Lost 1944

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AR42 St Francis Bay Bridge (Older) (Cross County, Arkansas)
Washed off its foundation and dropped into the channel during a flood in 1944.
Pratt pony truss bridge over St Francis Bay Ditch on State Route 42
Bridge was washed off its foundation during a a flood in 1944

BM - Merrimack River Bridge (Hillsborough County, New Hampshire)
Built 1910; Partially blown up for War Effort December 26th, 1942; Remaining spans scrapped October 1943-1944
Lost Warren through truss with sub-panels bridge over Merrimack River on B&M WN&P Division
Removed but not replaced

Davis Street Ferry (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Lost ferry between South St. Louis County and East Carondelet, IL. Became obsolete when the Old JB Bridge opened in 1944.
Lost ferry across the Mississippi River
No longer exists

Dunkard Mill Bridge (Cowley County, Kansas)
Built 1903; destroyed by flood April 1944
Lost Stone arch bridge over Walnut River on 272nd Road
Destroyed by flooding

Elkton Bridge (Columbiana County, Ohio)
Built 1887, closed to traffic in 1942, removed in 1944
Lost Deck truss bridge over Elk Run on Pittsburgh, Lisbon and Western Railroad
Removed

IC - Tennessee River Bridge (Marshall County, Kentucky)
Built 1905; Removed circa 1944
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Lake Kentucky of the Tennessee River on Illinois Central RR
No longer exists

Main Street -Lackawaxen River (Old) (Wayne County, Pennsylvania)
Lost Bridge over Lackawxen River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Mann's Ferry Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1872; Lost to flooding 1944
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Destroyed by flooding

MILW - Cone Lake Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1911, Two spans collapsed 1912 due to the sinking of pier #4; Replaced 1944
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Cone Lake on Railroad
Collapsed

MILW - Granger High Bridge (Dallas County, Iowa)
Built 1881, Trestle work done 1893, Removed 1944
Pratt deck truss bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad (MILW)
Removed

MILW - Richland Creek Arch (Keokuk County, Iowa)
Built 1915; Replaced 1944
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Richland Creek on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

NKP - Cuyahoga River Bridge (Older) (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
Bridge constructed in 1882 replaced in the 1904 with a Scherzer type bascule bridge and replaced in 1944 with a vertical lift bridge
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on Nickel Plate RR
No longer exists

North Fork River Bridge (Baxter County, Arkansas)
Built 1934; Inundated 1944 by flooding of North Fork River to create Lake Norfork
Inundated Open-spandrel arch bridge over North Fork River (now Norfork Lake) on US 62 in Henderson
Inundated

Oregon Trunk railroad Willow canyon tunnel No 1 (Jefferson County, Oregon)
Built 1912 abandoned 1923 blown up by us army soldiers in 1944 as part of a training exercise during ww2
Lost Tunnel
Demolished

Oregon Trunk railroad Willow canyon tunnel No 2 (Jefferson County, Oregon)
Built 1912 abandoned 1923 blown up by us army soldiers in 1944 as part of a training exercise during ww2
Lost Tunnel
Demolished

RI - Sugar Creek Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1885; Destroyed by flash flood 1944 and replaced.
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Sugar Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Destroyed by flooding

Shallow Creek Street Car Bridge (Baltimore County, Maryland)
The Shallow Creek Bridge, from available materials, was a short lived extension of the Bay Shore Park Street Car and Trolley Service. Its section of the Bay Shore line ceased being in use in 1944 with the bridge removed or lost.
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Shallow Creek on Bay Shore Street Car Line
Removed but not replaced

St Louis & Southwestern Railroad Bridge over Cross County Ditch (Cross County, Arkansas)
Lost 1944
Lost Bridge over Cross County Ditch on St Louis and Southwestern Railroad
Destroyed by flooding

US40 Flatrock River Bridge (Old) (Henry County, Indiana)
Built 1908; Replaced ca. 1944
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Flatrock River on US-40
Replaced by a new bridge

UTC - Fall Creek Bridge (Madison County, Indiana)
Built in 1908; Line abandoned and bridge probably removed 1944
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Fall Creek on Former Interurban route
Removed