another victim to the Iowa flooding
a bridge in Johnson County known as Sutliff Bridge collapsed on Friday the 13th
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=GO&Dato=20080612&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=721834934&Ref=PH has more pictures of bridge collapse
My grandfather was an engineer on this bridge, and his name is on the plaque that is on the corner. :)
Clifford O. Nielson
I remember crossing this bridge as a child, just a few months before it was demolished. My father told me that it was very tricky crossing this bridge in an 18-wheeler, especially when meeting another 18-wheeler head-on going the opposite direction. This bridge was definitely a historical landmark, too bad that it's not still standing.
I've read in a Bossier/Caddo Parish History book, that this bridge was built in 1884.
The website http://theinspiredmedia.wordpress.com/ has a photo of a bridge surrounded by floodwaters, but not washed out. The bridge in the photo appears to possibly be the Henry Bridge.
Just a quick note. This is the highest bridge in the Colorado highway system to date.
Here is a quote from http://www.victorcolorado.com/thingstodo.htm .
"Arequa Gulch Bridge
Just to Victor’s west on Highway 67 you will cross the highest bridge on the Colorado State Highway system. The bridge across Arequa Gulch was built in 2000-2001 as part of a highway realignment project to accommodate the expansion of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company’s (CC&V) valley fill facility. CC&V financed the design and construction.
Completed in just 11 months, the $18 million realignment project is one of the largest highway projects in the state to be financed completely with private dollars.
The new roadway is 1.9 miles long, replacing a 1.8-mile segment. The most spectacular part of the project is a 1,218-foot long bridge over Arequa Gulch. The bridge, which is 250 feet tall at its highest point, is the tallest bridge of Colorado's 8,479 bridges on the state highway system. The bridge provides travelers with unparalleled views of the Sangre De Cristo Mountain Range.
A portion of the project also involved building a scenic pullout area that enables travelers to view the mountain range and the valley far below. These are views which have never before available from the highway. At the pullout is the trailhead for the Little Grouse Mountain Tail, a project of CC&V, interpreted by the Southern Teller County Focus Group as part of its Trails of Gold project. The trail winds up the mountain to a summit with a 360-degree view of the western and southern mountains as well as nearby mountaintops."
Word is this bridge has been lost in the current flood...any confirmation of this? I alos have many, many good memories of this bridge and site.
why,
dont you have a posted picture of bartlesvilles' 123 caney river bridge? I am working on authentic bridge gurders and beams in 1/24 scale. I have told no one this. do you have a suggestion?
This bridge was taken apart summer of 2007. My grandfather's family has lived next to it for 3 generations now. Very sad time when it was removed.
This bridge is no longer open to traffic. It was closed 2 years ago because of it's condition. Currently, it is under water because of the Upper Iowa River Flooding. Very sad to see it not in use anymore.
If anybody who is part of the committee involved in replacing this bridge reads this, PLEEEEEASE!!! Whatever you do, don't just replace it with a concrete bridge. I hate concrete bridges. Make it interesting in some fashion such as a cable-stayed or suspension bridge. Aesthetics are important too!!!
THat isalmost EXACTLY what I would say. Bridges can be attractice AND safe!!! Boring concrete bridges should NEVER be built!!!
Here's a link to the story at the Charles City Press Website:
http://www.charlescitypress.com/articles/2008/06/09/news/news02.txt
This is better known as the Old Red Covered Bridge. It is in the middle of nowhere in the Wabash flats and can be rather tricky to find. The bridge has been bypassed by a lower culvert crossing since the 1970s. There have also been roads in the area which apparantly fell into non-existence.
This bridge is no longer there it got swept away in the flood today. The Des Moines Register has an article about it on there website.
A modern concrete bridge has been constructed on Pressonville Road approximately 3/4 of a mile to the northeast. This new bridge effectively replaced the Carey's Ford Bridge. The Carey's Ford Bridge remains open to traffic however.
Today is a sad day. Due to the flooding in Charles City the bridge has been swept away. Another piece of our history gone. I love the pictures though.
It would appear that the bridge is open to traffic
Yall are retarded. We use to go out to that bridge every night and get high.
http://www.johnweeks.com/upper_mississippi/pagesC/umissC01a.html has a good write up
This entire Rock Island line is now owned by a power company whose name I do believe is Ameren (?), and sometime in the near future intends to rehab this line for company use, or until the Rails to Trails steps in and buys it.
The fence was probably put there by Ameren to keep people off the rails and bridge, for fear someone would fall or get hurt on it, and that would cause them to get a law-suit.
Hope this can clear up the fence thing
I rode across this bridge in the opening credits of the 1969 TV series "Then Came Bronson" since that time the bridge has become a Mecca for Harley motorcycle fans from that generation. The 2nd Annual TCB reunion will be held at this bridge on March 24, 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Pilot Episode, 24 March 1969. Contact my website for details http://www.jimbronson.com , until then Hang in There!
The topo map for this bridge is not the correct map.
The Edwardsville Kansas Quadrangle comes up instead.
Its on Dog Alley Road, and has been closed since its last inspection about 5 years ago. It is in very poor shape, as evidenced as part of the wooden deck missing and holes in the support beams.
This bridge is now gone as of June 4th.
My wife and I crossed this bridge by motorcycle. The warning sign was missing. Only the attn. motorcyclist was visible. My wife asked what I thought that it mean't and I said it probably means beware of high winds. However the sign at entrance of the bridge said, Steel Top bridge. Too late to stop, here we go. I didn't breathe the whole way over. I DO NOT RECOMMEND RIDING OVER THIS! It's a good story to tell though.
This bridge is open to railroad traffic. It was repainted around 2004.
Any pictures of the old original bridge?
Did you get any photos of the bridge after the tornado hit?
The overhead picture of the bridge in the water appears to show the trusses somewhat intact. I would not count out on Rush County Heritage getting it rebuilt. It can and has been done.
I very much regret to inform anyone reading this but, as of last night, June 3, 2008, the Moscow covered bridge was totally destroyed by a tornado. Along with many area homes and other historical buildings. There were some injuries and as I write this the extent of those injuries are unknown. I live 1 1/2 miles from this bridge site and am very sadden by the structure's passing. It had survived 122 years. It will be sorely missed.
There are only two "S" Bridges in the USA. The Tyrone "S" Bridge (US 62 Bridge) over the Kentucky river in Tyrone, KY and this one. See the Tyrone "S" Bridge photos/info page on this website.
This is the Jackson Street bridge in Joliet, Illinois. The McDonough Street bridge is a two lane bridge too but is painted blue and has overhead arches before entering the span - just like the Cass Street bridge, only that bridge is a three lane bridge. I was born and raised in Joliet. Go to the website for Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere and you'll see great pictures of all the bridges in Joliet! The URL is http://www.historicbridges.org/index.htm
Have a good day!
Mike
This bridge is scheduled to be replaced this summer.
State looking to give away 2 bridges in Craighead County
Associated Press - June 2, 2008 10:34 AM ET
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - State highway officials want to give away a pair of historic bridges in Craighead County to make room for replacements.
The state highway department says that because the two bridges are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, they can't just be torn down. The two bridges - Cache River Bridge and Bayou DeView Bridge, both along Arkansas 226 - are scheduled to be replaced.
So the department hopes to find someone to take over the title of 1 or both of the bridges and promise to maintain and preserve the historic integrity of the structures.
The Cache River Bridge, located west of Cash, is a Camelback Pony Truss, the only 1 of its kind remaining in the state, the state highway department said. It consists of 1 70-foot truss span and has an overall length of 180 feet, with a 25-foot wide deck.
The Bayou DeView Bridge, located east of Cash, is a Parker Pony Truss, 1 of 16 remaining in Arkansas. It has a 90-foot single truss span, with an overall length of 192 feet, and a 26-foot deck width.
Information from: The Jonesboro Sun, http://www.jonesborosun.com
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Hey Max, yes Choctaw bridge & Rock Island are one and the same.
Wayne
The original truss bridge was demolished and replaced with a wide, sturdy concrete structure. I remember the original bridge very well; it was two lane, but in all actuality it was better/safer to consider it a one lane bridge. Had a few very close calls driving across it! Also, the flooding in 1985 did extensive damage to the understructure. I'd never seen water flow over the bridge before, but it did then- and large trees were snagged up in it. What a mess (one of the guys I went to school with actually climbed over the side and walked on them, trying to kick 'em loose! what a genius haha) It was a rickety affair; the whole thing would shake like mad. I spent a lot of time fishing out there, and it was dangerous to be under it- cars passing overhead would cause hunks of concrete to fall!
Whoops! My mistake- I thought this was the bridge near Clearwater (the old west bridge on 103rd Street, which looked nearly identical to this one). Please disregard my comment, as it doesn't apply to this particular bridge. ~_^
This bridge was demolished and replaced a few years ago. I used to go fishing there on occasion; flooding (notably the big floods during 1985) had caused considerable damage to the understructure. Traffic passing across the bridge would make the entire structure shake and chunks of concrete would fall off, to the point it was dangerous to be under the thing at all.
this bridge Fred and Wayne call the "Choctaw" bridge, is this the Rock Island bridge beside the Clinton library?
can anyone clear that up?
Thanks Fred,
They really did a great job on the bridge. Go see it as soon as you are able, it is well worth the trip.
Hopefully they will start on the Choctaw soon.
Best regards,
Wayne Kizziar
Photos taken 4-6-2007
Wow, graphically shocking photos of the beleaguered Beaver Bridge. Hope it can be repaired and put back into service.
Wayne,
Sensational photographs of the Junction Bridge. Hope to get across it real soon. Love the pedestrian connection between LR & NLR. Will be great when the Choctaw lift span is rehabed in the same manner.
Fred Garcia
Hot Springs Village
My family was down in the area this past week, and we once again got to drive over the bridge. The lake is currently being held at 930', and boy! is the water close to the bottom of the bridge! It isn't far below the bottom of the stone caps on the piers. I have been under the bridge in a boat, but I'll bet that not too many of the bigger boats on the lake can make it under the bridge right now.
Currently Grand County is researching the feasibility of reconstructing the bridge. The Grand County Historical Preservation Commission who originally refurbished the bridge is currently looking at the potential of rebuilding the structure.
The much of the metal super structure of the bridge is intact only the wooden deck was destroyed. Private donations are being accepted to rebuild the bridge. More information can be found at
moabbridge.blogspot.com
The old Liberty Bend Bridge was built circa 1927 and was dismantled in 1973. The road over that bridge was called U.S. 71 Bypass until sometime in the 1960s when it was redisignated as state highway M-291.
Liberty Bend Cutoff, on the Missouri River, was completed in 1949. The cutoff necessitated a new bridge, which was about two miles south of the older bridge. Since it was easier and cheaper to build the new bridge before the cutoff was made, the new bridge was built over dry land. The river channel was cut through underneath it.
The old, original Liberty Bend Bridge continued to carry highway traffic from the bottoms up to the bluff called Arsenal Hill, which is about five miles south of Liberty. It was a narrow bridge by later standards, and I vividly recall the dread I felt as a new driver whenever a truck came from the other direction.
With the river channel now flowing under the new bridge, the old bridge spanned the abandoned channel, which was reduced to a muddy slough. The old bridge also crossed the Wabash Railroad tracks (later Norfolk and Western), and a large auto scrap yard.
Highway M-291 was enlarged to four lanes south of Liberty in the early seventies and a new four viaduct was built alongside the old bridge. It was then that the old bridge was torn down.
M-291 was reduced to two lanes as it approached the new bridge from the north. It wasn't until the 1990s that a second new bridge was built alongside the first new bridge--both structures running side by side over the 1949 river cutoff. When the second new bridge was completed, the first new bridge was completely rehabed. It finally reopened to northbound traffic in 2004, with southbound traffic routed onto the newer span.
there's a rendering of the proposed replacement at www.lowryavenuebridge.com
once again bridge passed inspection and is considered SAFE. No gussette concerns:)
THANK YOU SHOW ME PHOTO OF Junction Bridge. I have photo at there since August 2002. It was open about 1950. track was removed on bridge after summer 2000. THANK YOU.
Local reports indicate this bridge is to be adaptively reused to carry a quarry conveyor belt system to a nearby cement plant.
alll this information is great.... the only thing that i would add would be the history of the bridge
I would also like to comment on how beautiful your pictures are and state that this is my Great Grandmothers home. My Grandmother Elizabeth Jane (Weddle) Kenney grew up there. My mother Carolyn Diane (Kenney) Bennett attends the Family Reunions there on Labor Day. I have been only three times. I love the area. Thank you for the gorgeous pictures.
Is this the bridge on CR-5 that you have listed as open? This sits at the crossroads of CR-5 Big Wheeling Creek Rd, Pine Hill RD, Drummin Lane and CR-16 Caldwell Hill Rd. There is only one other steel truss bridge on this road and you have it mapped. I will try to supply picture of it in the following days.
The Central Avenue bridge was closed in late April of 08 for full rehabilitation.
The lower and upper deck are being completly redone.
Wasn't this bridge hit by a semi-truck hauling potatoes, damaging it beyond repair?
Bridge has been replaced with a concrete one. At least we were lucky enough to see what was left of it on the side of the road.
An article about this bridge:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080521_12_A16_spancl224957
The bridge is being preserved as a footbridge. Another example of forward thinking.
Its great they did that!
I love to see somthing like a truss bridge saved.
Its like a historic building saved
The Beaver Bridge remains closed. The water level is still too high to perform inspections. See: http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1406742.html
Wikipedia article:
Wikipedia article:
Here's the wikipedia article on the cemetery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Moriah_Cemetery_%28Philadelphia%29
Wikipedia article:
This bridge was closed in June 2002 after an over-height truck drove through it, damaging the framework above the deck. The eastbound bridge has been converted to two-way traffic during the closure.
As of May 2008, the bridge still stands, but remains closed.
To answer Kyle,
I do believe (on a guess) there may have been two sets of tracks on the bridge.
According to this site, the bridge was built in 1905, but the west pratt span may have been built earlier than that.
I am thinking (again, on a guess) that the great 1903 flood may have destroyed a previous bridge that was here that may have had two tracks, leaving only the west span from the first bridge.
I do not know for sure...........................
Anyone know if the Beaver Bridge is still closed and if there was damage from the flooding that would prevent its reopening when the water level falls? It is our favorite route to Eureka Springs from our home near Garfield on Beaver Lake. I am attaching one of my favorite views of the bridge from happer times.
This is nice steel arch.
One of Ohio's longest bridges
This bridge is over the Rocky River.
There was once a trolley on the lower level.
This bridge really does swing.
There's discussion about making it a foot bridge after they build the new bridge upstream at the site of the old railway bridge, about 150 yards upstream from the present bridge.
Money seems to be the big holdup here. Being on the county line, neither county wants to foot the bill.
This bridge is open, as we drove across it last Saturday.
They still charge the $1 dollar toll. The road bed looked
to have been resurfaced, but then ground down level to the old road bed.
Jerry and I were researching the local bridges when we noticed that the photos in this file are not accurate. We are unable to tell which bridge is in on the main file, but the second photo shown after clicking on the gallery is the actual bridge that is being refered to in the information contained.
5/17/08
Bridge is not lost! It is closed. Road appears to be nonexistant anymore. At junction of Knauss Rd & Woodside Rd (T103).
05/17/08
Brand new boring cement bridge with no truss.
5/17/08
5/17/08
05/17/08
Nice bridge w/wooden floor
Believe Davis Grove Road Bridge over Park Creek listed as Philadelphia, PA should be Horsham Township, Pennsylvania not far from the Keith Valley Road Bridge also in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and I believe it is now closed to traffic.
Dark Hollow Road Bridge over the Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania no longer exists. Believe they were planning on daming up the creek but changed their minds. There is a bridge just above there on Mill Road which is still standing.
There is a new private suspension bridge over Unami Creek on Swamp Creek Road, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, between two existing Stone Arched Bridges on that road. It goes between the road and a private residence across the creek. If you use your imagination and Live Earth it up from Sumneytown,PA you an just see it through the trees.
Corunna Bridge is being replaced. Demolition scheduled to begin mid-May.
I have seen this bridge before, it almost appears that the west span is twice as wide as the center and east span. The west span is a pratt truss and the center and east spans are parker. Why did they use 2 different designs, and why is 1 span wider than the other 2?
MoDot has this bridge in the planning stages to be replaced in the next few years. They are discussing the option of closing the road to traffic during construction to save costs. New bridge is needed but the locals aren't happy about this plan. Detour would be several miles.
I forgot to add that this bridge was demolished after the new one opened.
This bridge was imploded on August 27, 2007 and replaced by a new 4 lane concrete bridge. There are a few videos of the implosion out there "google" it and you can watch it.
Definitely lost.
Miller County was sure quick to get this bridge closed and torn down. Too bad they can't be as quick to get it replaced. I know the local residents are tired of "taking the long way around".
I frequently cross this bridge, but only in a pickup. It remains in service with a 2 ton posted limit. Hopefully the county will find the money to replace it someday. Here are a couple old pictures I have from sometime in the early 90's. This guy was lucky, he wasn't loaded. A few years later a loaded truck fell completely through and the driver was killed.
This bridge has been replaced with a new one approximately 1/2 mile upstream. The highway has also been re-aligned to eliminate the bad curve and hill. Construction was completed and opened late summer of 2007. This was a much needed improvement but wasn't soon enough. I have been on the local fire department over 20 years and have been to numerous accidents at this location. I'm sure the families of the 8 fatalities that I remember wish that it would have been sooner.
This bridge is actually in Coweta, not Broken Arrow as stated.
Can't wait to walk this....saw note though that this will be longest pedestrian bridge in the USA...doubtful...
there is one in Florida 2.6 miles long...and a number over a mile.
great bridge!
I heard newspaper about fire in truss bridge since May 8, 2008. They already put out of fire. It is still standing. It was not damagetruss bridge. Thank you.
I heard newspaper since May 11, 2008. A ten ton load limit has been placed on the Meridian Bridge at Yankton, South Dakota. All truck over ten ton use other bridges at Vermillion or Springfield over Missouri River. It are fair condition. Thank you.
NOT "Looking for maps?"
This is a post for Historic Highway Bridges of Florida
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/emo/pubs/bridgebk.pdf
There are also hundreds of images at the http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/ site. You can use those if you credit the Florida State Archives.
Bridge is lost. Drove through here on May 10, 2008 and there is a concrete bridge in its place.
Bridge status should be Lost.
Went through here on 2 storm chases within the last 2 weeks, and yes, a concrete bridge is in its place.
I think it is foolhardy to mess around with railroad bridges. Clinbing them is dangerous and illegal.
North approach.
