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

Augustine Cutoff Bridge (Old) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1885 for B&O Railroad, replaced with stone arch bridge 1910; Converted to road bridge 1920; Pratt truss replaced with Warren truss 1980;
Deck truss bridge over Brandywine Creek on Augustine Cutoff in Wilmington
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

BN - Nighthawk Railway Bridge (Okanogan County, Washington)
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Similkameen River on Washington & Great Northern Railway
Collapsed

Branch Neosho River Bridge (Labette County, Kansas)
Built 1914
Concrete arch bridge over a branch of Neosho River, 5.9 mi. east of Labette
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

CCC Bridge (Tillamook County, Oregon)
Built 1936; Replaced 1980
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Nehalem River on Nehalem River Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Cedar Avenue Bridge (Old) (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

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 - Olean Creek Bridge (Cattaraugus County, New York)
Built 1918, Removed in the 1980s
Bridge over Olean Creek
Demolished

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

Honeytown Bridge (Jackson County, Indiana)
Built in 1882; Struck by pickup truck September 11, 1980, causing north span to collapse - was subsequently removed around year's end
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over East Fork White River on County Road 25 East
Destroyed by collision

IA150 Cedar River Bridge (Benton County, Iowa)
Built 1935; Replaced 1980
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Cedar River on IA 150
Replaced by a new bridge

Index Bridge (Little River County, Arkansas)
Built 1919; Replaced 1980
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 Geneva Creek on Isett Avenue & Clinton Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Kickapoo Creek Bridge (Logan County, Illinois)
Built 1898
Lost Through truss bridge over Kickapoo Creek
No longer exists. Replaced by new bridge 1980.

KY 298 Bridge (Daviess County, Kentucky)
Lost Through truss bridge over North Fork of Panther Creek
Collapsed. Replaced by 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

Main Street-Umatilla River Bridge (Old) (Umatilla County, Oregon)
Lost Pony/through girder bridge over Umatilla River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Maple Street Bridge (Clinton County, Michigan)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Maple River on Maple Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Mare Island Bridge (2nd) (Solano County, California)
Built 1919; replaced 1980
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Mare Island Strait on Mare Island Shipyard RD w RR
Replaced by a new bridge

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

MILW - Big Sioux River Bridge (Canton) (Lyon County, Iowa)
Abandoned and removed ca. 1980
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Big Sioux River on former Milwaukee Road
Demolished

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 here 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 Lake Du Bay (Wisconsin River) on Railroad (MILW) and SR 34
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

Minnesota Avenue Overpass (Old) (Story County, Iowa)
Built 1901; Replaced 1980
Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Chicago & North Western Railway on Minnesota Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

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

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

Old Detroit Avenue Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1910
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Rocky River on Detroit Avenue (Old Alignment)
Superstructure replaced

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

Orchard Street Bridge (Licking County, Ohio)
Built 1903 by the Champion Bridge Company; replaced in 1980.
Lost Bridge over South Fork of Licking River on Orchard Street
Replaced by a new bridge

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

Smithville Road - Grand River Bridge (Eaton County, Michigan)
Built 1897; closed 1977; replaced 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Grand River on Smithville Road
Replaced by a new bridge in 1980

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

SR 257 East Fork White River Bridge (Pike County, Indiana)
Replaced in 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over E F White River on SR 257
Replaced by a new bridge

State Street Drawbridge (Middlesex County, New Jersey)
Replaced in the late 1980's
Lost Bridge over Woodbridge Creek
Replaced by a new bridge

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

Thornburg Bridge (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Chartiers Creek on Route 60
Replaced by a new bridge

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 Fallsburg
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

Tyler-Goodwin Bridge (Montgomery County, Alabama)
Built in the 1920s; Removed 1980
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Alabama River on AL 143
Removed but not replaced

US 150 Sangamon River Bridge (Champaign County, Illinois)
Lost Through truss bridge over Sangamon River on US 150
Replaced by a new bridge

US61 Iowa River Bridge (Old) (Louisa County, Iowa)
Built 1931, 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 - Pontiac Bridge (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 1980
Lost Through truss bridge over Vermillion River on Wabash, later N&W Railway
Demolished between 1974-1980

Wildcat Creek Bridge (Tippecanoe County, Indiana)
Built 1891 by the Lafayette Bridge Company; Replaced in 1980.
Lost Pratt Through truss bridge over North Fork of Wildcat Creek on County Line Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Willuski River bridge Old (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Built 1939
Lost Pony/through plate girder swing bridge over Willuski River
Replaced by a new bridge