Bridge Archives - Page 3 of 20 - History in Your Own Backyard

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]

Big 4 Stone Arch Railroad Bridge, Crawfordsville, Indiana

This beautiful stone arch railroad bridge was built in 1901 but the line dates back to just after the Civil War in 1866 when the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad Company in Illinois bu…[View More]

The Abandoned Alternate Route 58 Phantom Bridge, Jonesville, Virginia

While driving through Lee County, Virginia I luckily found a phantom bridge from a former state route out in the middle of a field! So after doing a little research I found that the road this bridge o…[View More]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Bridge, Lemont, Illinois

This bridge in Lemont, Illinois, just outside of Chicago was built in 1898 by the Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the superstructure contractor being Carnegie Steel Company. T…[View More]

The Fishing Creek Phantom Bridge, Tylersville, Pennsylvania

Built in 1901 this pony truss bridge is about 70 feet long and spans Fishing Creek in the town of Tylersville, Pennsylvania. The bridge was bypassed in the early 1960s when Route 880 was built. This p…[View More]

The Jersey Shore Bridge, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

This Bridge near Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania is known by several names including “The Silver Bridge”, “The Pine Creek Bridge and the Jersey Shore Bridge. But let’s start at the beginning. The f…[View More]

The Historic Weaver Road Bridge, Wallace, Indiana

Built in 1935 this Pratt Through Truss Bridge is about 132 feet long and spans Sugar Mill Creek near Wallace, Indiana. This is a pretty remote location with little traffic. I was at the bridge for a g…[View More]

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