How sad it is when we forget these beautiful bridges.I like nothing better than to spend a day down on ours and help out the DOT by cleaning up litter then sit on the walkway and meditate.
How sad for this poor little bridge,and bridgefreaks everywhere.
What a beautiful bridge! I love it!!!!
This is quite similar to the beam railraod bridge within several feet next to sandstone's deck pratt truss bridge. There isn't a girder on it, however it has a fascinating history!!! It was made with only rail on the deck to allow large loads of mined sandstone slabs to be hauled and is still used today though the trains crawl across it verrry sloowwly!! This is how sandstone,mn got it's name and beautiful qaurry and river scenery! Watch for pics!!!
Visited this bridge 9-7-07. I have a photo of where a builders plate used to be. Looks like it shattered due to rust buildup underneath and fell off a long time ago. Also have a shot of the conveyor belt material on the deck that Fred mentioned. Also have one panorama side view shot.
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The bridge that replaced the old Lake Rhea Bridge 2007.
Prior to destruction
PLEASE ANSWER IF YOU CAN. WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME HURRICANE DECK ? THANK YOU.
Finaly!! thanks to whoever sent this pic!!!! I live 2 miles from a deck pratt truss[# 5718 kettle river bridge,Sandstone MN] I have been looking for a pic similar to my bridge. It is a single deck with a well formed arch and BEAUTIFUL river scenery. I plan on sending a pic asap as this is a must see!!! I walk on it and spend hrs enjoying the view!! PS it's rating is 78.6 and it is well preseved!
These are my favorite type of bridge!!! I have a hard time finding them in MN [most of our bridges are being replaced!!] and realy appreciate pictures of them!! Thank you for such a beautiful picture!!!
I think this is a wonderful example of an open spandrel bridge! We have one just like it in minneapolis[10th ave bridge] right next to 35w. It was given a rating of 7!!! Thanx for the pic!!!
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo Taken Sept 7, 2007. I believe that the approximate latitude, longitude is +41.887450 -87.629520
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007.
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007. This bridge was having some work done to it.
I was fortunate enough to work on the navigation lights under the deck of this bridge for MDOT (MHTD back then). What I remember most about this bridge is the amount of glass and mirror fragments that lined the catwalk below the roadway. Many trucks lost their side mirrors to the trusses of this narrow bridge including a dump truck whose mirror struck a beam just above where I was working. The noise of the impact and shattering glass while suspended above the river nearly scared me to death.
The width of the deck was so narrow that local authorities had to block oncoming traffic each time a truck with a wide load needed to cross.
I like this bridge!!!! it reminds me of my daily walks across our 450ft pratt truss arch bridge[similar to this one]! nice work guys!!!!
Looking at this bridge makes our "bouncing" steel arch [deck pratt truss] seem ALOT safer and less scary!!! PS I rather enjoy the bouncing!!!!
The bridge has been torn down much to the dismay of my family. We have lived on Lake Rhea Road for many years now and that bridge has been a part of our daily lives. What I want to know is if you have any information about the 2 previous locations of that bridge. There are 2 other places on our property where that same bridge was functioning. One is rather modern looking concrete pillars, but the first site has large rock pillars. I would dearly love to get all the information about this site. My dad, "Eugene Robertson" rebuilt his side of the bridge column several years ago. He used the same rocks that collapsed into the creek over the years. No one knows when this bridge site was constructed. It has been said that that site was the only way people could get to Cullman. Can you provide any information about it? I will go today and take some photos for you to see and also provide a map to see where the other 2 sites are located with respect to the current site.
Old Highway 81 alignment bridge
When I was a teenager, in the late 1960s, we used to fly across this bridge in our cars late at night to the road on the other side. We crossed this thing with pickup trucks, hot rods, and believe it or not, the butane truck routinely crossed it delivering gas. It made a terrible racket when one crossed it, even then. When I look at it now, it scares me to death to think about crossing it with wild teenage boys, who sometimes had been drinking, and who were almost always driving too fast!
This bridge is fucking haunted!! My friends and I went down there around midnight and we saw a fucking ghost! IT was a man standing at the far end of the bridge clear as day! He was staring straight at us, and then he started walking toward us and we all freaked and ran for our lives! Whatever you do don't go alone and turn your car around BEFORE you go on the bridge! That way you can escape faster!!
If this bridge still exists, the description makes it sound like a long bridge.
Name: Arrigoni Bridge
Won an award for its looks.
Name: East Haddam Bridge
(route 82)
If this is the bridge I think it is, just downstream from the Arrigoni Bridge, it's NOT open to traffic. On Wikipedia, it's known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_%26_Worcester_railroad_bridge
I WANTED TO KNOW FROM BRIDGE TO THE WATER, HOW MANT FEET IT IS DOWNWARD? I KNOW ITS A LONG WAY DOWN. NOT THE LITTLE CLAYS FERRY BRIDGE, BUT THE I-75 BRIDGE GOING ACROSS THE KENTUCKY RIVER. JUST CURIOUS, THANK YOU
Bridge road name has changed. Bridge is on 492nd St, sign right on the south end of it is fairly new. Bridge is East and slightly north of the other Little Blue Creek bridge posted. To find it on a map, Delorme and Garmin call the East/West road 1386N and the North/South road that the bridge is actually on 1415E. By road signs which appear fairly new, the East/West road is 240th ST, the North/South road is 492nd ST. Delorme does not show the 240th St connecting with 492nd ST, Garmin does. Approaching from the west on 240th there is a sign warning that the roads ends ahead, yet it goes through and there is no sign proclaiming the end. It is a rough road that dips and crosses through Little Blue Creek. Coming from the North on 492nd ST, there are no signs claiming an end. In the very corner where the two roads meet there is a fairly new road sign, for what it is worth.
Bridge is eesentially in a farmers field and probably used mainly for tractors to get from one field to another. They were cutting cornstalks and blowing them into a truck while we were there, using the bridge to drive the truck over and turn around at a gate to head back and align with the tractor for another pass down the field.
GPS N39 36.040 W090 37.405
Date photo's 9/1/07
Photo 32 Looking north with truck coming to turn around
Photo 33 Plaque
Photo 34 Looking South-roadsign in center in background
Photo 35 Looking South/East
Photo 36 Load limit sign on approach from the west
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Road names are funny (strange). Must have renamed them since my Delorme map came out. My current Garmin doesn't show this road. Delorme calls it Riverview Drive from one end to the other. Actual signs at the south end of the bridge calls the east/west section 412N. Cross the bridge, then the railroad tracks to the north and a sign calls the road Bluff Road, which signs support all the way to the north end.
Bridge is located just north of Hwy 100
I should mention that there is a very interesting rail bridge over the Illinois River just east of this bridge, but it appears to be hard to access, unless in a boat.
GPS at south end is N39 27.445 W090 37.172
Date photo's 9/1/07
Photo 18 approach from south (heading east/north) on 412N
Photo 19 looking North
Photo 20 Plaques, white paint damage from graffiti?
Photo 23 Heading south
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This bridge is almost as bad as the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati but not that old. A Twin Structure ought to be built parallel to this one.
Here are some views of the BNSF swing bridge at Fort Madison, Iowa showing most of the overall length, a shot looking from Iowa towards Illinois of the roadway and superstructure and a couple of shots in the open position. This is the largest double deck road/rail swing bridge in North America.
Another great old bridge. My wife really liked this one over Kingfisher Creek.
This old bridge has definetly seen better days, but she is still alot of fun to drive on. One lane over a swift moving Cimarron will get your heart pumping.
I am pretty sure this is the bridge you are describing. My wife and I visited this bridge in May 2007. We had to walk north about half a mile from County Road E0760 to get to it. The approach was partially washed away, and the decking was in pretty bad shape. It was once a beautiful bridge. It was kind of sad to see it rotting away.
From the description of this bridge(location, spans, length, and year built), it sounds alot like the DUNBAR COVERED BRIDGE. I don't know of any metal bridges like this around here. Visiting the bridge years ago I thought there was too much traffic racing around the corner flying through and almost a collision too. The bridge needs to be bypassed or heavily strengthened and controlled by signals. Sorry if I'm wrong about what bridge this is.
save this bridge. they are planning to tear it down and replace it!!!!
how was this bridge made obsolete?? taking berry road north from bonne terre to access side roads such as primrose and silver springs road, is much safer than taking 67 norh and crossing over the highway,playing chicken with the on coming cars. i beleive that this bridge should be maintained and safe at all times ,and not thought as an unused road because to those who want to be safe like to think that the option will always be avaible. i could understand closing the bridge only if our highway 67 was a proper highway and had safe on and off ramps.
Pictures taken 9-2-2007
Bridge needs some work
Preservation Ohio has placed the Orange Road Bridge on its "2007 Ohio's Most Endangered Historic Sites" list. http://ohiosmostendangered.squarespace.com/welcome/
Delaware County Engineer Chris Bauserman closed the bridge until further notice on Aug. 29, 2007. With millions of sales tax dollars earmarked for road and bridge maintenance in Delaware County over the past decade, Mr. Bauserman has allowed the bridge to deteriorate and, since 2002, he has refused to apply for federal funds potentially available due to the bridge's National Register status. This is in spite of the fact that this bridge is located along a State Scenic Byway, over a State Scenic River, and is on the National Register for its state and local historic significance.
With the support of 5 local and 4 statewide organizations, Project SOUL (Save Our Unique Landmark) continues its efforts to preserve this bridge as recommended by the Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan: in its current location and use as a vehicular bridge.
If you want to help save this NR bridge, please email me the following message: "I/we believe the Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan should prevail with regard to the Orange Road Bridge Project in the Olentangy Heritage Corridor Scenic Byway."
Thank you.
Preservation Ohio has placed the Orange Road Bridge on its "2007 Ohio's Most Endangered Historic Sites" list: http://ohiosmostendangered.squarespace.com/west-orange-road-bridge/
Delaware County Engineer Chris Bauserman closed the bridge until further notice on Aug. 29, 2007. In spite of the availability of millions in sales tax dollars earmarked for road and bridge maintenance in Delaware County, Mr. Bauserman has allowed the bridge to deteriorate through lack of maintenance and, since 2002, has refused to apply for federal dollars potentially available due to the bridge's National Register status. This is in spite of the fact that this bridge is on an Ohio Scenic Byway over an Ohio Scenic River and is listed on the National Register for both state and local significance.
With the support of 5 local and 4 statewide organizations, Project SOUL (Save Our Unique Landmark) continues its efforts to preserve this bridge as recommended by the 2006 Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan: in its current location and use as a vehicular bridge.
If you want to help save this bridge, send me the following email: "I (we) believe the Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan should prevail with regard to the Orange Road Bridge Project in the Olentangy Heritage Corridor Scenic Byway." Thank you.
Sorry, the pics did not upload in the format I wanted. I will try to post them as TIFFs or JPEGs from a different computer later. If you have Photoshop 7.0 you should be able to view the current pics.
Located southwest of Festina, this is of at least four bowstring trusses remaining in Winnesheik County, Iowa.
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From the description of this bridge if it still exists, it sounds like it is a rather long bridge.
i love ur pictures
This bridge will be destroyed and replaced in 2008. The superstructure will be removed and a new roadway will sit on top of the existing piers.
I am no expert but this is one big bridge. I first saw the thing back in the late 70's and the awe inspiring thing has been stuck in my mind every since. I have been told by an older gentleman that it was the tallest in Missouri. Is there any truth to this? If you can hitch a ride across this big open train bridge then do so. I hoped that some day they would have an evening dinner cruise from Mexico to Fulton once a month or so.
This bridge is covered in graffiti and is really scary when you walk up to the edge, but it's really cool. We live in Greers Ferry which is a short drive from Shirley. It's nicer here, but it always nice to go up there and check out the scenery there too.
Westside classes of '10 & '09
This bridge is in a park where people white water raft from.
These tunnels were tremendous. It is a road that use to be a rail road track.
This bridge is in good condition.
This bridge is in a beutifull location.
This bridge is in a beutifull location.
This bridge is in good condition.
More views (in the eastbound directio)
Hello. Both of my parents were born and raised in Old Appleton. My great-uncle owned the brewery before McGovern bought it. My Grandpa owned the saloon. We use to go fishing in the creek. We'd walk across the bridge, seemed everytime there was a car that had to cross. The memories that I and my 2 brothers have, are some of the most wonderful and happiest memories of our lives. God Bless all who care about Old Appleton.
That old bridge was always scary to cross. Way too narrow. Even as a teenager, I was having a hard time keeping the car within the lane without driving off the side or hitting someone head on. Know a few people killed crossing the bridge. But, it was historical. Another piece of Cape Girardeau history sorry to see go. They could have kept it as a one-way bridge.
this bridge has since been torn down. a new one has replaced it. it was torn down spring/summer of '07.
The Wittpenn Bridge was built beginning in 1927 and opened November 5, 1930. It has been the site of several fatal accidents and has been the location of some hauntings (perhaps linked to the crashes). This deficent and obsolete span will be replaced by 2012 with a modern lift bridge with sholders.
http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/99/dec99/120799n2.htm
The sidebar of the above link and a 1987 Oregonian article mention that this bridge and another Sandy River bridge use
spans from the 1894 version of the Burnside Bridge.
Nice website!!
I have been looking for any information on a double decked bridge that crossed the Mississippi and or the Ohio river . I know that you could see two other states while standing in IL . I was 10 and it was 1949 , we were in a park with tall trees and some Indian Mounds , a plantation home with a front lawn that went to the river and a slave cabin , you could look adross the river and could see the bridge .
Does any one know of a place like this ? Thank you for any help .
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I believe this bridge is called the Tindall Bridge. Somewhere near this bridge is the Gillmore Bridge.It is almost if not a twin structure to this one but unfortunately it is derelict. I would hate to let it fall beyond repair. Sorry if I mixed up the bridge names.
US 117 was rerouted to the east side of Wilmington, North Carolina. So only NC 133 goes over this bridge.
This picture was taken June 17, 2007 from the CSX Bridge.
This bridge has been removed and replaced in 2002. The City of Akron maintained a website with information about this project. http://ci.akron.oh.us/engineering/PortagePath/
This bridge has been and moved a few hundred feet off its foundations over a tributary ditch just off the road. I dont know if the bridge is used by farm tractors or if its just sitting there for now.
Regarding climbing the bridge. Operating Railroad bridges have always been private property, not built with public funds, and have always had "No Trespassing" signs. If you climb onto the bridge you are trespassing. Probably it is just the heightened security post 9/11 that results in you being arrested, though.
However you should be aware that you ARE trespassing on private railroad land and property.
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Hi, great database. Here one picture.
NOW TELL PEOPLE HOW DANGERAS THIS BRIDGE IS
FEDERAL (RATES IT AS 3) This means it real poor in safty
UP DATE YOUR SIGHT
& tell people how dageras these bridges are
This Bridge has been replaced & OPEN TO TRAFFIC
I travelled this bridge the fall of 2004. I was thinking it had some of the metal decking that you can see thru.
I was carrying a football team. Several were hollering that it was going to fall down with us. We made it across just fine. I was thankfull that we did not meet another large vehicle.
There should be no pedestrians or auto traffic, this is a train bridge!
There seems to be 2 spellings of McColly/McCally. I have no history of the bridge but did photograph it for a painting I was doing. While in the area, I stopped at the cemetary just west of the bridge and photographed the tombstone of Nicholas McCally. The plaque in front of the original tombstone had a different spelling. Maybe your family history could be under the original 1850 spelling.
Visited this bridge on 18 Aug, 2007 and it has a new roof. The pictures show the bridge with the new roof. Also my friends Bob, Mark, and John were with me. It was the first time John has ever seen a covered bridge.
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This is a cool site.
This bridge is thought to be made up of spans from the "original" Frisco railroad bridge at Van Buren across the Arkansas river. The Frisco bridge was updated in 1913 with much heavier truss sections, and the old truss members were available for purchase. I have attached a post-card view of the bridge in its original location.
Visited this bridge on 8/18/07 looks like a new bridge, completely repainted. New riprap along abuttments and concrete looks to be new or powerwashed.
It sucks and needs to be fixed
What do you mean by made obsolete by new bridge in 1957?
Do you mean made obsolete when you made the new 67 bridge?
The NPS has been conducting research on some of Arkansas' bridges this summer and it turns out that this bridge was built by a private individual in 1892 and was called the Marble Arch Bridge. I will send more information as we get it.
Images taken 8-19-07. A true bridge to nowhere. The 86 mile Nome-Taylor gravel highway ends at this one-lane bridge spanning the Kougarok River. A trail proceeds from their to the mining area at Taylor, Alaska. The road was never finished. Weight Limit is 10 tons. Bridge was reassembled at it's present site. Origin of bridge unknown.
Bridge is only rated at 2 tons. Snyder Park is on NW side of Springfield. Photos taken at dusk, 08/19/07.
Photos taken 8/19/07.
Photos taken 8/19/07
Photo taken 8/11/07
I use to live in Morrilton from 1979-1984. At that time, we were still allowed to walk across the old bridge. They use to keep the other side of the bridge mowed and there use to be plenty of picnic tables. I heard sometime in 1986, they blocked the entrance to the bridge and stopped mowing the other side.
Photo 08/11/07.
Photos 8/11/07
Bridge is in park-like setting. Photo taken 8/11/07.
Unfortunately, this bridge may have to go because of the Honda plant. The plant is on Old US 421 and traffic will be heavy on this road.
Some notes...
The bridge is monitored 24/7 by a strain gauge system installed a few years ago. Weight limits were maintained way above the minimum (3 ton) due to a study from the strain gauges, after ODOT was considering reducing the limits to 3 ton.
The Ironton-Russell Bridge when constructed (I've been told that it was originally built by Armco Steel) was the ONLY Ohio River crossing between Wheeling, WV (Wheeling Suspension Bridge) and Cincinnati, OH (Roebling Bridge).
It is by far the oldest surviving steel cantilever Ohio crossing, and is extremely historic in it's own right.
Originally the bridge had a wood deck. It was eventually replaced by a metal mesh deck, with some portions concreted.
It used to be a toll bridge, until the late 1980's.
It survived the devastating 1937 flood and the 1997 flood...
It has a very unique feature in that the approaches on the KY and OH sides are angled 90 degrees from the bridge alignment... This has caused MANY wrecks especially in winter... I was told that this was deliberately chosen at the time to limit speed on the bridge... No bridge of it's size in the world has this feature.
Some notes...
The bridge is monitored 24/7 by a strain gauge system installed a few years ago. Weight limits were maintained way above the minimum (3 ton) due to a study from the strain gauges, after ODOT was considering reducing the limits to 3 ton.
The Ironton-Russell Bridge when constructed (I've been told that it was originally built by Armco Steel) was the ONLY Ohio River crossing between Wheeling, WV (Wheeling Suspension Bridge) and Cincinnati, OH (Roebling Bridge).
It is by far the oldest surviving steel cantilever Ohio crossing, and is extremely historic in it's own right.
Originally the bridge had a wood deck. It was eventually replaced by a metal mesh deck, with some portions concreted.
It used to be a toll bridge, until the late 1980's.
It survived the devastating 1937 flood and the 1997 flood...
It has a very unique feature in that the approaches on the KY and OH sides are angled 90 degrees from the bridge alignment... This has caused MANY wrecks especially in winter... I was told that this was deliberately chosen at the time to limit speed on the bridge... No bridge of it's size in the world has this feature.
Since the I35W disaster, I've been avoiding the old bridge... I've crossed it tens of thousands of times.
Our local paper published the inspection ratings of all our Ohio River bridges, the Ironton-Russell Bridge is Structurally Deficient with a rating of 7.
It's in really poor condition with holes in the steel grate deck, some of which are patched over with steel plates. Replacement has been put off until 2011 at the earliest because the proposed cable stayed bridge came in over budget.
ODOT is going to do another major rehab of the bridge later this year once the 12th Street bridge in Ashland re-opens (it's being painted).
A couple of pictures of the bridge taken from the Washington & Old Dominion Trail
