Lost 1912

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13th Avenue Bridge (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Built 1895; Ravine filled in 1912
Lost Post Deck truss bridge over gully on 13th Avenue
Filled in

3rd Street Bridge (1889) (Northampton County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1889
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Lehigh River on 3rd Street
No longer exists

4th Street Bridge (Franklin County, Indiana)
Built ca. 1870's; Removed 1912
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on 4th Street


AZER - Salt River Bridge (Maricopa County, Arizona)
Heavily damaged in 1902 flood and derailment
Lost through truss bridge over Salt River on Arizona Eastern Rwy
Replaced by a new bridge

BM - Cheapside Bridge (Franklin County, Massachusetts)
Lost Lattice deck truss bridge over Deerfield River on Boston & Maine RR
Replaced by a new bridge

BM/CM - Turkey Falls Covered Bridge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire)
Built ca. 1903; Replaced 1912
Lost Through truss bridge over Merrimack River on Boston & Maine Railroad & Concord & Manchester Electric Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

BO - Calumet River Bridge (Old) (Cook County, Illinois)
Replaced in 1912 with a heel trunnion bascule bridge
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Calumet River on Baltimore & Ohio RR
Replaced by a new bridge

BO - Foxburg Bridge (1872) (Armstrong County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1872; reconstructed 1908; replaced 1912
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Allegheny River on B&O Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Bronx River Long Truss (Bronx County, New York)
Built 1853; Replaced 1912
Lost Col. Stephen H. Long-patented Pratt pony truss bridge over Bronx River on 242nd Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Central Viaduct (Older) (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Built 1888; Swing span removed and replaced 1912
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Inner Belt Expressway
Replaced by a new bridge

Chemung Suspension Bridge (Chemung County, New York)
Built 1875; replaced 1912
Lost Wire suspension bridge over Chemung River on SR 427
Replaced by a new bridge

Chetopa Bridge (Labette County, Kansas)
Built ?; Replaced 1912 Relocated South of Stico Farm
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Neosho River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

CMO - St. Croix River Bridge (St. Croix County, Wisconsin)
Built 1881, Gradually filled through 1880s and 1890s; Replaced 1912
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over St. Croix River on Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW - Red Cedar River Bridge (Dunn County, Wisconsin)
Built 1879, Strengthened 1896; Replaced By a New Bridge Upstream 1912
Lost Whipple deck truss bridge over Red Cedar River on Former Chicago & North Western
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1888, Replaced 1912
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Congress Street Bridge (Washtenaw County, Michigan)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Huron River on Congress Street
Replaced by a new bridge

CWI - Calumet River Bridge (Older) (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1895: Replaced 1912
Lost Through truss bridge over Calumet River on Chicago & Western Indiana RR
Replaced by a new bridge

D&H - Mohawk River Bridge (Schenectady County, New York)
Built 1872, rebuilt 1885, replaced 1912
Lost Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Mohawk River on Delaware & Hudson Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Doc Ellis Covered Bridge (Howard County, Indiana)
Built 1878
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Mud Creek on Phlox Road (Now CR 1100 E)
Replaced by a new bridge

Edgewood Bridge (Pre 1894) (Bureau County, Illinois)
Existed in 1894; replaced 1912
Lost Pony arch bridge over Bureau Creek on Backbone Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Embarrass River Bridge (Shawano County, Wisconsin)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Embarrass River on Stone Hill Road
Destroyed by flooding in 1912

Eureka Mill Bridge (Greene County, Iowa)
Destroyed by Flooding in 1912
Lost Bridge over Raccoon River on Road
Destroyed by flooding

FDDM - Bass Point Creek Trestle (Boone County, Iowa)
Built 1903; Partially destroyed by flooding in 1912; Replaced in 1913
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Bass Point Creek on Railroad
Destroyed by flooding

Fort Snelling Bridge (1st) (Ramsey County, Minnesota)
Built 1880, Replaced 1909
Lost Deck truss bridge over Mississippi River on Fort Snelling Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Fremont Wagon Bridge (Dodge County, Nebraska)
Built 1871; Destroyed by flooding 1912
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Platte River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

G&HJ - Buffalo Bayou Drawbridge (Harris County, Texas)
Built in 1865 ; replaced in 1912
Lost Through truss bridge over Buffalo Bayou on Galveston & Houston Junction Railroad
No longer exists

GC&SF Trestle (1876) (Galveston County, Texas)
Built in 1876 it was the only remaining connection to Galveston after the hurricane; Replaced by Galveston Causway in 1912
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Galveston Bay on Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Georgetown Covered Bridge (Cass County, Indiana)
Built 1888; Lost to an ice flow in 1893; Rebuilt and was lost in another ice flow in 1912.
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Wabash River on Jackson Street
Destroyed by an ice gorge

GT - South Paris Bridge (Old) (Oxford County, Maine)
Lost Whipple deck truss bridge over Little Androscoggin River on Grand Trunk Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Hardwick Street Bridge (old) (Warren County, New Jersey)
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Pequest Creek on Hardwick St.
No longer exists

High Bridge (Marathon County, Wisconsin)
Lost deck truss bridge over Wisconsin River on Scott Street
Destroyed by flooding

Huron Avenue Bridge (1871) (Tuscola County, Michigan)
Built ca.1871; replaced 1912
Lost Through truss bridge over Cass River on Huron Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Iron Mountain - Judsonia Bridge (Old) (White County, Arkansas)
Replaced 1912
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Little Red River on St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Kentucky & Indiana Bridge (1886) (Jefferson County, Kentucky)
Built 1886; Replaced 1912
Lost cantilever through truss bridge over Ohio River on Monon/Southern/B&O/Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad/Daisy Line and Road
Replaced by a new bridge

King Avenue Bridge (1863) (Franklin County, Ohio)
Built 1863
Lost Post Bridge over Olentangy River on King Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Leesport Canal Covered Bridge (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Built Unknown
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Schuylkill Canal on W. Wall Street
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW - Indian Creek Bridge (1907) (Story County, Iowa)
Built 1907, Replaced 1912
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Indian Creek on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW - Skunk River Bridge (1901) (Story County, Iowa)
Built 1901, Replaced 1912
Lost Pony truss bridge over South Skunk River on Railroad (MILW)
Replaced by a new bridge

Moatsville Covered Bridge (Barbour County, West Virginia)
Built in 1893 by Jake Nicola; Lost to flooding in 1912.
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Tygart Valley River on CR 10
Destroyed by flooding and replaced in 1912

Newville Iron Bridge (De Kalb County, Indiana)
Built ca. 1875 to replace the Newville Covered Bridge; destroyed by flooding and ice in 1912.
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over St. Joseph's River
Destroyed by flood

NH - Lyman Viaduct (New London County, Connecticut)
Built 1871-73, buried by fill in 1912-13, railroad abandoned in 1965
Buried Deck truss bridge over Dickinson Creek on former New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad in Colchester
Filled in

NS - Savannah River Swing Bridge (Old) (Richmond County, Georgia)
Replaced 1912
Lost Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Savannah River on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

PRR - West Brownsville Junction Bridge (Washington County, Pennsylvania)
Lost Through truss bridge over Monogahela River on Pennsylvania Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

RI - Lost Tributary of South Fork Middle River Bridge (Guthrie County, Iowa)
Built 1899
Lost Bridge over Tributary of South Fork Middle River on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Rose-Dunmire Bridge (Madison County, Iowa)
Built 1871; Replaced 1912
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over North River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Salineville Bridge (Columbiana County, Ohio)
Destroyed 1912 by flood
Lost Pony truss bridge over Nancy Run on OH-164?
Destroyed by flooding

SOO - Black River Bridge (Clark County, Wisconsin)
Destroyed 1912
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Black River on Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Destroyed by collision

SP - H Street Bridge (Sacramento County, California)
built 1895 as first Double Decker Bridge in California Replaced 1912
Through truss double deck Bridge over Sacramento River on SP RR
Demolished

Spring Street Bridge (Tolland County, Connecticut)
Built 1863; probably lasted until 1912 replacement.
Lost Truesdell pony truss bridge over Middle River on Spring Street in Stafford Springs
Replaced by a new bridge

Steel Bridge (1888) (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Built 1888, Replaced 1912
Lost Truss bridge over Willamette river on Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. & Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Wabash Bridge (1872) (Marion County, Missouri)
Built 1872; Drawpsan replaced 1883; Replaced in 1912
Same Bridge. Lift span was the only thing replaced in 1993
Swing span replaced around 1993 with current lift span.

Wells Bridge (Delta County, Michigan)
Lost Bridge over Escanaba River
Replaced by a new bridge in 1911

Willow Island Bridge (Monroe County, New York)
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Erie Canal on Washington Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Worthville Covered Bridge (Randolph County, North Carolina)
Built in 1880; Washed away in flood in March 1912
Lost Bridge over Deep River
Destroyed by flooding and not replaced.

Yardleyville Centennial Bridge (Mercer County, New Jersey)
Built 1875; Replaced 1912
Lost Whipple deck truss bridge over Delaware River on Reading RR
Replaced by a new bridge