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Ambassador Bridge - http://www.ambassadorbridge.com/
Features a substantive history, bridge facts, and current data. Spans the Detroit river between the United States and Canada. |
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Minnesota's Historic Bridges - http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/bridges.html
Text and photographs with a focus on the state's masonry arch, truss and reinforced concrete arch bridges. |
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Michigan's Historic Bridges - http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188---,00.html
Photographs and data listed by County. |
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Historic Bridges - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Environment/CulRes/bridges.htm
Inventory of historic Washington State bridges with photographs and information on each. |
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Historic Bridges of Nebraska - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nediv/bridges/histbrdg.htm
Construction details and photographs of designated historic bridges. Classified by county. |
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Historic Bridges of the US - http://bridgehunter.com/
Database of historic bridges listed by state. |
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Zoarville Station Bridge - http://www.tuscazoar.org/ZSB.htm
The only Fink Through-Truss bridge known to exist in the United States. Also includes links to a biography of Fink and to the bridge builders, Smith, Latrobe and Company. |
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Arlington Memorial Bridge - http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/bridge.htm
Designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White during the 1920s. Opened 1932. Located in Washington, the capital city of the United States of America. |
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Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland - http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/lcbridge/
Publication on the design and construction by Wilbur J. Watson. Reprinted from the Civil Engineering journal for November, 1932. |
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/calher/baybridge/@Generic__BookView;cs=default;ts=default
Photographic collection of the construction between 1931-1936. Held at the Bancroft Library, University of California. |
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Historic Bridges of Oregon - http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/historic_bridges1.shtml
Photos and information presented by Geo-Environmental Section of the Oregon Department of Transportation. |
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Friends of McGilvray Road - http://www.7bridgesrd.org/
Information and photographs of the McGilvray bridges, a series of bowstring arches from the turn of last century, located in the Van Loon Wildlife area, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. |
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Historic Bridges - Mercer County Pennsylvania - http://www.mcc.co.mercer.pa.us/engr/hist_main.HTM
Photographs and data of covered, arch, and steel bridges. |
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Connecticut's Historic Highway Bridges - http://www.past-inc.org/historic-bridges/HistoryofBB.html
Features history of bridge building, notable builders, individual bridges classified by construction type, and preservation case studies. |
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Indiana's Iron Truss Bridges - http://www.jabarker.com/services/intruss.html
Article on the development inspired by Whipple's discovery of how to scientifically analyze the complicated framework. |
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Cilleyville Bog Bridge - http://www.newhampshire.com/covered-bridges/cilleyville-bridge.aspx
History and restoration program for this bridge located in New Hampshire and built in 1887. |
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http://www.iceandcoal.org/bridges/bridgefront.html - http://www.iceandcoal.org/bridges/bridgefront.html
Provides recent news on historic bridges, and photographs and articles on some notable examples. |
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Young's High Bridge - http://www.worldtimzone.com/railtrail/youngshighbridge/
Illustrated article with related links. Details the 1889 construction of the railroad bridge near Tyrone, Kentucky. |
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The New York State Bridge Authority - http://www.nysba.state.ny.us/Index%20Page/bridge_histories.htm
Features a history of the department and illustrated histories of the Rip Van Winkle, Kingston-Rhinecliff, Mid-Hudson, Newburgh-Beacon, and Bear Mountain bridges. |
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The Rupert Train Bridge - http://caboosenut.com/rupert_bridge.htm
Campaign to save this bridge in Columbia County which was built by the Phoenix Bridge Company in 1933. |
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Walnut Street Bridge - http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0001297
Provides technical information on the cast and wrought iron bridge built at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, around 1890. Includes a number of photographs. |
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The Frontiersmen of New York - Bridges - http://www.threerivershms.com/simmsbridges.htm
Extract from the book written by Jeptha R. Simms in 1883. Covers the history of the early bridges. |
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Lenticular Truss Bridges - http://explorer.road.jp/bridges/lenticulartruss/index-e.html
Article on these bridges and their history with photographs and details of Boardman Bridge, CT, Lover's Leap Bridge, CT, Neshanic Station Bridge, NJ and Smithfield Street Bridge, PA. |
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Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County - http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/bccc/
Full text of this 1918 publication which includes a series of essays. Subjects include the Detroit-Superior high level bridge, and the early bridges of Cleveland. |
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The Original Greenville Bridge - http://www.greenvillebridge.com/2a_1940.htm
Historical data of this steel through-truss bridge across the Mississippi river. Includes facsimile of the original handbill with facts and diagrams, and a gallery of construction photographs. |
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George Washington Bridge - http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/bridges/html/gwb.html
Suspension bridge across the Hudson river. Features a range of current and historic data and photographs. |
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Genesee River Bridges - http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-r/river/bridges.html
Timeline with construction notes of historic Rochester bridges. Also includes a selection of old postcard images. |
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Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;idno=AJS2172.0001.001;didno=AJS2172.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the bridge construction. |
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First Free Bridge Across the Connecticut River - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;idno=AJS2117.0001.001;didno=AJS2117.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000003
Full text of an address, in commemoration of the opening together with a report of the proceedings and remarks. Written by Edwin Sanborn in 1859. |
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Construction of a Rail and Highway Bridge Across the Mississippi River at St. Louis - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGY3214
Full text of the proceedings and report of the board of civil engineers convened at St. Louis, in August, 1867. |