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Cairo Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Cairo, Alexander County, IL

Cairo Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Cairo, Alexander County, IL

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IL-36

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in Malaya have burnt thousands of bales of rubber, destroyed rubber factories and smashed machinery. Indian sappers and miners are seen mining a bridge near Kuala Lumpur.

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in...

British Official photo: FLM.798. No. BO-890. Notation on recto: Still photograph from a motion picture on the destruction of supplies and facilities as the British Army retreated. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collec... More

Phoenix Iron Company, French Creek Bridge, Spanning French Creek between Gay Street & Main Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, French Creek Bridge, Spanning French Creek betwe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N595 Survey number: HAER PA-493-B

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River...

Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss b... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge. Bridge plan and elevation

Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge. Bridge plan and eleva...

Preliminary drawing showing bridge as plan and elevation; engineering drawing. UNIT title devised. Date based on truss type and date of Bulfinch's last known work. Drawing not signed; attribution based on drawi... More

Potomac Creek Bridge, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh Railroad, April 18, 1863

Potomac Creek Bridge, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh Railroad, April 18...

Photograph shows a truss railroad bridge over Potomac Creek. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia

Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 15a. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library ... More

An oceangoing freighter passes under the 4.067-mile-long Astoria-Megler cantilever bridge, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America, in Astoria, Oregon. The bridge near the mouth of the Columbia River connects Astoria to Point Ellice in Washington State

An oceangoing freighter passes under the 4.067-mile-long Astoria-Megle...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on ...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information from several sources. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital color composite made... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools - trusses and arches analyzed and discussed by graphical methods (1897) (14597850129)

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for design...

Identifier: graphicsforengin00gree (find matches) Title: Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders : a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools : trusses and arches analyzed and dis... More

Investigation of a highway bridge (1907) (14759274176)

Investigation of a highway bridge (1907) (14759274176)

Identifier: investigationofh00sche (find matches) Title: Investigation of a highway bridge Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: Schertz, Joseph William Subjects: Arch bridges Bridges Truss bridges Theses Publisher: ... More

St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, north of Sixteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, n...

Significance: Like all Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridges, the St. Charles Air Line Bridge rotates vertically, lifting to clear the river it spans. This particular bridge is unique, however, in that its des... More

St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, north of Sixteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, n...

Significance: Like all Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridges, the St. Charles Air Line Bridge rotates vertically, lifting to clear the river it spans. This particular bridge is unique, however, in that its des... More

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Coopers...

Significance: The bridge is typical of many Pratt truss bridges constructed in this area during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The structure is located within the Cooperstown Historic District and is a cont... More

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Coopers...

Significance: The bridge is typical of many Pratt truss bridges constructed in this area during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The structure is located within the Cooperstown Historic District and is a cont... More

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River...

Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss b... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Trenton Cut-Off, Bridge No. 25 at Earnest, Spanning Schulykill River, south of Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276), Swedesburg, Montgomery County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Trenton Cut-Off, Bridge No. 25 at Earnest, Span...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with the Pennsylvania Railroad's Trenton Cut-Off, an early low-grade freight line around Philadelphia. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... More

Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green River, Sweetwater County, WY

Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green Ri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Kentucky Route 228 Bridge, Spanning Wolf Creek on Kentucky Route 228, Wolf Creek, Meade County, KY

Kentucky Route 228 Bridge, Spanning Wolf Creek on Kentucky Route 228, ...

Significance: Longest of the six Whipple-Murphy truss bridges in Kentucky. Survey number: HAER KY-21 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction

Garrison Bridge, Spanning Clark Fork River at Sawmill Road, Garrison, Powell County, MT

Garrison Bridge, Spanning Clark Fork River at Sawmill Road, Garrison, ...

Significance: The bridge was associated with the development of the community of Garrison as an important railroad junction and division point on the Northern Pacific Railway. The bridge provided a vehicular co... More

Milltown Bridge, Spanning the Blackfoot River on Anaconda Street, Milltown, Missoula County, MT

Milltown Bridge, Spanning the Blackfoot River on Anaconda Street, Mill...

Significance: The bridge is associated with the early 20th century development of Montana's highway system. The bridge provided an important vehicular connection across the Blackfoot River on a state highway i... More

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Route 1325, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Ro...

Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss. Survey number: HAER KS-1 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Route 1325, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Ro...

Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss. Survey number: HAER KS-1 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

Milk River Bridge at Coberg, Spanning Milk River, Coburg, Blaine County, MT

Milk River Bridge at Coberg, Spanning Milk River, Coburg, Blaine Count...

Significance: This single span, pin-connected Camelback through truss (with subdivided member) was erected in 1916 by O.E. Peppard of Missoula, and is the only existing timber structure of this type in the stat... More

Milk River Bridge at Coberg, Spanning Milk River, Coburg, Blaine County, MT

Milk River Bridge at Coberg, Spanning Milk River, Coburg, Blaine Count...

Significance: This single span, pin-connected Camelback through truss (with subdivided member) was erected in 1916 by O.E. Peppard of Missoula, and is the only existing timber structure of this type in the stat... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River 10 miles South of Livingston, Livingston, Park County, MT

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River 10 miles South of Living...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River 10 miles South of Livingston, Livingston, Park County, MT

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River 10 miles South of Living...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mill Creek Bridge, Mill Creek, Alton, Crawford County, IN

Mill Creek Bridge, Mill Creek, Alton, Crawford County, IN

Significance: A pin-connected Pratt through truss with auxiliary horizontal bracing between vertical members. This bracing is similar to that found on many Pratt trusses built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of... More

Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway, Bridge No. 30, Spanning Allegheny River, north of State Route 446 Bridge, Eldred, McKean County, PA

Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway, Bridge No. 30, Spanning Alleg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vincent Place Bridge. New York Sterecope Card.

Vincent Place Bridge. New York Sterecope Card.

Picryl description: Public domain image of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Purdon Crossing Bridge, Nevada City, Nevada County, CA

Significance: This is a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt Half-Through Truss. Survey number: HAER CA-40 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, north of Paradise Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, no...

Significance: With its sixteen plate-girder spans of various ages, is an excellent example of American railroads' practice of recycling main-line structures into branches and sidings. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD

Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, ...

Significance: The Susquehanna River Bridge was constructed in 1908 to replace an older, timber Howe truss structure. The first bridge built by the B&O Railroad on this site consisted of twelve 250 foot spans, ... More

Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD

Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, ...

Significance: The Susquehanna River Bridge was constructed in 1908 to replace an older, timber Howe truss structure. The first bridge built by the B&O Railroad on this site consisted of twelve 250 foot spans, ... More

Nimrod Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at CR 18, Nimrod, Perry County, AR

Nimrod Bridge, Spanning Fourche Lafave River at CR 18, Nimrod, Perry C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson County, KS

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Wrought iron bowstring arch. Survey number: HAER KS-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870- ca. 1879 Initial Construction

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson County, KS

Meriden Rock Creek Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek, Meriden, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: Wrought iron bowstring arch. Survey number: HAER KS-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870- ca. 1879 Initial Construction

Long-Allen Bridge, Texas Street Bridge, Spanning the Red River on US 80, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Long-Allen Bridge, Texas Street Bridge, Spanning the Red River on US 8...

Significance: The Long-Allen Bridge is significant as the first vehicular and pedestrian bridge crossing the Red River in Shreveport. Bridge construction began in September of 1931 and the bridge was formally o... More

Dry Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Creek at Cook Road, Ione, Amador County, CA

Dry Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Creek at Cook Road, Ione, Amador County...

Significance: The Dry Creek Bridge on Cook Road is the oldest known unmodified metal truss bridge in California erected by the San Francisco Bridge Company. This Pratt through truss bridge was determined eligi... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, south of Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River...

Significance: This structure occupies the piers of the first railroad bridge to cross the Delaware River at Easton. It is also notable for its fish-belly deck trusses, an unusual variant of the Pratt design. U... More

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Calumet River Bridge, Spanning Calumet River, east of Chicago Skyway (I-90), Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Calumet River Bridge, Spanni...

See also HAER IL-161 for additional documentation. Significance: The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway's two parallel vertical-lift spans over the Calumet River (of which one survives), and two neighbori... More

Canyon Creek Bridge No. 924, Milepost 592.12, Casper, Natrona County, WY

Canyon Creek Bridge No. 924, Milepost 592.12, Casper, Natrona County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Caton House, Lombard & South Front Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Caton House, Lombard & South Front Streets, Baltimore, Independent Cit...

Survey number: HABS MD-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1823 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caton House, Lombard & South Front Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Caton House, Lombard & South Front Streets, Baltimore, Independent Cit...

Survey number: HABS MD-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1823 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King Bridge, Spanning Black Warrior River on U.S. Highway 43, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

King Bridge, Spanning Black Warrior River on U.S. Highway 43, Demopoli...

Survey number: HAER AL-206 Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King Bridge, Spanning Black Warrior River on U.S. Highway 43, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

King Bridge, Spanning Black Warrior River on U.S. Highway 43, Demopoli...

Survey number: HAER AL-206 Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Griggs County Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Route 2, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Griggs County Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Route 2, Cooperstown,...

Significance: The Griggs County Bridge is a single-span, Warren type through truss bridge. The Warren type was commonly built on larger roadway systems in North Dakota in the period 1900-1940. Because of incr... More

Griggs County Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Route 2, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Griggs County Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Route 2, Cooperstown,...

Significance: The Griggs County Bridge is a single-span, Warren type through truss bridge. The Warren type was commonly built on larger roadway systems in North Dakota in the period 1900-1940. Because of incr... More

Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Owens Creek on Old Mill Road, Rocky Ridge, Frederick County, MD

Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Owens Creek on Old Mill Road, Rocky Rid...

Significance: This is a well preserved example of a Pratt Through Truss bridge with pin connections. As of 1983, it is the only bridge known to survive in the United States that can be directly attributed to t... More

Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Owens Creek on Old Mill Road, Rocky Ridge, Frederick County, MD

Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Owens Creek on Old Mill Road, Rocky Rid...

Significance: This is a well preserved example of a Pratt Through Truss bridge with pin connections. As of 1983, it is the only bridge known to survive in the United States that can be directly attributed to t... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Rock House Ford Bridge, Spanning North Moreau River at County Road 39, Russellville, Cole County, MO

Rock House Ford Bridge, Spanning North Moreau River at County Road 39,...

Significance: Built as a cooperative venture between Cole and Moniteau counties, the Rock House Ford Bridge is one of the few pin-connected Parker trusses remaining in use on Missouri's roadways. Thousands of ... More

Riverside Avenue Bridge, Riverside Avenue over Northeast Corridor Railroad right-of-way, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Riverside Avenue Bridge, Riverside Avenue over Northeast Corridor Rail...

Significance: Riverside Avenue Bridge is one of but a handful of cast-iron truss bridges still in use. Designed by F.C. Lowthorp and built by Keystone Bridge Company in 1871, the structure was originally part ... More

Riverside Avenue Bridge, Riverside Avenue over Northeast Corridor Railroad right-of-way, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Riverside Avenue Bridge, Riverside Avenue over Northeast Corridor Rail...

Significance: Riverside Avenue Bridge is one of but a handful of cast-iron truss bridges still in use. Designed by F.C. Lowthorp and built by Keystone Bridge Company in 1871, the structure was originally part ... More

Post Road Bridge, State Route 7-A, Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD

Post Road Bridge, State Route 7-A, Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD

Significance: The bridge, a subdivided Pratt through truss commonly known as a Baltimore truss with substruts and subties, is an example of an early truss form developed for use on long spans. The bridge was f... More

Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL

Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Ja...

Significance: The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bri... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen River, East of State Route 590, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen Ri...

Significance: The former Erie Railroad bridge over the Lackawaxen River is significant as a late nineteenth-century truss structure remaining in main-line service, and as the work of a major bridge-building com... More

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, Spanning Soo Locks at St. Marys Falls Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, Spanning Soo Locks at ...

Significance: The Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge has nine camelback truss spans crossing the St. Marys River with bascule and vertical lift bridge components crossing the American Locks at the S... More

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, Spanning Soo Locks at St. Marys Falls Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, Spanning Soo Locks at ...

Significance: The Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge has nine camelback truss spans crossing the St. Marys River with bascule and vertical lift bridge components crossing the American Locks at the S... More

Lower Gassaway Bridge, State Route 137, spanning Twelve Mile Creek, Norris, Pickens County, SC

Lower Gassaway Bridge, State Route 137, spanning Twelve Mile Creek, No...

1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Lower Gassaway Bridge was the last remaining covered bridge at its original site in the state until it collapsed in 1982. Survey number: HABS... More

Workers posed on span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia C. Bayliss photo, Sydney

Workers posed on span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wa...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 23. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library C... More

Span waiting for spring tide of 8'-6" C. Bayliss photo, Sydney

Span waiting for spring tide of 8'-6" C. Bayliss photo, Sydney

Photograph shows span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, atop timber framework on pontoon. In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 24. Album documents the role of the... More

Span no. 6 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, floating on pontoon towards piers C. Bayliss photo, Sydney

Span no. 6 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Austra...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 35b. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library ... More

The Robert C. Byrd Bridge, a 720-foot continuous truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia, and Chesapeake, Ohio

The Robert C. Byrd Bridge, a 720-foot continuous truss bridge that cro...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The crossing was constructed to replace an old, narrow two-lane structure that was demolished after 69 years of service in a spectacul... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on ...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information from several sources. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital color composite made... More

Passaic Falls, N.J. 19th century. Paterson NJ

Passaic Falls, N.J. 19th century. Paterson NJ

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools - trusses and arches analyzed and discussed by graphical methods (1897) (14784161672)

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for design...

Identifier: graphicsforengin00gree (find matches) Title: Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders : a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools : trusses and arches analyzed and dis... More

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools - trusses and arches analyzed and discussed by graphical methods (1897) (14761515646)

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for design...

Identifier: graphicsforengin00gree (find matches) Title: Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders : a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools : trusses and arches analyzed and dis... More

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools - trusses and arches analyzed and discussed by graphical methods (1897) (14597870258)

Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders - a manual for design...

Identifier: graphicsforengin00gree (find matches) Title: Graphics for engineers, architects, and builders : a manual for designers, and a text-book for scientific schools : trusses and arches analyzed and dis... More

Choctaw Bottoms Road Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek at Choctaw Bottoms Road, Denison, Grayson County, TX

Choctaw Bottoms Road Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek at Choctaw Bottoms...

Significance: The Choctaw Bottoms Road Bridge is one of two extant bridges in Texas known to have been erected by the American Bridge Company of New York, a major twentieth-century bridge building firm. Survey... More

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Coopers...

Significance: The bridge is typical of many Pratt truss bridges constructed in this area during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The structure is located within the Cooperstown Historic District and is a cont... More

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY

Mill Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Mill Street, Coopers...

Significance: The bridge is typical of many Pratt truss bridges constructed in this area during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The structure is located within the Cooperstown Historic District and is a cont... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street at Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street a...

Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... More

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