Website Statistics

All Bridges

Total listed bridges: 78,825
Bridges with photos: 48,711 (61.8%)
Bridges with Street View: 27,394 (34.8%)
Bridges with GPS coordinates: 78,055 (99.0%)
Total photos: 381,290

Extant Bridges

Extant bridges: 51,057 (64.8% of all)
Bridges with photos: 30,483 (59.7% of extant)
Bridges with Street View: 23,764 (46.5% of extant)
Bridges with GPS coordinates: 50,815 (99.5% of extant)

Lost Bridges

Lost bridges: 26,109 (33.1% of all)
Bridges with photos: 13,303 (51.0% of lost)
Bridges with GPS coordinates: 25,670 (98.3% of lost)

By Design

Arch: 12,245 (15.5%)
- Deck arch: 11,460 (14.5%)
  - Brick arch: 92 (0.1%)
  - Closed-spandrel arch: 3,917 (5.0%)
  - Corrugated multi-plate arch: 14 (0.02%)
  - Iron arch: 15 (0.02%)
  - Luten arch: 89 (0.1%)
  - Open-spandrel arch: 761 (1.0%)
  - Ribbed closed-spandrel arch: 29 (0.04%)
  - Steel arch: 386 (0.5%)
  - Stone arch: 3,097 (3.9%)
  - Timber arch: 18 (0.02%)
- Pony arch: 60 (0.08%)
  - Concrete pony arch: 48 (0.06%)
  - Timber pony arch: 7 (0.009%)
- Through arch: 439 (0.6%)
  - Concrete through arch: 118 (0.1%)
  - Iron through arch: 3 (0.004%)
  - Marsh arch: 53 (0.07%)
  - Network arch: 9 (0.01%)
  - Steel through arch: 217 (0.3%)
  - Timber through arch: 21 (0.03%)
Beam: 13,923 (17.7%)
- Stringer: 10,248 (13.0%)
  - Concrete stringer: 619 (0.8%)
  - Steel stringer: 5,721 (7.3%)
  - Timber stringer: 2,824 (3.6%)
- Concrete tee beam: 3,146 (4.0%)
Culvert: 1,369 (1.7%)
- Concrete culvert: 587 (0.7%)
- Stone culvert: 323 (0.4%)
Ferry: 186 (0.2%)
Floating: 37 (0.05%)
- Pontoon: 35 (0.04%)
Rigid frame: 715 (0.9%)
- Concrete rigid frame: 616 (0.8%)
- Steel rigid frame: 80 (0.1%)
Girder: 9,431 (12.0%)
- Deck girder: 4,918 (6.2%)
  - Concrete deck girder: 494 (0.6%)
  - Deck plate girder: 4,156 (5.3%)
- Pony/through girder: 3,633 (4.6%)
  - Concrete pony/through girder: 341 (0.4%)
  - Concrete curved chord through girder: 75 (0.10%)
  - Pony/through plate girder: 3,044 (3.9%)
Other: 954 (1.2%)
Slab: 1,969 (2.5%)
Suspension: 842 (1.1%)
- Eyebar suspension: 15 (0.02%)
- Self-anchor suspension: 5 (0.006%)
- Cable-stayed: 98 (0.1%)
- Wire suspension: 660 (0.8%)
Truss: 33,698 (42.8%)
- Bedstead pony truss: 524 (0.7%)
  - Bedstead double-intersection Warren pony truss: 70 (0.09%)
  - Bedstead Pratt pony truss: 348 (0.4%)
  - Bedstead Warren pony truss: 105 (0.1%)
- Deck truss: 1,623 (2.1%)
  - Deck arch-truss: 6 (0.008%)
  - Bailey deck truss: 5 (0.006%)
  - Baltimore deck truss: 28 (0.04%)
  - Canticrete deck truss: 2 (0.003%)
  - Double-intersection Warren deck truss: 83 (0.1%)
  - Fink deck truss: 8 (0.01%)
  - Howe deck truss: 48 (0.06%)
  - K-deck truss: 3 (0.004%)
  - Lattice deck truss: 29 (0.04%)
  - Lenticular deck truss: 4 (0.005%)
  - Other deck truss: 20 (0.03%)
  - Pegram deck truss: 2 (0.003%)
  - Pratt deck truss: 309 (0.4%)
  - Queenpost deck truss: 3 (0.004%)
  - Scissors deck truss: 1 (0.001%)
  - Warren deck truss: 531 (0.7%)
    - Warren deck truss with alternating verticals: 60 (0.08%)
    - Warren deck truss with no verticals: 4 (0.005%)
    - Warren deck truss with sub-panels: 6 (0.008%)
    - Warren deck truss with all verticals: 84 (0.1%)
  - Whipple deck truss: 21 (0.03%)
  - Wichert deck truss: 4 (0.005%)
- Half-through truss: 12 (0.02%)
  - Lenticular half-through truss: 1 (0.001%)
  - Pratt half-through truss: 6 (0.008%)
- Modern truss: 164 (0.2%)
  - Modern deck truss: 2 (0.003%)
  - Modern pony truss: 108 (0.1%)
    - Modern bowstring pony truss: 21 (0.03%)
    - Modern Parker pony truss: 6 (0.008%)
    - Modern polygonal Warren pony truss: 16 (0.02%)
    - Modern Pratt pony truss: 35 (0.04%)
    - Modern Warren pony truss: 18 (0.02%)
  - Modern through truss: 51 (0.06%)
    - Modern bowstring through truss: 11 (0.01%)
    - Modern polygonal Warren through truss: 7 (0.009%)
    - Modern Pratt through truss: 9 (0.01%)
    - Modern Warren through truss: 19 (0.02%)
- Pony truss: 15,509 (19.7%)
  - Bailey pony truss: 165 (0.2%)
  - Miller & Borcherding pony truss: 18 (0.02%)
  - Bowstring pony truss: 282 (0.4%)
  - Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 122 (0.2%)
  - Eiffel pony truss: 1 (0.001%)
  - Howe pony truss: 61 (0.08%)
  - Kingpost pony truss: 97 (0.1%)
  - Lane pony truss: 6 (0.008%)
  - Lattice pony truss: 23 (0.03%)
  - Lenticular pony truss: 88 (0.1%)
  - Other pony truss: 17 (0.02%)
  - Parker pony truss: 373 (0.5%)
  - Polygonal Warren pony truss: 619 (0.8%)
    - Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 176 (0.2%)
    - Polygonal Warren pony truss with no verticals: 11 (0.01%)
    - Polygonal Warren pony truss with all verticals: 60 (0.08%)
  - Post pony truss: 3 (0.004%)
  - Pratt pony truss: 2,731 (3.5%)
  - Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 491 (0.6%)
  - Queenpost pony truss: 151 (0.2%)
  - Truesdell pony truss: 10 (0.01%)
  - Vierendeel pony truss: 3 (0.004%)
  - Warren pony truss: 3,229 (4.1%)
    - Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 697 (0.9%)
    - Warren pony truss with no verticals: 54 (0.07%)
    - Warren pony truss with all verticals: 454 (0.6%)
- Through truss: 15,520 (19.7%)
  - Baltimore through truss: 319 (0.4%)
  - Bollman through truss: 13 (0.02%)
  - Bowstring through truss: 274 (0.3%)
  - Brown through truss: 4 (0.005%)
  - Burr arch-truss: 362 (0.5%)
  - Camelback through truss: 364 (0.5%)
  - Childs through truss: 13 (0.02%)
  - Double-intersection Warren through truss: 166 (0.2%)
  - Eiffel through truss: 1 (0.001%)
  - Fink through truss: 8 (0.01%)
  - Hammond through truss: 7 (0.009%)
  - Haupt through truss: 5 (0.006%)
  - Howe through truss: 440 (0.6%)
  - Inverted bowstring through truss: 6 (0.008%)
  - K-Parker through truss: 70 (0.09%)
  - K-Truss through truss: 14 (0.02%)
  - Kingpost through truss: 55 (0.07%)
  - Lattice through truss: 583 (0.7%)
    - Quadrangular lattice through truss: 179 (0.2%)
    - Quintangular lattice through truss: 1 (0.001%)
    - Town lattice truss: 281 (0.4%)
    - Triple-intersection lattice through truss: 33 (0.04%)
  - Lenticular through truss: 79 (0.1%)
  - Lenticular Warren through truss: 5 (0.006%)
  - Long through truss: 34 (0.04%)
  - Multiple Kingpost through truss: 145 (0.2%)
  - Other through truss: 27 (0.03%)
  - Paddleford through truss: 28 (0.04%)
  - Parker through truss: 1,302 (1.7%)
  - Partridge through truss: 9 (0.01%)
  - Pegram through truss: 23 (0.03%)
  - Pennsylvania through truss: 500 (0.6%)
  - Polygonal Warren through truss: 431 (0.5%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 50 (0.06%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with no verticals: 3 (0.004%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with sub-panels: 13 (0.02%)
    - Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals: 108 (0.1%)
  - Post through truss: 40 (0.05%)
  - Pratt through truss: 5,392 (6.8%)
  - Queenpost through truss: 115 (0.1%)
  - Smith through truss: 45 (0.06%)
  - Stearns through truss: 2 (0.003%)
  - Thacher through truss: 15 (0.02%)
  - Waddell "A" through truss: 7 (0.009%)
  - Warren through truss: 1,566 (2.0%)
    - Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 44 (0.06%)
    - Warren through truss with no verticals: 28 (0.04%)
    - Warren through truss with sub-panels: 72 (0.09%)
    - Warren through truss with all verticals: 392 (0.5%)
  - Wheeler through truss: 1 (0.001%)
  - Whipple through truss: 374 (0.5%)
Tunnel: 1,330 (1.7%)
Unknown: 2,126 (2.7%)

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