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Built during 1830s

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3 Mile Bridge (Addison County, Vermont)
Built 1836; Arches added c.1860; Closed & Burned 1952
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Otter Creek on 3 Mile Bridge Road
Destroyed by fire

Abbott Bridge (Hillsborough County, New Hampshire)
Built 1837; rehabilitated 1920 & 1988
Stone arch bridge over Beaver Brook on Old Bridge Street in Pelham
Open to traffic with a weight limit

Ackley Covered Bridge 22-82-01 (Wayne County, Michigan)
Originally crossed between Greene and Washington Counties in Pennsylvania (38-30-41x). Dismantled and moved to Dearborn in November 1937.
Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over pond in Dearborn
Open to horse-drawn carriages

Allentown Road Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1837; Rebuilt 1874; replaced in 1988
Lost Stone arch bridge over Skippack Creek on Allentown Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Amsterdam Bridge (1839) (Montgomery County, New York)
Built 1839; Replaced 1843
Lost Bridge over Mohawk River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

AMTK - King Street Overpass (Kent County, Rhode Island)
Built 1837
Stone arch bridge over King Street on Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Open to traffic

AMTK - Shore Access Road Arch (Kent County, Rhode Island)
Built ca. 1837
Stone arch bridge over Shore access road on Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Open to traffic

AMTK - Yalesville Underpass (New Haven County, Connecticut)
Built 1838
Stone arch bridge over CT 71 on Amtrak
Open to traffic

Antietam Creek Bridge (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1833; rehabilitated 1995
Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek on MD 68
Open to traffic

Antietam Ironworks Bridge (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1832
Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek on Harpers Ferry Road in Sharpsburg
Open to traffic

Baker River Bridge (Grafton County, New Hampshire)
Built 1830
Lost Bridge over Baker River
Demolished

Bangor-Brewer Covered Bridge (Penobscot County, Maine)
Built 1832; Lost to freshet1846; Replaced 1847
Lost covered Town lattice through truss bridge over Penobscot River on Road
Destroyed by flooding

Barger Farm Bridge (Pike County, Ohio)
Built sometime between 1830 and 1832 for loading access for canal boats. Collapsed 1972
Lost covered Kingpost truss bridge over Ohio & Eire Canal on private road
No longer exists

Bassett Brook Bridge (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
Built 1830; part of 1920s era New England Interstate Route 8; bypassed c. 1935.
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Brook on Mass Route 8 (old alignment) & Berkshire Street Railway in Cheshire
Open to pedestrians only

Bath Bridge 29-05-03 (Grafton County, New Hampshire)
Built 1832; rehabilitated 1987; rehabilitated 2013-14
Covered bridge over Ammonoosuc River on West Bath Road in Bath
Open to traffic

Bay Bridge (Cumberland County, Maine)
Built 1836; One span lost to ice 1875 then replaced 1878; Lost to flood 1896
Lost wooden bridge over Androscoggin River on Bay Bridge Road
Destroyed by flood in 1896; Ruins remain

Belleville Copper Rolling-Mill Bridge (Essex County, New Jersey)
1838 brownstone arch bridge over the Second River used by the Belleville Copper Rolling Mill
Stone arch bridge over Second River
Open to pedestrians only

Bens Creek Arch Bridge (Cambria County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832
Stone arch bridge over Bens Creek on SR 53
Open to traffic

Bethany Turnpike North Tunnel (Brooke County, West Virginia)
Bored 1831; Daylit 1957
Lost Tunnel under Rock on Bethany Turnpike
Daylighted

Bethany Turnpike South Tunnel (Brooke County, West Virginia)
Bored 1831; Daylit 1957
Tunnel under Rock on Road
Don't know

Biddle Island Bridge (North) (Cass County, Indiana)
Built 1838
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Wabash River (North Channel) on Third Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Biddle Island Bridge (South) (Cass County, Indiana)
Built 1838; replaced 1870
Lost covered Town lattice through truss bridge over Wabash River (South Channel) on Third Street
Replaced by a new bridge

BM - Merrimack River Railroad Bridge (Essex County, Massachusetts)
Built 1839 replaced 1880
Lost Through truss bridge over Merrimack River on Boston & Maine RR
No longer exists

BM - North Station Drawbridge (1835) (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Built 1835; Replaced 1931
Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Charles River on Boston & Maine Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

BO - Harper Ferry Bridge (Jefferson County, West Virginia)
Built in 1836; Burned 1861, 2 months after the start of the Civil War
Lost Through truss bridge over Potomac River on Former B&O
Destroyed by disaster

BO - Lower Elysville Bridge (1838) (Howard County, Maryland)
Built 1838
Lost Bridge over Patapsco river on BO Railroad
No longer exists

BO - Upper Elysville Bridge (1838) (Howard County, Maryland)
Built 1838
Lost Bridge over Patapsco river on BO Railroad
No longer exists

Booth's Mill Bridge (Washington County, Maryland)
Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek on Route 68 in Lappans
Good

Bow Ridge Canal Tunnel (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)
Tunnel
Closed to all traffic

Branch Third Neshanic River Bridge (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)
Built 1837; rehabilitated 1974
Stone arch bridge over a branch of Third Neshanic River on CR 579
Open to traffic

Bridge Three Lane (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832; rehabilitated 1964
Beam bridge over Delaware Canal on Bridge Three Lane
Open to traffic

Bridgeport Covered Bridge 48-35-01x / 35-07-04x (Ohio County, West Virginia)
Built 1839; Replaced by steel bridge 1893
Lost Covered through truss bridge over Back Channel of Ohio River on US 40
Replaced by a new bridge

Bridges to the Past (Bridge #1) (Hardin County, Kentucky)
L&N Turnpike chartered by KY government in 1829. Construction of L&N Turnpike began in 1837 including bridges and completed in 1849. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Tioga Creek on the "Bridges to the Past" walking trail, a restored section of the old L&N Turnpike (Old Dixie Hwy/US 31) in Fort Knox
Open to pedestrians

Bridges to the Past (Bridge #2) (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Built ca. 1837. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1996. For more info see Bridges to the Past (Bridge #1)
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Tioga Creek on the "Bridges to the Past" walking trail, a restored section of the old L&N Turnpike (Old Dixie Hwy/US 31) in Fort Knox
Open to pedestrians

Bridges to the Past (Bridge #3) (Hardin County, Kentucky)
Built ca. 1837. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. For more info. see Bridges to the Past (Bridge #1).
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Tioga Creek on the "Bridges to the Past" walking trail, a restored section of the old L&N Turnpike (Old Dixie Hwy/US 31) in Fort Knox
Open to pedestrians

Broad Street Bridge (Monroe County, New York)
Built 1836 as Erie Canal Aqueduct
Stone arch bridge over Genesee River on Subway Tunnel in Rochester
Open to traffic

Broad Street Bridge (1832) 35-25-17x (Franklin County, Ohio)
Built ca. 1832; Replaced 1870
Lost Covered through truss bridge over Scioto River on Broad Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Buffalo Station Drive Bridge (Nelson County, Virginia)
Built ca. 1835
Stone arch bridge over Owens Creek on Buffalo Station Drive (Route 606)
Open to traffic

Burnside's Bridge (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1836
Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek on Antietam National Battlefield
Open to pedestrian traffic on the battlefield

C&O Canal Antietam Creek Aqueduct (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1834
Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek


C&O Canal Bridge (Washington, District of Columbia)
Built 1831; rehabilitated 2006
Stone arch bridge over C&O Canal on Wisconsin Avenue
Open to traffic

C&O Canal Conococheague Creek Aqueduct (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1834
Three-span stone arch bridge over Conococheague Creek on the C&O Canal
Open to pedestrians

C&O Canal Licking Creek Aqueduct (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1839
Stone arch bridge over Licking Creek on C&O Canal
Open to pedestrians only

C&O Canal Monocacy River Bridge (Frederick County, Maryland)
Built as one of the seven aqueducts on the C&O Canal, which ran from Georgetown, DC to Cumberland, MD.
Stone arch bridge over Monocacy River on Old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Open to pedestrians

C&O Canal Tonoloway Creek Aqueduct (Washington County, Maryland)
Stone arch bridge over Tonoloway Creek on the C&O Canal


Cake & Beer Drive Bridge (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832; rehabilitated 1984
Queenpost pony truss bridge over Delaware Canal on Cake & Beer Drive
Open to traffic

Camp Nelson Covered Bridge 17-40-03x / 17-57-10x (Garrard County, Kentucky)
Built 1838 by Lewis Wernwag and survived the Civil War. Bridge was closed to traffic in 1926 when a truck broke through the bridge's deck. The bridge was demolished in 1933 and all that remains are the approaches and a facade on the north approach.
Lost covered bridge over Kentucky River on an old alignment of US 27 (Old Lexington Road)
Replaced by new bridge

Canal Road Bridge (Somerset County, New Jersey)
Built 1834; rehabilitated 1934
Stone arch bridge over Six Mile Run on Canal Road
Open to traffic

Canal Stone Arch Bridge (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built 1831; Replaced 1856
Lost Stone arch bridge over Louisville & Portland Canal on 18th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Canton Bridge (Columbiana County, Ohio)
Built 1833 (according to postcard); replaced 1953
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Little Beaver Creek & Greenway (Former Erie Railroad) on US 30
Replaced by a new bridge

Cassell "S" Bridge (Guernsey County, Ohio)
Built ca. 1830
Stone arch bridge over Peters Creek on National Road
Open to pedestrians

Cassville Ferry (Grant County, Wisconsin)
Ferry first operated in 1833
Toll ferry over the Mississippi River between Cassville, Wisconsin, and Turkey River, Iowa
Operates daily during the summer; weekends only fall and spring; closed in winter

Castle Valley Covered Bridge (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1835
Lost Through truss covered bridge over Neshaminy Creek on Lower State Road
Replaced by a new bridge in 1930

Centre Bridge (1830) (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)
Half of the 1830 structure washed away in 1841. Either half or all of the bridge was built (or rebuilt) in 1841. Lost to a lightning strike started fire on July 22, 1923
Lost Bridge over Delaware River on Bridge Street
No longer exists

Cherry Valley Road Bridge (Licking County, Ohio)
Built 1834 by Josiah Spaulding as an aqueduct; used by interurban trolleys for 30 years after 1889; later retrofitted to carry traffic
Three-span stone arch bridge over Raccoon Creek on Cherry Valley Road in Newark
Open to traffic. Posted at 20-ton weight limit as of 18 Jan 22

Chickiesville Covered Bridge (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1838
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Big Chickies Creek
Replaced by a new bridge

Circleville Bridge (1837) (Pickaway County, Ohio)
Built 1837 by Circleville Bridge Co.; burned March 21, 1881
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Scioto River on Current-day route of US 22
Replaced by a new bridge

Clinton Falls Covered Bridge (Putnam County, Indiana)
Originally built in 1838 as a double-barreled covered bridge over Big Raccoon Creek on what is now US 231. Later moved to Clinton Falls where it was rebuilt as a single lane span.
Lost Burr Arch truss bridge over Little Walnut Creek
Lost

Coatesville High Bridge (Original) (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832; Widened to double-track 1854; Replaced 1867
Lost Timber stringer bridge over West Branch Brandywine Creek, PA Route 82 on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Collegeville Road Bridge in Skippack Pennsylvania (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1830; rehabilitated 1970 CA; 1989
Stone arch bridge over a branch Skippack Creek on PA 4014 (Collegeville Road) in Skippack
Open to traffic

Columbia Bridge (2nd) (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Schuylkill River on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Concord Bridge (Franklin County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832. Rehabilitated in 1911 and 1981
Stone arch bridge over Tuscarora Creek on Back Road (PA 4007)
Replaced by a new bridge

Conemaugh Viaduct (Cambria County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1833; destroyed 1889 by flood
Lost Stone arch bridge over Conemaugh River on Railroad
Destroyed by flooding; replaced

Coombs Covered Bridge 29-03-03 (Cheshire County, New Hampshire)
Built 1837; rehabilitated 1997
Covered bridge over Ashuelot River on Coombs Bridge Road in Winchester
Open to traffic

Crosswicks Creek Covered Bridge (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Built 1833
Lost Bridge over Crosswicks Creek on Church Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Croton Aqueduct - Station Road Bridge (Westchester County, New York)
Stone arch bridge over Station Road on Croton Aqueduct
Open to single lane of traffic

Croton Aqueduct Bridge (Westchester County, New York)
Stone arch bridge over Broadway, Kill Brook on Croton Aqueduct
Open to traffic

CSX - Neuse River Bridge (Wake County, North Carolina)
Built ca.1836
Lost Bridge over Neuse River on CSX RR
Replaced by a new bridge

CSX - Thomas Viaduct (Howard County, Maryland)
Built 1835
Eight-span stone arch bridge over Patapsco River on the B&O Railroad between Relay and Elkridge
Open to traffic

CSX - Whistler Bridge (West Warren) (Worcester County, Massachusetts)
Built 1837-9 by the Western Railroad
Stone arch bridge over Quaboag River on CSX Boston Subdivision in West Warren
Open to traffic

CVRR - Susquehanna River Covered Bridge (1839) (Dauphin County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1839; destroyed by fire 1844
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Cumberland Valley Railroad
Destroyed by fire

Dearborn Street Drawbridge (1834) (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1834 as Chicago's first drawbridge; removed 1839
Lost Timber drawbridge over Chicago River on Dearborn Street
Replaced by a new bridge

DeKalb Street Covered Bridge (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1830
Lost Through truss covered bridge over Schuylkill River on DeKalb Street
Destroyed by fire in 1924

Depot Road Bridge (Tolland County, Connecticut)
Built ca. 1835; replaced 1996
Lost Stone arch bridge over Mill Brook on Depot Road in Coventry
Replaced by new bridge

Dillingham Street Covered Bridge (Muscogee County, Georgia)
Built 1832, Rebuilt thrice (1841 after the 1838 flood destoryed the original, ?, 1865 after Union troops burned the second bridge.), Replaced 1910
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Chattahoochee River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Dover/ Lee's Creek Covered Bridge 17-81-01 (Mason County, Kentucky)
Built 1835; rehabilitated 1966
Covered bridge over Lee Creek on Tuckahoe Road in Dover
Closed to all traffic

Dublin Covered Bridge (Henry County, Indiana)
Built 1834
Lost Queenpost through truss bridge over Symon's Creek on National Road (US 40)
Replaced by a new bridge

Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Fayette County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1836-39; rehabilitated 1981
Cast-iron arch bridge over Dunlap Creek on PA 4003 in Brownsville
Open to traffic

Elgin Ferry (Jackson County, Arkansas)
Built 1836; Lost 1977
Lost Ferry across Black River on Ar 37
No longer exists

Enfield-Suffield Covered Bridge (Hartford County, Connecticut)
Built 1832; closed 1896; destroyed by flood 1900
Lost Through truss bridge over Connecticut River and Enfield Canal.
Destroyed by flooding; not replaced

Eufaula Covered Bridge (Barbour County, Alabama)
Built 1833, Replaced 1925
Lost Town lattice through truss bridge over Chattahoochee River on Eufaula-Georgetown Pike.
No longer exists

Ezra's Tunnel (Tompkins County, New York)
Built 1828-32 by Ezra Cornell for the Olympic Falls Flouring Mill.
Abandoned tunnel on Waterway
Derelict/abandoned

Farmington Covered Bridge (Hartford County, Connecticut)
Built 1831 by Samuel Dickinson; replaced 1904.
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Farmington River on Farmington Avenue in Farmington
Replaced by a new bridge

Farmington Falls Bridge (Franklin County, Maine)
Built 1831 by Colonel Thomas Lancaster; replaced 1931
Lost Through truss bridge over Sandy River on Vienna Road (currently ME-41/156)
Replaced by a new bridge

Farnsworth Avenue Bridge (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Keystone says 1831 - stone arch. Reworked in 1911
Stone arch bridge over NS RR Robinsville Secondary on Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown
Open to traffic

Florence Covered Bridge (Stewart County, Georgia)
Built 1836, Destroyed by flooding 1846
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Chattahoochie River on Road
Destroyed by flooding

Funkstown Bridge No. 2 (Washington County, Maryland)
Built 1833; rehabilitated 1983
Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek on East Oak Ridge Drive in Funkstown
Open to traffic

Goat Farm Bridge (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832
Queenpost pony truss bridge over Delaware Canal on Footpath
Open to pedestrians only

Godwin-King Covered Bridge 01-63-02x (Tuscaloosa County, Alabama)
Built 1834; Burned by Union Army April 5, 1865
Lost Through truss bridge over Black Warrior River on Greensboro Avenue
Destroyed by fire

Gratiot Bridge (Muskingum County, Ohio)
Built 1830 by John Carnahen (?)
Stone arch bridge over Valley Run on National Road (TR 26)
Open to traffic

Great Eddy Covered Bridge 45-12-14 (Washington County, Vermont)
Built 1833; Pedestrian walkway added 1940; Rehabilitated 1973, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2015
Covered bridge over Mad River on Bridge street in Waitsfield
Open to traffic

Green Island Bridge (1835) (Rensselaer County, New York)
Built 1835; Eastern side of the bridge burned due to sparks from a train in May 1862 and was replaced; Replaced 1884
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Hudson River on Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Greene Aqueduct (Chenango County, New York)
Built 1837
Lost Deck truss aqueduct over Chenango River on Chenango Canal
Removed but not replaced

Greisemer Mill Covered Bridge 38-06-03 (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832
Covered bridge over Manatawny Creek on Spangsville Road
Open to traffic

Gut Bridge (York County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1835
Lost Bridge over Fork of Conewago Creek on Unknown Dirt Road
Removed but not replaced

H & C Ferry (Perry County, Indiana)
Obsolete in 1965 due to the construction of the Bob Cummings Bridge
Lost Ferry across Ohio River
No longer exists

Halifax Street Bridge (Old) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1834; destroyed by flood 1901
Lost Through truss bridge over Sebasticook River on Halifax Street in Winslow.
Destroyed by flooding

Halseyville Covered Bridge (Tompkins County, New York)
Built 1833
Lost Through truss bridge over Taughannock Creek on Trumansburg Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Hardware River Bridge (Fluvanna County, Virginia)
Former aqueduct of James River and Kanawha Canal, built 1838, now a rail bridge
Stone arch bridge over Hardware River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Hazzards Private Lane Bridge (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1832; rehabilitated 1970
Wooden pony truss bridge over Delaware Canal on Hazzards Private Lane
Unknown status

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