Shortest Bridges
Based on total length
Note: This page only includes bridges listed on this website. We can't guarantee that all U.S. bridges are represented here.
- Wabash Railroad Bridge #716 (Chariton County, Missouri)
Lost Stone culvert bridge over Unknown ditch on Wabash Railroad
Demolished
Original bridge at this location built 1893; removed 1942 upon line abandonment
Total length: 2.0 ft.
18th Street Culvert (Linn County, Iowa)
Concrete culvert bridge over Small stream on 18th Street SW
Replaced by a new bridge
Total length: 3.6 ft.
C&NW - Bridge #371 (Nicollet County, Minnesota)
Abandoned stone culvert bridge over Unamed Creek on abandoned C&NW Railroad
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1899
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
BN - Unnamed Creek Arch (Kanabec County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1901
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
CGW - Bridge #F262 (Polk County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Fourmile Creek on Abandoned Union Pacific Railroad (Future Trail)
Intact but closed to all traffic
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
CGW - Bridge #F281 (Warren County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Badger Creek on Great Western Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built Ca. 1887
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
A&SV - Unnamed Stream Stone Arch (Dickinson County, Kansas)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Tributary of Smoky Hill River on Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
Open to traffic
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
UP - Unnamed Creek Stone Arch (Emmet County, Iowa)
Stone arch culvert bridge over Unnamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1888
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #40.50 (St. Croix County, Wisconsin)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Arch Built 1891, Box Culvert Added 1912
Total length: 4.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
CNW - Bridge #2539 (Humboldt County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Stream on Three Rivers Trail
Open to traffic
Built 1882
Total length: 5.0 ft.
Span length: 5.0 ft.
CNW - Bridge #294.99 (Butler County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Drainage Ditch on Rolling Prairie Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Total length: 5.0 ft.
Span length: 5.0 ft.
CNW - Bridge #294.11 (Butler County, Iowa)
Stone arch culvert bridge over Drainage Ditch on Rolling Prairie Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Total length: 5.0 ft.
Span length: 5.0 ft.
KCS - Clinton Spring Bridge (Pike County, Missouri)
Stone arch culvert over a branch of Noix Creek on KCS RR in Louisiana
Open to railroad traffic
Built 1894
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
BNSF - Bridge #104.10 (Austin County, Texas)
Stone culvert bridge over Unknown Stream on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1899
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
Pioneer Trail - Holland Creek Bridge (Grundy County, Iowa)
Rail-top Culvert over Branch of Holland Creek on Pioneer Trail (former RI)
Open to pedestrians only
Built Ca. 1882
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
WSOR - Bridge #357 (Sauk County, Wisconsin)
Stone arch bridge over Small Stream on Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1888, Widened 1896
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
BN - Unnamed Creek Arch (Kanabec County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1902
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
CNW Bridge #2115 (Polk County, Iowa)
Concrete culvert bridge over Unnamed Stream on High Trestle Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
LVRC - Shawsville Bridge (Franklin County, Vermont)
Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Unnamed creek on Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Derelict/abandoned.Experiences some use for snowmobiles in the winter months
Built for the St.J & LC Railroad; Abandoned 1997
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
CGW - Bridge #F167 (Marshall County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Snipe Creek on Abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway
Derelict/abandoned
Built Ca. 1883, abandoned 1988
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
Carver Street Culvert (Rutland County, Vermont)
Concrete culvert bridge over Unnamed Creek on Carver Street
Open to traffic
Built c. 1920
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
BNSF - Bridge #360A (Chariton County, Missouri)
Bridge over Branch of Yellow Creek on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1903, Extended 1910
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
IAIS - Howell Street Pedestrian Tunnel (Scott County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Howell Street Pedestrian Sidewalk on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1934
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
CNW - Mosquito Creek Arch (Tama County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Mosquito Creek on Abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway
Open to authorized vehicles only
Built Ca. 1887
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #17.83 (Clinton County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Ames Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1890
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
Hodgson Brook Bridge (Rockingham County, New Hampshire)
Stone culvert bridge over Hodgson Brook on Bartlett St
Open to traffic
1901 Masonary culvert
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
CN - Bridge #422.8 (Sac County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Field Drainage on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1899
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
- NKCR - Bridge #252.40 (Harlan County, Nebraska)
Stone arch "ring" culvert bridge over Drainage Ditch on Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1890
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #228.45 (Sioux County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
KYLE - Montrose Stone Arch (Jewell County, Kansas)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on KYLE Railroad
Open to traffic
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #29.09 (Wright County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of East Branch Iowa River on Unnamed Rail-Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
- CNW - Bridge #759 (Sioux County, Nebraska)
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Drainage Ditch on Abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1901
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
- BNSF - Bridge #124.93 (Platte County, Wyoming)
Stone arch bridge over Drainage Ditch on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
- BNSF - Bridge #123.82 (Platte County, Wyoming)
Stone arch bridge over Drainage Ditch on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
Spook Cave King Post (Clayton County, Iowa)
Kingpost pony truss bridge over Drainage channel on Walking path
Open to pedestrians only
Total length: 6.0 ft.
Span length: 6.0 ft.
MILW - Arch #E157 (Stephenson County, Illinois)
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Unnamed Ditch on Abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railway
Derelict/abandoned
Total length: 7.0 ft.
Span length: 7.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #113.86 (Benton County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Triburaty of Buckeye Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1888
Total length: 7.0 ft.
Span length: 7.0 ft.
CN - Deer Creek Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Deer Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1887
Total length: 7.0 ft.
Span length: 7.0 ft.
CN - Bridge #180.3 (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Canadian National Railway/BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1907
Total length: 7.0 ft.
Span length: 7.0 ft.
Hamel Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)
Bridge
Built 1909
Total length: 7.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #245.60 (Cass County, Missouri)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Tributary of Plum Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Total length: 7.0 ft.
Span length: 7.0 ft.
UP - Bridge #190.8 (Sangamon County, Illinois)
Stone arch bridge over Stream on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Total length: 8.0 ft.
UP - Unnamed Stream Bridge (McHenry County, Illinois)
Bridge over unnamed Stream on UPRR (Former C&NW) in Prairie Grove
Open
Built 1885
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
CNW - Mill Creek Stone Arch (Boone County, Iowa)
Stone Arch Bridge over Mill Creek on Abandoned C&NW Railroad
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1881, Abandoned 1930
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
CN - Malone Creek Concrete Arch (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Concrete arch bridge over intermitent tributary of Malone Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1911
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
CN - Culvert #260.05 (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Concrete culvert bridge over Drainage on Canadian National Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1902
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
RCPE - Stone Arch #1391 (Lincoln County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1908
Total length: 8.0 ft.
CGW - Osage Stone Arch (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over an Intermittent Stream on Railroad (CGW)
Abandoned
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Benning Stone Arch (Blue Earth County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Minnesota River on Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail along Abandoned C&NW
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1880
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Elroy-Sparta Trail - Arch #4 (Monroe County, Wisconsin)
Stone arch bridge over Small Stream (Tributary of Farmers Valley Creek) on Elroy-Sparta Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1901
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
UP - Small Stream Arch Bridge (Emmet County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Small Stream on Union Pacific Railroad
Open
Built 1888
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Wabash Railroad Bridge #195 (Sangamon County, Illinois)
Concrete culvert bridge over Unknown ditch on Wabash, later N&W, later NS Railway
Open to traffic
Replaced a stone arch bridge erected in 1872
Total length: 8.0 ft.
- Wabash Railroad Bridge #58 (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Lost Stone culvert over Unknown Creek on abandoned (1936) Wabash trackage
Presumed demolished
Original stone culvert at this location built 1860; location where it was is now covered by NS industrial trackage so it is presumed this bridge has been demolished
Total length: 8.0 ft.
- American Railroad - Alcantarilla Quebrada Zumbón (Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico)
Abandoned stone culvert bridge over Quebrada Zumbón on American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico
Abandoned
Built sometime between 1906-1908
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Elroy-Sparta Trail - Arch #6 (Monroe County, Wisconsin)
Stone arch bridge over Farm Road on Elroy-Sparta Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1879
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Lamoille Valley Rail-Trail - Swanton Bridge (Franklin County, Vermont)
Timber stringer bridge over Wetlands on Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built for the St.J & LC Railroad; Abandoned 1968; Converted to trail use 2009
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
Sacramento Street Underpass (Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
Steel stringer bridge over pedestrian tunnel on MBTA Fitchburg Line
Open to traffic
Built 1897
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
CNW - Bridge #315 (Blue Earth County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1886
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
DME - Lime Creek Bridge (Blue Earth County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Lime Creek on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1887
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
IC - Bridge #152.8 (Tazewell County, Illinois)
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Tributary of Indian Creek on Abandoned Illinois Central Railway
Derelict/abandoned
Built Ca. 1889
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
IC - Bridge #149.7 (Tazewell County, Illinois)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Indian Creek on Abandoned Illinois Central Railway
Open to authorized vehicles only
Built Ca. 1889
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
CN - Bridge #185.72 (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Catfish Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1853
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
BNSF - Bridge #78.56 (Lyon County, Minnesota)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1900
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
CN - Bridge #142.9 (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Clear Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1853, Later Encased in Concrete
Total length: 8.0 ft.
RI - Br. Little Fourmile Creek Culvert (Polk County, Iowa)
Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over Little Fourmile Creek Tributary on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Abandoned; Collapsing
Built 1896
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Bell Bridge (Scott County, Illinois)
Concrete culvert bridge
Built 1912
Total length: 8.0 ft.
- CNW - Bridge #758 6/9 (Sioux County, Nebraska)
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Drainage Ditch on Abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1896
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
- UP - Bridge #206.48 (Fremont County, Colorado)
Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
- ATSF - Bridge #76-G (Anderson County, Kansas)
Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Pottawatomie Creek on Prairie Spirit Rail Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1892
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
- Wabash Railroad Bridge #694 (Boone County, Missouri)
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Unknown creek on Wabash Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge
Original bridge built 1868; renewed 1894; renewed 1925; later replaced by Wabash RR with a concrete pipe
Total length: 8.1 ft.
Span length: 8.0 ft.
IC - Leaf River Tributary Bridge (Ogle County, Illinois)
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Unnamed Trib to Leaf River on Abandoned Illinois Central Railway
Derelict/abandoned
Built 1851, Abandoned 1912
Total length: 9.0 ft.
Span length: 9.0 ft.
Wabash Railroad Bridge #161 (Sangamon County, Illinois)
Stone culvert bridge over Unknown ditch on Wabash, later N&W, later NS Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1875
Total length: 9.0 ft.
Span length: 3.4 ft.
BNSF - Bridge #441.93 (Montgomery County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Unnamed Branch Red Oak Creek on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1903
Total length: 9.0 ft.
Span length: 9.0 ft.
BNSF - Bridge #399.22 (Adams County, Iowa)
Concrete Arch bridge over Unnamed Creek on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1901
Total length: 9.0 ft.
Span length: 9.0 ft.
BNSF - Marcelline Pedestrian Tunnel (Linn County, Missouri)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Pedestrian Walkway on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1951
Total length: 9.0 ft.
Span length: 9.0 ft.
- North Long Creek Bridge (Washington County, Iowa)
Pony truss bridge over North Long Creek on a local road
Open to traffic
Built 1901
Total length: 9.8 ft.
Span length: 9.8 ft.
Squantum Road Bridge (Cheshire County, New Hampshire)
Stone arch bridge over Brook on Squantum Road in Jaffrey
Open to traffic
Built 1935
Total length: 9.8 ft.
Span length: 9.8 ft.
Blackmer Bridge (Freeborn County, Minnesota)
Replaced former bridge over Lakeview Blvd/Fountain L on Lakeview Blvd
Replaced by a new bridge in 2004
Built 1930 Previous span was wooden trestle. Replaced with a new bridge in 2004
Total length: 9.8 ft.
Span length: 9.8 ft.
- SOU - Big Bend Road Bridge (Jefferson County, Tennessee)
Arch bridge over Big Bend Road on Southern Railway
Built 1920
Total length: 9.8 ft.
Span length: 9.8 ft.
Eel River/Vandalia Railroad bridge South Yorick Drive (Miami County, Indiana)
Abandoned steel stringer bridge over unnamed ditch beside South Yorick Drive on Formerly Conrail(nee Penn Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Vandalia, Eel River, Detroit and Eel River Railroads) in Denver
Abandoned
Rail line was abandoned in 1977. Rail line must have had a siding here as bridge is set up for two tracks, but rail line was a single track operation running from Logansport to Butler, Indiana.
Total length: 10.0 ft.
Span length: 10.0 ft.
Mill Brook Bridge (New London County, Connecticut)
Lost stone arch bridge over Mill Brook on Lower Blissville Road (Old Alignment) in Lisbon
Destroyed by flooding
Built ca. 1790; destroyed by flooding on March 30, 2010
Total length: 10.0 ft.
Span length: 10.0 ft.
Ruckel Creek Bridge (Hood River County, Oregon)
Slab bridge over Ruckel Creek on Historical Columbia River Highway
Open to pedestrians
Built 1917
Total length: 10.0 ft.
Span length: 10.0 ft.
Galena Ave Bridge (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Slab bridge over Galena Ave on Wolf Creek Trib.
Open to traffic
Total length: 10.0 ft.
CGW - Unnamed Stream Culvert (Dodge County, Minnesota)
Abandoned stone culvert bridge over Unknown Stream on Abandoned CGW Railroad
Abandoned
Built ca. 1885
Total length: 10.0 ft.
Span length: 4.0 ft.
Williams Creek Trib Bridge (Parke County, Indiana)
Slab bridge over Williams Creek Trib on Bridgeton Rd
Open
Built 1940
Total length: 10.0 ft.
CGW - Stone Culvert (De Kalb County, Illinois)
Abandoned stone culvert bridge over trib to Owens creek on abandoned GGW Ry
Abandoned
Total length: 10.0 ft.
Great Western Trail - Drainage Culvert (De Kalb County, Illinois)
Stone arch bridge over Intermittent Stream on Great Western Bike Trail (former CGW Ry)
Open to pedestrians only
Total length: 10.0 ft.
CGW - Concrete Bridge (De Kalb County, Illinois)
Abandoned slab bridge over Intermittent Stream on Abandoned Chicago Great Western Ry
Derelict/abandoned
Total length: 10.0 ft.
UP - Branch Buttrick Creek Arch (Greene County, Iowa)
Stone Arch bridge over Buttrick Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1898, Widened 1900
Total length: 10.0 ft.
Span length: 10.0 ft.