Replaced by a new bridge in 1966

Jay Bridge (N) (Franklin County, Maine)
Built ?; Removed 1966
Lost Through truss bridge over East Channel Androscoggin River on Jay Bridge Road
Removed

Johns Hole Bridge (Bonneville County, Idaho)
Originally built downstream in 1907; Relocated here 1929; Replaced 1966
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Snake River on US 20
Replaced by a new bridge

Kaskaskia River Bridge (Moultrie County, Illinois)
Lost Through Truss bridge over Kaskaskia River
No longer exists

Kings Valley Covered Bridge (Benton County, Oregon)
Built 1925 to replace 1914 Covered Bridge replaced in 1966
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Luckiamute River on OR 223
Replaced by a new bridge

Klinger Road - Stillwater River Bridge (Miami County, Ohio)
Lost Through truss bridge over Stillwater River on Klinger Road
Replaced by a new bridge in 1966

Krepps Road - Looking Glass River Bridge (Clinton County, Michigan)
Collapsed in 1966; section of road closed; bridge was never rebuilt
Lost Through truss bridge over Looking Glass River on Krepps Road
Struck by car March 30, 1966, and collapsed

Lewis Creek Covered Bridge (Shelby County, Indiana)
Built 1883
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Lewis Creek on County Road 850 South
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Old) (Winnebago County, Wisconsin)
Removed 1966
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Fox River on Main Street / Electric Interurban Cars WI 45
Replaced by a new bridge

Mauckport Ferry (Harrison County, Indiana)
Obsolete in 1966 due to the construction of the Matthew E Welsh Bridge
Lost Ferry across Ohio River
No longer exists

Middle Bridge (Windsor County, Vermont)
Built 1877 by King Bridge Co.; Demolished 1966
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Ottauquechee River on Mountain Ave.
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW - Federal Street Overpass (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Built 1938; Replaced 1966
Steel stringer bridge over South Federal Street on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Mitchell Point Tunnel (Hood River County, Oregon)
Built 1915 back filled 1954 blasted away 1966
Lost Tunnel under tunnels though Mitchell point on Former route US 30
Demolished

Mitchell Point Viaduct (Hood River County, Oregon)
Built in 1915 bypassed 1954 demoilsed 1966
Lost Concrete tee beam bridge on US 30
Demolished

MoPac - St Francis River Bridge (Lee County, Arkansas)
Built 1912 ; relocated in 1966 to Texas
Lost Through truss bridge over St Frances River
Removed but not replaced and relocated To Texas

Napier Bridge (Berrien County, Michigan)
Built in 1905 by the Pan American Bridge Company; replaced in 1966
Lost Parker through truss bridge over St. Joseph River & Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad on Napier Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Old Hansen Bridge (Twin Falls County, Idaho)
Built 1919
Lost Suspension bridge over Snake River on Sr 50
Replaced by a new bridge

Old Pendleton Bridge (Sabine County, Texas)
Built 1937; Lost 1966
Through truss bridge over Sabine River on Texas State Highway 21
Replaced by Toledo Bend Reservoir Bridge only the piers remain inudated by Toledo Bend Reservoir

OW - Lyon Brook Bridge (Chenango County, New York)
Built 1894, rehabilitated in 1899 and 1910, abandoned in 1958, removed in 1966
Lost Deck truss bridge over Lyon Brook and Lyon Brook Road on former New York, Ontario and Western Railroad northeast of Oxford
Removed

Phillips Lane Bridge (San Luis Obispo County, California)
Removed 1966
Lost Bridge over Southern Pacific Railroad on Phillips Lane
Removed but not replaced

Pritchard Road Bridge (De Kalb County, Illinois)
Lost Pony truss bridge over West Branch Big Rock Creek
Replaced by a new bridge.

Putnamville Covered Bridge (Putnam County, Indiana)
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Deer Creek on State Route 243
Replaced by a new bridge

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad ACCA Yard Bridge (Richmond, Virginia)
Built 1909
Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over RF&PRR ACCA Rail Yard on Westwood Ave
Replaced by a new bridge

Riverside Bridge (Berrien County, Michigan)
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Paw Paw River on Coloma Road
Replaced by a new bridge in 1966

Scott Road Bridge (De Kalb County, Illinois)
Lost Pony truss bridge over West Branch Big Rock Creek
Collapsed

SIRy - Cooper Creek Trestle (CBQ Transfer Line) (Appanoose County, Iowa)
Removed ca. 1966
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Cooper Creek on Southern Iowa Railway
Removed

SIRy/MILW Overpass (Appanoose County, Iowa)
Abandoned 1966 & removed sometime shortly thereafter
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Railroad (MILW) on Southern Iowa Railway (Later Southern Industrial Railroad )
Removed but not replaced

South Shore - 130th Street Railroad Bridge (Old) (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1908; Replaced 1966
Lost Through truss bridge over Calumet River on Chicago Southshore & South Bend
Superstructure replaced

State Bridge (Eagle County, Colorado)
Built 1890; replaced 1966 and south span removed; north span collapsed sometime after 1985.
Lost two-span Howe through truss bridge over Colorado River
Abutments, center pier, and ruins of north span remain

Test Road-Whitewater River Bridge (Wayne County, Indiana)
Built in 1897 by the Massillon Bridge Company; replaced in 1966
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Whitewater River on Test Road
Replaced by a new bridge

US 101 Willapa River Swing Bridge (Pacific County, Washington)
Lost Bridge over Willapa River on US 101
Replaced by a new bridge

US6 Panther Creek Bridge (Old) (Dallas County, Iowa)
Replaced 1966
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Panther Creek on US 6
Replaced by a new bridge

Wallowa River bridge Old (Wallowa County, Oregon)
Bridge over Wallowa River


Walton Road Bridge (Berrien County, Michigan)
Lost Baltimore through truss bridge over St.Joseph River on River Street
Demolished

Wright Covered Bridge (Randolph County, Indiana)
Built in 1883 by A. M. Kennedy & Sons
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over White River on County Road 900 West
Destroyed by an arson fire in 1966