Lost 1980

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Agler Road Bridge (Franklin County, Ohio)
Completed in 1919, destroyed in 1980
Bridge over Alum Creek on Agler Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Back Bone Road Bridge (Vermilion County, Illinois)
Built 1872, replaced in 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over former C&EI Railroad on Back Bone Road south of Danville
Replaced by new bridge

Barrett Mill Bridge 35-36-11x (Highland County, Ohio)
Arsoned on October 14, 1980.
Lost Long through truss bridge over Rocky Fork
Destroyed by fire

Bloomfield Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1914; closed 1978; demolished 1980; replaced 1986
Lost Deck truss bridge over P&W Subdivision, Pittsburgh Line, Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway, Local streets on Bloomfield Bridge
Replaced by a new bridge

Braswell Tunnel (Paulding County, Georgia)
Opened 1882, abandoned 1980
Tunnel under Brushy Mountain on an abandoned alignment of Southern Railway (Formerly the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad)
Abandoned

CBQ - Illinois River Bridge (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Built 1932, RR line abandoned 1970's, bridge removed summer 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Illinois River now removed Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Removed

Centerville Bridge (Old) (Boone County, Iowa)
Built 1922; Replaced 1980
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Des Moines River on 188th Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Chessie - Long Bridge (Washington County, Maryland)
HAER says initial construction 1896; however NR says 1867; CSX abandoned the railroad line in the late 1970s or 1980s
Bridge over Antietam Creek on Formerly B&O/CSX
Removed completely, piers visible on google & bing maps

CNJ - Newark Bay Lift Bridge (Union County, New Jersey)
Built 1926; site of Newark Bay Bridge Accident in 1948; damaged in ship collision 1966; railroad abandoned 1976; lift spans demolished 1980, approach spans demolished 1988
Lost vertical lift bridge over Newark Bay on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Removed

CNW - Little Sioux River Bridge (Brooke) (Buena Vista County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Little Sioux River on Chicago & North Western Railway
Removed

Colusa Bridge (Colusa County, California)
Built in 1901; rehabilitated in 1947-8, replaced 1980
Pratt through truss swing bridge over Sacramento River on Bridge Street
Bridge replaced 1980

Combination Bridge (Woodbury County, Iowa)
Built 1890-96; North Approach replaced 1907; Nebraska swing span electrified 1919; South approach replaced 1922; North Approach rebuilt 1929; Rails removed 1937; Iowa swing span removed 1957; Cantilevered roadways widened 1961-62; Replaced 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Missouri River on Old US 20 in Sioux City
Replaced by new bridge

Conrail - Sandusy Bay Bridge (Ottawa County, Ohio)
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Sandusky Bay on New York Central RR
No longer exists

Dry Fork of Bear Creek Bridge (Boone County, Arkansas)
Built 1928-29; replaced 1980
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Dry Fork of Bear Creek on US 65
Replaced by new bridge

Farm Entrance Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1920
Steel stringer bridge over Drainage Ditch on Field Road
Open to traffic

Garwood Bridge (Old) (Colorado County, Texas)
Built 1938; Replaced 1980
Lost Bridge over Colorado River on FM 950
Replaced by a new bridge

Hickman Lockhart Memorial Bridge (Benton County, Tennessee)
Built 1940; replaced 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Tennessee River on US70
Replaced by a UCEB in 1980

Honeydew Creek Bridge (Humboldt County, California)
Replaced 1980, apparently replaced again in 1990
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Honeydew Creek on Wilder Ridge Road
Replaced by new bridge

IA150 Cedar River Bridge (Benton County, Iowa)
Replaced 1980
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Cedar River on IA 150
Replaced by a new bridge

Index Bridge (Little River County, Arkansas)
Lost Through truss bridge over Red River on US 71 built 1919
Replaced by new bridge 1980

Isett Avenue Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1912; Replaced 1980
Bridge over West Branch Mad Creek (Now called Geneva Creek) on Isett Avenue & Clinton Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Liberty Bayou Bridge (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana)
Built in 1941; replaced 1980
Concrete stringer wooden bridge over Liberty Bayou on Louisiana Route 433
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Old) (Jackson County, Wisconsin)
Replaced 1980
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Black River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW - 250th Street Overpass (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Bridge over 250th Street on Railroad (MILW)
Removed

MILW - County Road R27 Overpass (Boone County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Highway R27 on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed but not replaced

MILW - Honey Creek Bridge (Boone County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Honey Creek on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

MILW - Lincoln Highway Overpass (Boone County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Concrete deck girder bridge over US 30 on Railroad (MILW)
Removed

MILW - Olin Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1913, Removed 1980
Lost Warren pony truss with all verticals bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed but not replaced

MILW - Stone City Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

MILW - Wisconsin River Bridge (Marathon County, Wisconsin)
Built 1894; Replaced 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wisconsin River on Railroad (MILW)
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW/CNW Overpass (Boone County, Iowa)
Removed 1980
Lost Girder bridge over Chicago & North Western Railway on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

NYC - DePue Swing Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Lost Polygonal Warren through truss bridge over Illinois River on New York Central Railroad/Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
No longer exists

Old Cedar Avenue Bridge (Dakota County, Minnesota)
Built 1890, removed in 1980 shortly after the current bridge was built.
Lost Through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Cedar Avneue
Removed

Old Parrots Ferry Bridge (Tuolumne County, California)
Built 1937, flooded 1980.
Luten arch bridge over Stanislaus River on Old Parrots Ferry Road
Inundated

Old Rooster Bridge (Marengo County, Alabama)
Built ca.1925; Demolished 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Tombigbee River on former Hwy 80 route
Lost

Parkersburg Suspension Bridge (Wood County, West Virginia)
Built 1916; Demolished 1980; Replaced by the Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge
Lost suspension bridge over Ohio River
No longer exists

Pekin Lift Bridge (Peoria County, Illinois)
Built 1928-29; replaced 1980
Lost Strauss vertical-lift through truss bridge over Illinois River on IL 9 in Pekin
Replaced by a new bridge

Pipe Creek Bridge #39 (Franklin County, Indiana)
Built in 1897 by the Indiana Bridge Company, replaced in 1980 using a prestressed beam on the existing abutments.
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Pipe Creek on Pipe Creek Road
Replaced by a new bridge

RI - Pitman Creek Trestle (Lee County, Iowa)
Demolished in 1980
Lost Stringer bridge over Pitman Creek
Lost

Rice Creek Bridge (Blue Earth County, Minnesota)
Built 1980
Lost Howe pony truss bridge over Rice Creek on Twp 24
Replaced by a new bridge

Rock Rapids North Bridge (Lyon County, Iowa)
Built 1900; Replaced 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Rock River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Rocky Ford Bridge (Vermilion County, Illinois)
Built ca. 1910, replaced in 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Salt Fork Vermilion River on N850E Road
Replaced by new bridge

Sock Road Bridge (Dodge County, Wisconsin)
Built 1893; Demolished 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Beaver Dam River on Sock Road in Town of Lowell
Demolished 1980, replaced by new bridge

Springboro IN 18 Tippecanoe River bridge (Carroll County, Indiana)
Replaced in 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Tippecanoe River on IN 18
Replaced by new bridge

Strawberry River Bridge (Lawrence County, Arkansas)
Lost Through truss bridge over Strawberry River on CR 292 (old AR 25)
Demolished

Tibbs Bridge (Murray County, Georgia)
Built 1918 to replace a wooden bridge that had been there since the 1880's, replaced 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Conasauga River on Tibbs Bridge Road
Replaced by new bridge

Toutle River Bridge (Cowlitz County, Washington)
Lost Warren through truss bridge over North Fork Toutle River on SR-504
Destroyed in the 1980 Mt. St. Helens Eruption

Town Branch Creek Bridge (Washington County, Arkansas)
Replaced 1980
Lost Concrete stringer bridge over Town Branch Creek on Us 71B
Replaced by new bridge

Tri-County Bridge (Louisa County, Iowa)
Built 1911, Raised 1912; Replaced on a new aligment 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Iowa River on Louisa-Johnson Road
Removed

Trinity Covered Bridge 17-64-01x (Lawrence County, Kentucky)
Last authentic covered bridge built in Kentucky. Disappeared in October, 1981. It was replaced by a concrete structure.
Lost Kingpost through truss bridge over East Fork of Little Sandy River on Little East Fork Road in Fallasburg
Lost

Tuscarawas River C&M Railroad truss (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)
The railroad was abandoned around 1980-1985.
Lost Bridge over Tuscarawas River on Railroad
Some truss supports still might be seeable.

Twin Bridges (Winneshiek County, Iowa)
Built 1878; collapsed 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Upper Iowa River on Road
Collapsed and replaced by a new bridge

US61 Iowa River Bridge (Old) (Louisa County, Iowa)
Built sometime betwixt 1928-1931 (According to the IADOT), Replaced 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Iowa River on US 61
Replaced by a new bridge

Vine Street Bridge (Wapello County, Iowa)
Built 1898; Removed 1980
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Vine Street
Removed but not replaced

Wabash Railroad Bridge #1705 (Livingston County, Illinois)
Original 428' Howe truss w/frame trestle approaches built 1881; replaced w/thru trusses from Bridge #1145 in 1904; bridge embargoed by N&W around 1973; demolished between 1974-1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Vermillion River on Wabash, later N&W Railway
Demolished between 1974-1980