Fink truss

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Augustine Cutoff Bridge (1885) (New Castle County, Delaware)
(Main design: Fink deck truss)
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

BO - Fairmont Fink Truss (1852) (Marion County, West Virginia)
Fink iron bridge built here 1852; Destroyed by the CSA 1863; Replaced by indentical structure 1865; Replaced 1887
Lost Fink through truss bridge over Monongahela River on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Destroyed in 1863 by the South; temporarily replaced by the north with a wooden bridge; replaced by the railroad to a similar plan but with slightly different casting shortly after the war.

BO - Fairmont Fink Truss (1865) (Marion County, West Virginia)
Built 1865 replacing the temporary wooden span which replaced the 1852 span lost during 1863 Civil War; Replaced 1887
Lost three span Fink through truss bridge over Monongahela River on Baltimore & Ohio
Replaced by a new bridge in 1887

BO - Grafton Bridge (Taylor County, West Virginia)
Built 1854
Lost Fink through truss bridge over Tygart Valley River on B&O Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

C&O - New River Bridge (Old) (Fayette County, West Virginia)
Lost Deck truss bridge over New River on Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

CNTP - New River Viaduct (1st) (Scott County, Tennessee)
Built 1879; Replaced 1898
Lost Fink deck truss bridge over New River on Cincinnati Southern Railway/Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Hamden Road Fink Through Truss Bridge (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)
Built 1858
Lost wrought iron through truss over South Branch Raritan River on CR 2 (Hamden Rd) in Hamden
Destroyed by vehicle collision in 1978

Houston Street Fink Truss (Bexar County, Texas)
Built 1871
Lost Fink through truss bridge over San Antonio River??? on Houston Street
Replaced by a new bridge

LN - Frankfort Fink Truss (Franklin County, Kentucky)
Built 1868; Raised 1893; Replaced 1898
Fink through truss bridge


Millstone River Bridge (Somerset County, New Jersey)
Lost Fink through truss bridge over Millstone River on Manville Causeway
No longer exists

MILW - Short Line Bridge (Old) (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
(Main design: Whipple deck truss)
Built 1880; Replaced 1902
Lost Whipple deck truss bridge over Mississippi River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad & Road
Replaced by a new bridge

N&W - High Bridge (Second) (Cumberland County, Virginia)
Built 1869; Replaced 1886,
Lost Fink deck truss bridge over Appomattox River on Railroad (N&W)
Replaced by a new bridge

NM - Missouri River Bridge (St. Charles County, Missouri)
(Main design: Double-intersection Warren through truss)
Built 1868; damaged by derailment 1879, 1881. Substantial upgrade finish about 1884 replacing effectively the entire structure
North Missouri Railroad Fink deck truss and Trellis through truss bridge at St. Charles, MO
Upgraded 1880-1884

NW - Big Otter Bridge (Bedford County, Virginia)
Lost Fink deck truss bridge over Big Otter River on Norfolk & Western Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

OW - Lyon Brook Bridge (Old) (Chenango County, New York)
Built 1869, replaced in 1894
Lost Deck truss bridge over Lyon Brook on former NY&OM/NYO&W Railroads northeast of Oxford
Replaced by a new bridge

PSN - Stony Brook Glen Bridge (Old) (Steuben County, New York)
Built 1883 by the Delaware Bridge Co., replaced in 1907
Lost Deck truss bridge over Stony Brook Glen on former Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad south of Dansville
Replaced by a new bridge

Riverside Park Bridge (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Built 1870 for Norfolk & Western RR, moved to Old Forest road for car use over N&W Mainline in 1893, then moved to current location in 1985
Fink Deck truss bridge over unknown creek on Trail
Open to pedestrians

Zoarville Station Bridge (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)
Built in 1868 by Smith,Latrobe,& Co., relocated and restored in 2007.
Fink through truss bridge over Conotton Creek on Old section SR-212
Open to pedestrians