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Alaskan Way Viaduct (King County, Washington)
Built 1953; rehabilitated 1957; replaced 2010-2019
Double-deck stringer bridge running parallel to Alaskan Way along Seattle waterfront
Demolished 2019

Allegheny Mountain Tunnel (Somerset County, Pennsylvania)
Westbound tunnel completed 1940; eastound tunnel completed 1965
Tunnel on Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-70/I-76
Open to traffic

Alligator River Bridge (Tyrrell County, North Carolina)
Built 1960; rehabilitated 2018
Swing bridge over Alligator River on US 64
Open for traffic

Ambassador Bridge (Wayne County, Michigan)
Built 1927-1928; New Plaza 2008
Wire suspension bridge over Detroit River on US I-96 and Canada 3 in Windsor, Ontario Canada and Detroit
Open to traffic

AMTK - "Freedom" Tunnel (New York County, New York)
Built in the 1930s
Tunnel on Railroad (Amtrak) under Riverside Park
Open to traffic

AMTK - B&P Tunnels (Baltimore County, Maryland)
Built 1873
Tunnel on Amtrak Northeast Corridor under Wilson St
Open to traffic

AMTK - East River Tunnels (Queens County, New York)
Built 1910,
Tunnels under East River on Amtrak
Open to traffic

AMTK/NJT - North River Tunnels (New York County, New York)
Constructed 1904-1908
Tunnel under Hudson River on Amtrak & New Jersey Transit
Open to traffic

Antioch Bridge (1978) (Contra Costa County, California)
The current bridge was completed and opened to traffic in 1978. It measures 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It replaced the original structure that was built in 1926 by Aven Hanford and Oscar Klatt, who went on to build the original span of the Carquinez Bridge.
Concrete deck girder bridge over San Joaquin River on CA-160
Open to traffic

Apalachicola River Bridge (Calhoun County, Florida)
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1998
Through truss bridge over Apalachicola River on FL 20
Open to traffic

ARR - Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (Anchorage, Alaska)
Built 1943, converted to combined railroad and highway tunnel 1998-2000
Tunnel under Maynard Mountain on Portage Glacier Highway and Alaska Railroad
Open to traffic

Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Built 2005, replacing the John P Grace and Silas S Pearman bridges
Cable-stayed bridge over Cooper River on US 17
Open to traffic

Assawoman Bay Bridge (Worcester County, Maryland)
Built 1971; rehabiltated 2009
Box girder bridge over Assawoman Bay on MD-90
Open to traffic

Astoria-Megler Bridge (Clatsop County, Oregon)
Built 1966
Continuous rigid-cantilever Warren through truss bridge over Columbia River on US 101 in Astoria
Open to traffic

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

Atchafalaya Basin Bridge (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1971
Pair of 16+ mile bridges over the Atchafalaya Basin on I-10
Open to traffic

Atlantic Cement Bridge (Albany County, New York)
Built 1964
Pratt through truss bridge over Rte 9w , on Atlantic Cement
In use

Audubon Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana)
Built 2011
Cable-stayed bridge over Mississippi River on LA 10
Open to all traffic

Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (Baltimore, Maryland)
Built in 1957; closed for 3 years and renovated in 1987
Tunnel under Patapsco River on I-895
Open to traffic

BART - Berkeley Hills Tunnel (Alameda County, California)
Bore completed in 1967, Open for revenue in 1973 they run just north of the Caldecott tunnels
Tunnel under Berkeley Hills on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport)
Open to traffic

BART - Transbay Tube (San Francisco County, California)
Built 1969; Opened 1974
Tunnel under San Francisco Bay on BART
Open to traffic

Bay St Louis Bridge (Hancock County, Mississippi)
Built 1953; Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005
Lost Bridge over Bay St Louis on US-90
Replaced by a new bridge

Bay St. Louis Bridge (Hancock County, Mississippi)
Built in 2007 to replace an earlier structure destroyed by Hurricane Katrina
Concrete deck girder bridge over Bay of St Louis on US Hwy 90
Open to traffic

Bay St. Louis Rail Bridge (Harrison County, Mississippi)
Through truss swing bridge over Bay of St Louis on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

Bayonne Bridge (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Built 1931; roadway raised 64 feet 2017-2019
Steel through arch bridge over Kill Van Kull on SR 440 between Bayonne and Staten Island
Toll bridge open to traffic

Benicia Martinez Bridge (1962) (Contra Costa County, California)
Built 1962; rehabilitated 1991
Deck truss bridge over Suisun Bay and UP railroad tracks on I-680 Southbound
Open to Southbound traffic

Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1926; rehabilitated 1984
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on I-676/US 30 in Philadelphia
Open to traffic

Betsy Ross Bridge (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1973
Truss bridge on NJ 90 over Delaware River, Richmond Street, River Road, Hedley Street
Open to traffic

Big Bend Tunnel (Summers County, West Virginia)
built from 1870-1872 by C&O RR to cut off Big Bend. Legend/tradition names this tunnel as scene of 'Steel Driving Man' John Henry's race with steam drill
Original tunnel built to bypass an 8 mile long bend in the Greenbrier River. Passes between Hilldale, and Talcott West Virginia.
Intact but closed to all traffic

Big Spanish Channel Bridge (Monroe County, Florida)
Built 1972
Stringer bridge over Big Spanish Channel on Sr-5 (Us-1) Nb
Open to traffic

Biloxi Back Bay Bridge (Harrison County, Mississippi)
Built 1973
Bridge over Biloxi Back Bay on I-110
Open to traffic

Blue Water Bridge (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1997
Steel through arch bridge over St Clair River on I-94 EB
Open to traffic

Blue Water Bridge (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1999
Through truss bridge over St. Clair River on Westbound I-94 in Port Huron
Open to traffic

BNSF - Cascade Tunnel (King County, Washington)
Longest rail tunnnel in the US, finished in 1929 to bypass old tunnel, switchbacks, and 1.57% grade
Concrete lined tunnel under Cascade Mountains on BNSF Railway (former Great Northern Railway)
Open to traffic

BNSF - Flathead Tunnel (Lincoln County, Montana)
Built 1970
Tunnel on BNSF Kootenai River Subdivision
Open to traffic

BNSF - Lake Pend Oreille Bridge (Bonner County, Idaho)
Built 1903, upgraded 2008
Through Truss swing bridge over Pend Oreille Lake on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic

BNSF - Old Galveston Causeway (1912) (Galveston County, Texas)
Built 1912, Original Bascule replaced in 1987; 1987 bascule span replaced in 2012 by a lift span
Modern lift bridge with concrete arch approach spans over Galveston Bay on BNSF Railway (and former highway)
Open to railroad traffic only

BNSF - Stampede Tunnel (Kittitas County, Washington)
Tunnel opened in May of 1888, forced-air ventilation added later
Tunnel under the Cascade Mountains just south of Snoqualmie Pass on BNSF Railway (former Northern Pacific Railway)
Open to traffic

BNSF - Tunnel 1 (Contra Costa County, California)
Built 1917
Tunnel on BNSF RR
Open to traffic

Bonnet Carre Bridge (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana)
Opened October 2, 1935, originally carried 4 lanes of traffic on US-61 until a companion span opened March 1984 and was retrofitted to carry eastbound traffic only
Concrete tee beam bridge over Bonnet Carre Spillway on US-61
Open to traffic

Braga Bridge (Bristol County, Massachusetts)
Built 1965; rehabilitated 1989
Through truss bridge over Taunton River on I-195 in Fall River
Open to traffic

Broad River Draw Bridge (Beaufort County, South Carolina)
Built 1958; replaced 2004
Lost swing bridge over Broad River Draw Bridge on SC 170
used as a fishing pier

Bronx Whitestone Bridge (Bronx County, New York)
Opened to traffic April 29, 1939.
Suspension bridge over East River on I-678 in New York
Open to six lanes of traffic

Brooklyn Bridge (Kings County, New York)
Opened to traffic May 24, 1883; elevated railway removed 1944
Suspension bridge over East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York
Open to traffic

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (New York County, New York)
Built 1940-1950
Tunnel under East River on Interstate 478
Open to traffic

Brookport Bridge (Massac County, Illinois)
Built 1929
Ten-span through truss bridge on US 45 over the Ohio River at Brookport
Open to two-lane traffic

Broughton Flume (Skamania County, Washington)
Built 1913; Abandoned 1986
Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Rocks on Water
Abandoned

Bryant Patton Memorial Bridge (Franklin County, Florida)
Concrete stringer bridge over Apalachicola Bay on Florida State Route 300
Open to traffic

Buffalo Skyway (Erie County, New York)
Built 1956; rehabilitated 1976
Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo River & Industrial Flats on New York State Route 5
Open to traffic

Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel (Pitkin County, Colorado)
Built 1891; Converted to highway use 1922; Closed to traffic 1943; Collapsed 1945
Tunnel
Closed

Cairo Ohio River Bridge (Alexander County, Illinois)
Built 1937; rehabilitated 1979
Cantilevered through truss over the Ohio River on US 51/60/62 between Cairo, Illinois and Wickliffe, Kentucky
Open to two-lane traffic

Calcasieu River High Bridge (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1962
Girder bridge over Prien Lake/Calcasieu River on Interstate 210
Open to traffic

Caruthersville Bridge (Pemiscot County, Missouri)
Built 1976; rehabilitated 1987
Continuous through truss over the Mississippi River on I-155, southeast of Caruthersville
Open to four lanes of traffic

Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge (Rensselaer County, New York)
Built 1958; rehabilitated 1994; closed for emergency repairs June 2017; reopened July 2017
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Hudson River on NYS Thruway Berkshire Spur
Open to traffic

Cayuga Long Bridge (Cayuga County, New York)
Built 1800, collapsed 1804, rebuilt 1813, rebuilt 1833; Abandoned 1857
Lost Bridge over Cayuga Lake on trail
Removed but not replaced

Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)
Original two-lane spans with through-truss suspension bridge and regular cantilever design built 1949-52 and opened 1952; second three-lane span with deck suspension and arched cantilever opened 1973; rehabilitated 1988
Pair of suspension and cantilever truss bridges over Chesapeake Bay on US 50
Open to traffic

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Northampton County, Virginia)
Northbound lanes built 1964; Soutbound lanes built 1995-9
Bridge-tunnel over/under Chesapeake Bay on US 13
Open to traffic

Chowan River Bridge (Bertie County, North Carolina)
Built 1953
Lost swing truss bridge over Chowan River on US-17
Replaced by a new bridge

Clark Avenue Bridge (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1912; Removed 1985
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Clark Avenue
Removed

Cline Avenue Bridge (Lake County, Indiana)
Construction started 1982; collapse during construction April 15, 1982; opened to traffic 1986; closed to traffic November 13, 2009; demolished January 8, 2013
Lost box girder bridge over Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal on IN-912 Cline Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

CN - Bonnet Carre Spillway Trestle (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana)
11754 foot long Timber stringer bridge over Lake Ponchartrain on CN RR
Open to traffic

CN - St. Clair Tunnel (1891) (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built 1888-1891; Electrified 1907-1908; Electrification removed 1958: Tube sealed 1994
Tunnel under St. Clair River on Canadian National Railroad in Port Huron
Closed to all traffic

CN - St. Clair Tunnel (1994) (St. Clair County, Michigan)
Built to replace old St.Clair Tunnel with improved clearances
Tunnel under St.Clair River on Canadian National Rwy
Open to traffic

CN - Tunnel #2 (Pope County, Illinois)
Built 1927
Tunnel on CN (formerly IC) Railroad near Abbot
Open to traffic

CN - Tunnel No. 2 (Pope County, Illinois)
Tunnel under hillside on Canadian National Rwy
Open to traffic

CNJ - Newark Bay Lift Bridge (1926) (Union County, New Jersey)
Built 1926; site of Newark Bay Bridge Accident in 1958; 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

Cochrane-Africatown Bridge (Mobile County, Alabama)
Built 1991; Named after the Cochrane Bridge, which it replaced, and the former Africatown Community it reached on the western shore
3-span cable-stayed suspension bridge over Mobile River on U.S. 90 and U.S. 98 Truck Route
Open to traffic

Collins Bridge (Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Built 1913; Replaced 1925 by Venetian Causeway
Lost Lattice truss bridge over Biscayne Bay on NE 15th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (1814) (York County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1812-1814 by Jonathan Wolcott; completed December 5, 1814; destroyed February 5, 1832 by high water and ice
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Bridge Street?
Destroyed by flooding

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (1832) (York County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832-1834 by James Moore and John Evans; opened July 8, 1834; burned by Union troops on June 28, 1863 as part of the Gettysburg campaign
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Bridge Street
Destroyed by fire

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (1868) 38-36-129#2x/38-67-45#2x (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1868
Lost covered truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Pennsylvania RR and road
Destroyed by Cedar Keys Hurricane in 1896

Commodore Barry Bridge (Gloucester County, New Jersey)
Built 1974
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Delaware River on US 322
Open to traffic

Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1936, Rehabilitation 2008 - 2018
Steel cantilevered through truss bridge over Coos Bay on US 101 in North Bend
Open to traffic

Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge (Nueces County, Texas)
Built 1959; rehabilitated 1987; closed due to damage from Hurricane Harvey in August 2017; reopened October 2017
Steel through truss arch bridge over Corpus Christi Ship Channel on US 181 in Corpus Christi
Open to traffic

Courtney Campbell Causeway (Hillsborough County, Florida)
Commissioned by Ben T. Davis, work began in 1927 and completed in 1934
Bridge over Old Tampa Bay on State Route 60
Open to traffic

CP - Detroit-Windsor International Tunnel (Wayne County, Michigan)
1910
Tunnel under Detroit River on Canadian Pacific Railway
Open to traffic

Creek Top Road (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Built 1937
Culvert bridge over Indian Creek on Creek Top Road
Open to traffic

CSX - Hagan Tunnel (Lee County, Virginia)
Built 1930
Tunnel under hillside on CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Henderson Bridge (Henderson County, Kentucky)
Built 1932 by the American Bridge Co., replacing an earlier 1885 bridge; construction began May 13, 1931; completed December 31, 1932
Massive polygonal Warren through truss bridge over the Ohio River on CSX Railroad in Henderson
Open to traffic

CSX - High Line Viaduct (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1903
Brick arch and deck girder bridge over Amtrak NEC and 30th St Station on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX - Howard Street Tunnel (Baltimore, Maryland)
1895
Tunnel on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX - James River Viaduct (Richmond, Virginia)
Built 1901 by C&O Railway
Deck plate girder bridge over James River/RR/many streets on CSX RR
Open to traffic

CSX - Louisville Viaduct (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built 1936-37
Girder bridge over city of louisville on CSX (formerly L&N Railroad)
Open to traffic

CSX - Parkersburg Bridge (Wood County, West Virginia)
Built 1905; 1 truss replaced in 1972 after barge explosion
Through truss bridge over Ohio River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX - Sandy Ridge Tunnel (Dickenson County, Virginia)
Built 1914 as part of the Elkhorn Extension, the last 35 miles of the railroad built between Elkhorn City, Kentucky and Spartanburg, South Carolina
Tunnel under Sandy Ridge (Tennessee Valley Divide) on CSX Railroad (formerly Clinchfield Railroad)
Tunnel is open to rail traffic, vented in two locations on Sandy Ridge

CSX - Susquehanna River Bridge (Harford County, Maryland)
Built 1907-09 by Baltimore & Ohio RR as double-track bridge and opened January 6, 1910, later single-tracked
Through and deck truss bridge over Susquehanna on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CTA - Chicago 'L' (Cook County, Illinois)
Built in stages 1892 to 2021. CTA created October 1, 1947 by combining all previous rapid transit lines.
Viaduct and tunnel system across entire City of Chicago on Chicago Transit Authority
Open to traffic

Cypress Street Viaduct (Alameda County, California)
Built 1957
Lost Slab bridge over Various City Streets on I-880
Destroyed by the Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, 1989

Dames Point Bridge (Duval County, Florida)
Built 1989
Cable-stayed bridge over St. Johns River on FL 9A in Jacksonville
Open to traffic

Delaware Memorial Bridge (EB) (1951) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1951; rehabilitated 1970
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on Eastbound I-295/US 40
Open to traffic

Delaware Memorial Bridge (WB) (1968) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1968 as an almost identical twin to the 1951 Delaware Memorial Bridge that carries eastbound traffic
Suspension bridge over Delaware River on Westbound I-295/US 40
Open to traffic

Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Built 1956
Arch-truss bridge on the PA/NJ Turnpike (now I-95) over the Delaware River
Open to traffic

Dewey M. Johnson Bridge (Jackson County, Florida)
Built 1978
Twin-span haunched deck plate girder bridge over Apalachicola River on Interstate 10
Open to traffic

Don Holt Bridge (Berkeley County, South Carolina)
Built 1992
Continuous Warren box truss bridge over Cooper River on I-526
Open to traffic

Downing Bridge (Richmond County, Virginia)
Built 1963
Steel stringer bridge over Rappahannock River on E. Queen Street/Richmond Road
Open to traffic

Downing Bridge (1927) (Essex County, Virginia)
Built 1927
Lost Through truss bridge over Rappahannock River on US 360
Replaced by a new bridge

Dumbarton Toll Bridge (San Mateo County, California)
Built 1927, Replaced 1982
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over San Francisco Bay on Route 84
Demolished

Duschene Tunnel (Summit County, Utah)
Built 1952
Closed-spandrel arch bridge


East River Mountain Tunnel (Bland County, Virginia)
Built 1974
Tunnel under East River Mountain on I-77
Open to traffic

Edenhouse Bridge (Bertie County, North Carolina)
Built 1999
Steel stringer bridge over Chowan River on US 17
Open to traffic

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