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4th Street Bridge, Newport & Covington, Kentucky

The complete history of the 4th Street Bridge between Covington & Newport actually begins in 1789 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In that year Fort Washington was a fortified stockade with blockhouses with c…[View More]

Abandoned Beaty Bridge, Jennings, Florida

This pony truss bridge over the Alapahoochee River is known as the Beaty Bridge and was built for George Washington Beatty & J.A. Hodges in 1911 and abandoned in the 1970s. The bridge replaced the…[View More]

Florida’s Bridge to Nowhere, Live Oak, Florida

Built in 1931 by the Austin Bridge Company of Dallas, Texas this bridge was in use up until 1971 when it was bypassed for the new alignment of Route 129 just 1100 feet downstream. No longer open to au…[View More]

Suwannee Springs, Live Oak, Florida

In 1831 Francis Ross purchased the springs and surrounding property from the United States for $5,000 and began constructing a resort there. Ross sold the springs in 1838 and from that point on it wen…[View More]

Abandoned Civil War Confederate Railroad in North Florida, Live Oak, Florida

In North Florida on the edge of the Suwannee Music Park sits the remains of an abandoned rail line originally built during to Civil War to bring supplies from Florida, north to the Confederate troops …[View More]

Medora! Longest Covered Bridge in the United States!

If you have ever been to the Medora Covered Bridge, let me know what year it was in the comments below. The bridge is 431 feet from abutment to abutment and spans the East Fork of the White River. Roo…[View More]

Abandoned Interurban Bridge Found In The Woods Near New Castle, Indiana

In this episode I speak with Henry County, Indiana historian Gene Ingram about a historic abandoned interurban bridge on the outskirts of New Castle, Indiana. Built in the early 1900s and last used ar…[View More]

Tornado Destroys Covered Bridge, The Story of The J.D. Coffing Bridge, Attica, Indiana

Before we talk about this bridge, let’s start at the beginning to see how we got here in the first place… Originally there was the Mill Street Covered Bridge built in 1861 by the Attica Bridge…[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]

Warning! CSX Railroad Bridge, Monroe, Michigan

Built in 1911, this is the 2nd railroad bridge to grace this location on the River Rasin in Monroe, Michign. The original bridge is thought to have been constructed in 1896 with the substructure still…[View More]

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