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The Lost Bridge in Pennington Gap, Virginia

About 1 mile north of Pennington Gap, Virginia you’ll find 2 concrete bridge piers and a concrete bridge abutment on the east side of the North Fork of the Powell River also known as Stone Creek. I …[View More]

Three Historic Phantom Bridges Discovered Along an Abandoned Ghost Road in Michigan

I did some research and found out after talking to the county that the bridge was built around 1920. The main concrete arch bridge is around 82 feet long while the two smaller bridges are about 30 fee…[View More]

The Animal Bridge, Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois

Originally built in 1904 the “Animal Bridge” in Chicago’s Jackson Park is definitely a one of a kind bridge. Designed by architect Peter Weber the bridge is 117 feet long and according to Nathan…[View More]

Pond Creek Pony Truss Bridge, Beatysville, West Virginia

The Pond Creek Pony Truss Bridge near Beatysville was built in 1905 and rehabbed in 1984. It’s about 38 feet long and spans Pond Creek on Buffalo Run Road which parallels a small stream called Buffa…[View More]

Old Taylorsville Phantom Bridge, Fisherville, Kentucky

The abandoned Old Taylorsville Road Pony Truss bridge was most likely built sometime in the 1930s. It’s about 52 feet long and spans Pope Lick Run. Looking over old aerial maps it looks like this b…[View More]

Abandoned Wills Creek Bridge, Birds Run, Ohio

Built in 1894 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, the Wills Creek bridge is about 162 feet long and spans Wills Creek just southeast of Birds Run, Ohio. I’m not too sure when the bri…[View More]

Leeman Field Bridge, Pennington Gap, Virginia

The Leeman Field Bridge, Pennington Gap, Virginia In June of 2023 I was driving along Route 421 in Pennington Gap, Virginia when I noticed a bridge abutment and piers from a former bridge. Well I had…[View More]

Rockwood, Michigan Railroad Bridge

If you’re looking for exciting information and stories about a bridge, you probably want to keep on scrolling because there’s nothing interesting about this bridge. I have no idea when the bridge …[View More]

Penn Creek Bridge, Coburn, Pennsylvania

In downtown Coburn, Pennsylvania you’ll find this well maintained Parker Pony Truss Bridge spanning Penns Creek on Route 2011. The bridge was built in 1938 and rehabbed in 1974. The bridge is about …[View More]

Harrods Old Trace Bridge, Jeffersontown, Kentucky

Back along a hard packed deadend gravel road literally 50 feet from I-265 on the east side of Louisville, Kentucky I found this timber stringer bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The road, Har…[View More]

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