Lost 1881

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Apollo Bridge (1846) (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1846; destroyed by ice jam in January 1881
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Kiskiminetas River on First Street
Destroyed by flooding

California & Oregon - Tehama Bridge (Tehama County, California)
Built 1871, "Washed out" 1881, Replaced 1898
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Sacramento River on California & Oregon Railroad
Destroyed by flood

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

Iron Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Built in 1866, collapsed under cattle in 1867, collapsed under a crowd July 4, 1869, lost to ice April 19, 1881
Lost Truesdell pony truss bridge over Fox River on Chicago Street
No longer exists

Main Street Bridge (1856) (Jefferson County, Wisconsin)
Built 1856 by Henry Steger; repaired 1859; destroyed by flood 1881
Lost Bridge over Rock River on Main Street (WI-16)
Replaced by a new bridge

Market Run Stone Arch (Johnson County, Iowa)
Built 1857; Replaced 1881
Lost Stone arch bridge over Market Run on Market Street
Destroyed by flooding

Rochester Plank Road Bridge (Racine County, Wisconsin)
Built 1851
Lost Through truss bridge over Fox River on Abandoned section of Plank Road
Destroyed by flooding

Smithfield Street Bridge 2nd (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1846
Lost Wire suspension bridge over Monongahela River on Smithfield Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Taylor Falls Covered Bridge (Hillsborough County, New Hampshire)
Built 1827; Replaced 1881
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Merrimack River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Yadkin River Bridge (Rowan County, North Carolina)
First bridge project outside New England for Ithiel Town. It may have exhibited an early, experimental form of the lattice truss structure.
Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Yadkin River on Road to Salem
Replaced by a new bridge