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Showing All Bowstring Truss Bridges

Bridge Name Facility Carried Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date Builder or Contractor Description Thumbnail
Beatty Mills Bridge
Beatty Mill Road Buffalo Creek Rural: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1875 Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio One of the rarest bridges in Pennsylvania, this bowstring truss is unsurprisingly scheduled for replacement!
Beech Road Bridge
Beech Road West Branch Cayuga Inlet Newfield: Tompkins County, New York Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1873 King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio This rare bridge was severely altered as part of a so-called preservation project.
Blackfriars Street Bridge
Blackfriars Street North Branch Thames River London: Middlesex County, Ontario Metal Bowstring Through Truss, Stationary 1875 Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio Among the rarest and oldest bridges in Canada is this breathtaking iron bowstring truss which is the longest span of its kind remaining in all of North America!
Chili Mills Bridge
Stuart Road Bridge
Stuart Road Black Creek Rural: Monroe County, New York Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1877 King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio A textbook example of the King Bridge Company's patented bowstring truss bridge design.
Ehrmentraut Farm Bridge
Farm Trail Black Creek Rural: Monroe County, New York Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1859 Squire Whipple Patent Among the oldest metal bridges in the country is this extremely rare Whipple Arch bowstring.
Elm Circle Drive Bridge
Elm Circle Drive (Abandoned) Lower River Rouge Inkster: Wayne County, Michigan Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1900 Unknown A strange little bridge, this is a rare and late example of bowstring bridge construction in Michigan.
Junction Road Bridge
Junction Road 4 Mile Creek Rural: Preble County, Ohio Metal Bowstring Through Truss, Stationary 1875 Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio As an 1870s bowstring truss bridge, this spectacular Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio example has national significance!
Loren Road Bridge
The Trestle Bridge
CR-242 Whetstone Creek Rural (Near Mt. Gilead): Morrow County, Ohio Metal Bowstring Through Truss, Stationary 1879 Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio An abandoned through truss with unusual portal bracing design and concrete approach railings.
Messerall Road Bridge
Messerall Road Pine Creek East Titusville: Crawford County, Pennsylvania Metal Bowstring Through Truss, Stationary 1876 Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio One of the most significant bridges in Pennsylvania, abandoned and unrestored!
Nubia Bridge
Elm Street Extension Bridge
Park Walkway Park Grounds Groton: Tompkins County, New York Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1877 Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York This primitive-looking bridge was a special patent that creative engineers designed using railroad rails.
Owens Road Bridge Old Span
Private Drive Panther Creek Rural: Miami County, Ohio Metal Bowstring Through Truss, Stationary 0 Unknown This ancient, extremely rare bridge remains because it was relocated to a private drive when a newer truss bridge was built on Owens Road.
Watkins Glen Iron Foot-Bridge
Watkins Glen State Park Trail Glen Creek Watkins Glen: Schuyler County, New York Metal Bowstring Pony Truss, Stationary 1870 John L. Foreman This nationally significant and unique structure is made of cast and wrought iron.


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