As of Sept 08 2 spans of the bridge remain. A pin inspection will be done. If they pass, well, they probably will be saved. Possibly a footbridge will be built to the 2 spans. Regardless, many people hope that the 2 spans can remain. The collapsed span is nearby and will have to be removed. The Bridge Authority in charge of the bridge has been seeking donations. Sutliff Bridge is a special place. Beautiful even with 2 spans. SAVE THE BRIDGE!!!
I noticed when I was there a few years ago they had placed the 1891 King Bridge Co. plaques on the new bridge. Talk about adding insult to injury.
By the way, Thanks for adding that photo Bill!
Bill, the picture you posted here is that of the old Central Bridge. It was built in 1891 and was like the first of its kind cantaleiver through truss. My great-grandfather collected tolls there until they discontinued. Pics of this bring back memories of crossing to visit family. Even with the distinction of this bridge nothing was done to save it and it was lost in 1992. The bridge description here may be an offtrack one of the L&N Bridge.
I am happy somebody found and posted a pic of this classic Cincinatti bridge. It was a shame it was dynamited then replaced with the ugly truss that sits there now.
There are several Lafayette Bridge Co. spans remaining, and many do still have builder plates on them. Often the county road departments would take them down for fear of them falling....you know that dirty word LIABILITY. I have come across them stored in highway garages on some occasions. A good engineering firm that does a rehab the right way will have the plates recast or replicated from a similar span.
Thanks for the info Tom, it is a beautiful bridge very nicely restored.
A few pictures taken Wednesday, August 20th, 2008. Notice in pictures 4 & 5 how the bridge is supported!
Photo taken October, 1988.
This bridge wasn't built in 1972. Possibly 1872?
I visited the Wallace Bridge on Sept 5, 2008 at 3:00pm. Awesome bridge!!! Highly recommend you see this bridge.
This bridge has a 24 inch square hole on south end had to drive around to avoid. SPOOKY!! Be careful!
Taken from our canoe on April 5, 2008 during relatively high water conditions. Katy Trail State Park runs across this bridge.
There was still an original builder’s plate on the bridge before restoration, but it was full of bullet holes.
I’m going to say that these are reproductions. Very nice ones at that, a detail that is usually overlooked.
Also, the bridge now has a wood floor rather than corrugated steel covered with asphalt as before.
A few pictures taken Wednesday, August 20th, 2008.
A few pictures taken Wednesday, August 20th, 2008.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18th, 2008.
Beautiful restoration,right down to the retention of the original lattice rails over the top of the new ones. Does anyone know if those are the original builders plates ? I see they were missing in the earlier unrestored photo. If they are reproductions they are very good ones.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18th, 2008. Notice the debris on the bridge deck in Photo # 2. This was from the severe flooding in the area in June 2008.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18th, 2008.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18th, 2008.
This bridge is open. A few pictures taken, Monday, August 18, 2008.
The bridge is, according to authorities, safe for vehicles up to five tons. Selfish morons who travel the bridge with vehicles over five tons have done enough damage to require law enforcement to keep the overloads off the bridge.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008.
A couple of pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008. This is a difficult bridge to photograph. It's heavily surrounded by large trees to the sides.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008.
Pix taken 8-30-08, N41 01.672 W88 46.612
Pix taken 8-30-08, N40 59.336 W88 46.965. This bridge is closed.
Pix taken 8-30-08, N40 58.023 W88 46.741
This bridge was originally built to replace Hayes Ferry crossing the river at this point. During the construction of Douglas Dam in 1942 it was extensively rebuilt including several concrete appproach spans on the east end. Only one steel span was retained.
Very recently a new concrete bridge was constructed by Britton Bridge Co to replace it, and the old bridge was removed.
This bridge needs to be demolished
08/31/08 Scenic & remote. Easily accessed from Majorsville Rd
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Recently replaced.
8/31/08 Beautiful bridge. It will be a shame to lose it. Metal grate floor makes that cool singing noise when you cross it.
8/31/08 US-40 is closed in order to rehab the bridge. This photo taken from the magnificent stone arch on the Cumberland Rd. That's I-68 in the background. 3 generations of bridges cross the river here.
...and you would know this, um, HOW?
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If you go looking for this bridge, BEWARE! It's in the middle of a police shooting range.
Did some looking around to find some more info and some photos of the bridge and came across a page about the bridge on the Marion Co. Engineer website. The bridge has been repaired and reopened after a 2004 vehicle crash caused damage to the bridge, but is slated for replacement in 2010.
Link to site for some more photos:
08/31/08 This bridge is really skewed! Looks like it crosses the railroad.
Nice railroad bridge a little bit further west on Alt-40.
One night about nine years ago a friend and I had walked out on this bridge and were greeted by the Thebes cop when we walked back to my car. He threatend to arrest us but only gave us a ticket to appear in Alexander County court later that month. Anyway, we got out of going to court and I never tresspassed onto railroad property again. The Thebes bridge is massive and will last another 100 years!
Having walked over this bridge from Kindergarten until graduation from the sixth grade and driving over it at least a thousand times, it was a treat to see it come up as a page on Google. Thanks for submitting it. As a matter of accuracy, the bridge carried traffic on West 11th Street, not 13th.
Sincerely,
Grant
For my wife someday, I would like to rebuild an exact replica, in the exact same place. My father in law told me that people who write down their goals have a better chance of attaining them. So, here it is, wish me luck!
On a road rally 8/30/08, so we couldn't stop. Route crossed the bridge, it is still open. I thought it was a WWP as we crossed it.
hopefully James would be able to get you an account set up, so you can upload them
I read sources saying that this bridge has already been removed.
There is currently a movement to fight the closing of the Skyway fishing piers at this website (http://skywaypiers.proboards80.com/index.cgi).Come join the movement and hit the link for the online petitionand sign it. If you dont we may lose an historic piece of Florida/ Tampa Bay that we need to keep for our future generation to enjoy.
It seems a terrible waste, to destroy the Living Monument/Memorial, to those who died, (and their surviving relatives, and friends), on that Fateful Day (May 9, 1980).
A sign of the times indeed.
Budget Shortfalls, and Beurocratic Loopholes.
How sad is it the families who have built traditions, and enjoyed the benefits of this glorious, and magnificent "State Park", will soon lose another example of what is slowly becoming a thing of the past in todays society!
Thank goodness our Forefathers and Ancestors, had the good sense to save what little we have left now of our past, and God Bless Future generations, when they look back and realize the history that was lost, in this monumental blunder!
In the Report from FDOT, it says that their Engineer had determined the Bridge was no longer worth saving (not cost effective)...
I say that decision should have been left to the citizens of the Greater Tampa Bay, and the State Of Florida!
Sincerly
Jay H. Lehman Jr.
Did you know that they are planning to close the old bridge's east side and intend to demolish it in the near future. I though this bridge fell under the Historical places, bridges in FL. Is there some action that can be taken to stop F-DOT from proceding with this?
There have been several disappearances on and around Old Alton Bridge. Most notably, one that occurred November 15th 1967. The Denton newspaper at the time did an article on a mustang found abandoned on the bridge and there were lots of people that reported other missing persons linked to the bridge and the "Goatman."
The story is that Klansmen raided the house of the Goatman, Oscar Washburn, and killed his family after attempting to lynch him over the side. The legend says that he disappeared over the side and now attacks anyone who crosses the bridge at night in an effort to protect his family.
The date for this bridge seems to have been a discussion in the past. I have done a little research on this structure and this is my conclusion on the topic.
The information plaque on the bridge states the bridge was built in 1925. This is the year the bridge was constructed, but the bridge did not open until early 1926.
The current bridge replaced an older structure that was built in 1903-04. This older bridge is probably the source of confusion for the date of the current bridge.
Thank you for photo. I see old bridge and new bridge. Old bridge already lost. New bridge already open since 1997. THANK YOU.
The Province Line Road bridge over Stony Brook is not open to traffic and hasn`t been since the early 1970`s !!
Wait a minute. What about the Medora Covered Bridge in Indiana 458 feet in length? (OK,OK, counting the approach spans).
Granted Ohio will now snag the record, but Indiana is still #1 in my book.
Check it out here: http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/start.html
This bridge is gone. It has been replaced by an ugly overpass style bridge.
This bridge is gone. The road is closed and the abutment on the South side appears to have washed out into the creek. The marker on the map is not in the right place. The marker denotes a very small (maybe 5') derelict timber bridge on TR 407.
WOW, great postcard. It shows that the bridge has not been altered much in the years since, with the exception of the removal of the floor.
This is the only remaining highway steel truss possibly in the NW Ohio area. UCEB's have replaced the rest along the Maumee and its tributary streams. The bridge at Waterville remains one of my favorite crossings when I am in the Toledo area coming or going. Here is the five span truss on a hot and humid late August afternoon. I got a good shot of the builder's plaque. The Waterville bridge was built in 1948. This bridge looks in decent shape and would be angry if this becomes an UCEB!
I took several pictures of bridges along the historic Maumee River between the Toledo suburb of Maumee and the town of Napoleon. Here is a "hidden gem" found on a hiking trail in Henry County's "Turkey Foot Creek" State Park. Between US 24 and the Maumee River is this small through truss. Battling mosquitoes I managed to get a few shots.
This is the 2004 "replica bridge" that replaced the 1928 filled spandrel concrete arch bridge. The new structure uses deep archlike steel beams to mimic its predecessor.
I was curious as to if the Hardin Bridge will ever be
opened again for car traffic? I used to go to work this
way from Taylorsville to Calhoun..
Thanks...
In looking closer at the pictures of this bridge I noticed an identical feature in this bridge to the Hamilton Road Bridge in Allen Co., IN. The ends of the floor beams feature a design that tells me this is a Smith Bridge Co. span. That would also date this bridge to the 1880's, since Smith Bridge became the Toledo Bridge Co. around 1890.
These pictures show the floor beam end and the portal details on the Hamilton Road Bridge.
The east bound bridge, which dates to the 1930's, is now scheduled for replacement in 2016. There seems to some sort of paranoia about the resemblance between this bridge and the I-35W bridge in Minnesota.
The bridge is currently being torn down and rebuilt.
http://www.kcmo.org/cco.nsf/web/16CF58E8B9D769438625748F006C32B1?OpenDocument
I have a postcard sent in 1930 of the Neosho River Bridge by my great great aunt on a visit to her old stomping grounds in Neosho Co.
Can anyone tell me how I would get to the Springfield Bridge from the Bentonville area? I am new to the area and am unfamiliar with how to get to this location. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
Ali
This description appears to be the arch bridge located at Maumee, Ohio. It has been replaced a few years ago with a concrete structure simular to the one in Napoleon, Ohio. The new bridge is a wider and is designed in what is called a "replica bridge". Modern construction with design elements taking cues from the past. I will send pics of the replacement bridge in the near future.
I've been on that bridge, seems to be in decent shape for having been abandoned, I'm mainly curious in the history of the bridge, Like what happened to make it unuseable, and why it was abandoned... if anyone knows where i can research this information please email me at zirk_neo@yahoo.com.
Thanks.
The bridge was built in 1995, and untill further notice, it has only one exit on the south side of the river.
No, they are not the same bridges. I am glad that you have uploaded this photo though. Hopefully we can create a page for your bridge, which is a nice example of a Pratt truss.
I'm glad to see that this bridge is being restored, but $1,300,00 to do it? And, it's only going to be open to bicycles and pedestrians.
Man, someone is being seriously over paid. It's no wonder so many old bridges are allowed to deteriorate.
After comparing the two photos, mine and yours, I see that they are not the same bridge, just very similar. The one in your photo has the cross bars at the toop where mine does not. Anyway, it's another bridge that is not listed on the website, but old and beautiful just the same.
They are setting the girders for the new bridge today. The bridge will open in the fall.
Here is the new story for the bridge for those who are interested.
http://thedcregister.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3320&Itemid=104
Photo 1- Looking North/East
Photo 2- Looking East
Photo 3- Looking West
Photo 4- Remains of Plaque on East end
Photo 5- Remains of plaque on West end
Photo 1- Looking North
Photo 2- Looking South
Thank you for show photo of railroad bridge over Missouri River. It is two truss bridges like in 1888. It is make George S Morison. I remember four truss bridge over Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa. It was built in 1888. It was lost since 1973. i have no time take picture at Sioux City, Iowa. it was too late.
THANK YOU.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008. Notice the debris at the base of the bridge from the June floods in picture # 5.
I don't think this is around anymore. The Google satellite photo doesn't show it, and the road now appears to be abandoned well south of the creek.
Turns out repairs have started! This picture is from April 25th 2008. I had no idea they were doing this! Good thing I went when I did in February. Can't wait to see it when it's done!
Here is some interesting information I found that is dated July 5th 2006.
Tripple-Whipple - Bridge #95 - Last December the Transportation Dept. received an official letter from INDOT regarding the bridge over Laughery Creek, the Tripple-Whipple Bridge. At that time, the Board of Commissioners authorized Todd Listerman to seek additional funds for Transportation Enhancement for additional construction dollar costs where originally they were given approximately $600,000 ten years ago. The construction costs have increased and INDOT has approved an additional $673,000 in federal Transportation Enhancement funds to fund the rehabilitation of the Tripple-Whipple Bridge. The county is in the process of meeting with INDOT at the Seymour district and the county’s consultant which is Barth & Associates to figure out what the last final steps they need to accomplish. The county will also meet with Ohio County to get the final grievance signed to pay their share of the (20% for construction dollars on Bridge #95.
They also plan on finishing the paperwork on the right-of-way necessary needed to do the work on Dearborn County’s side of the bridge. There have been discussions but the county has held off on finalizing the right-of-way paperwork until they had the grant in hand. Now that the grant is in hand, they will start that paperwork as well.
Todd mentioned that the Bridge #95 would be a part of the pedestrian connection – where it will be widened as part of the rehabilitation.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008.
August 18, 2008: This bridge has been replaced with a slab.
August 18, 2008: This bridge has been replaced with a slab.
August 18, 2008: This bridge has been replaced with a slab.
Awesome pics of the Tunnelton Raiload Tunnel aka the Big Tunnel!!
PS I'm wondering if trains still use this particular stretch of CSX trackage.
A few pictures taken Monday, August 18, 2008.
A few more pictures taken of the bridge on Monday, August 18, 2008.
Simple Truss
What kind of a truss is this?
I visited this bridge today thinking that it was closed, but it was open to traffic. The quickest way to visit it is to take Hwy 77 south of Douglass to 230th street. Go west about three quarters of a mile, and then when the road tees, go south. The road will wind around, and then there is the bridge. The route I just listed is TREACHEROUS! Just faster to get there than the way I went. Take a truck! the roads on either side of the bridge aren't closed, per se: just low maintenance.
I've been browsing this site and just found this page. I looked at the link posted below, and apparently the bridge is now closed, to allow construction of the new one to continue. Here's the site again:
This bridge should be in another category as well, Wrought Iron. Here's the DRJTBC's page on it:
I went looking for this bridge today. It sits on Private property over their driveway. I asked to take the photo, and the lady was very nice. Directions: K 68 hwy to Somerset. N. on somerset. Follow curve in road to right(east). Sits on Left side before road turns North again.
I was looking at pictures of this bridge on Flickr and other sites, and I'm not sure if it's a cantilever deck truss or not. Here's two pictures of it on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/1627148587/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/1627148587/
The bridge appears to be a simple deck Warren truss, similar to the former I-35W bridge, only a lot smaller.
I am looking for information about an old stone bridge on my property in Calhoun County, Illinois. The state highway was straightened in 1930, and the old stone bridge was no longer used. Nobody seems to know when it was built, though. It is located between Kampsville and Michael, along Route 100.
While the bridge is eight hundred feet long, what was really interesting is that it had a five ton weight limit which was strictly enforced by having policemen monitor both ends of the bridge full time. Is the bridge really safe? I can only assume the third picture shows its more sturdy replacement
This bridge has been torn down and replaced with a two-lane concrete bridge.