Search For Bridges on Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere

Welcome: This page features a variety of search options to aid in locating bridges on this website. Be sure to read the notes/directions for each item. If you don't understand an option, consider leaving that option alone and choosing a different option to narrow your search. Also note that further down the page there are some unique or pre-set searches available.

	If you wish, select a county, region, or district in this list to search within. You can also search entire states and provinces, if you wish to do so, leave this selection alone and utilize the below menu.
	Note: Do not select anything here if you have chosen to search by county instead above.
	You can restrict your search to a general bridge type here. Use this in combination with the subtype box below to further narrow a search.
	Select these options in combination with the general bridge type that appears in parenthesis next to the subtype in the menu.
	You can select the primary material that the bridge(s) you are searching for have.
	The top box is for people looking for bridges that either carry or cross a railroad, and also features a highway-only search, while the bottom box allows for a search of structures that actually carry a railroad.
	Search within a decade, or restrict your search to pre-1900 bridges using the 1800s search.
	Most of these options apply to truss bridges. Do not select anything in this category if searching for other bridge types.
	Only select something in this menu if you are searching for a truss bridge with a certain connection type.
	Be sure to specify a State/Province if searching for a common river name, such as Grand River.
	In a few cases, engineers are listed rather than a builder, where no builder is known, but an engineer is.
	These options are for if you wish to search within the various movable types of bridges.
	Note: If no bridges appear in the table, then your search did not return any results. If this happens, try a more general search. Also note that results will not be paginated, and some searches such as listing all bridges for one state/province may time out on a slow connection.

Pre-Set Searches

Below are some specialized pre-set searches. Each search has a description explaining its purpose.

Display A Random Bridge - This option will list a single bridge on the website, selected at random. A great way to find something interesting to look at!

Bridge Condition Searches

! - Show The Top At-Risk Historic Bridges - A list of bridges whose 1-2 year demolition plans have been verified, as well as exceptionally important structures with any demolition plans. Abandoned bridges that are at severe/imminent risk of collapse are marked as well.

X - Show All Demolished Bridges - Lists all bridges that have been confirmed demolished. Note that bridges not appearing in this list are not guaranteed to be standing!

S - Show All Bridges Currently In Storage - Lists all bridges that have been confirmed dismantled and in storage, as well as bridges moved away from their original location, yet not serving a function.

General Bridge Searches

Bowstring Truss Bridges - List all bowstring truss bridges featured on this website.

Chicago's Historic Movable Bridges - List all movable bridges located in Chicago. No other city in the world has more bascule bridges, and nearly all of Chicago's movable bridges are historic.

Michigan's Unique Concrete Camelback Bridges - Retrieve a list of all "concrete curved chord through girder bridges" which are a rare structure type unique to Michigan.

Railfan's Search - A search page that allows railfans to quickly and easily search for railroad bridges as well as highway bridges from which trains can be photographed.

Rainbow Arch Search - List all rainbow arch bridges featured on this website. Rainbow arch bridges are also known as concrete bowstring through arch bridges.

Show All King Bridge Company Bridges - This search was created for www.kingbridgeco.com for quick access to King Bridge Company structures.

Classic Text Search

This search function operates similar to a classic Google search. This is not a very reliable tool to search with, but can be useful if you are trying to quickly find something specific. If you are having trouble finding something using this, use the search tool at the top of this page instead.