Select a county to view the available bridges for that county. Counties are grouped by state/province. A short overview of what is in each state/province is presented as well.
MichiganMichigan is noted for preserving a few truss bridges, leaving a lot of them closed, and demolishing the rest. There are a still a good number of pin connected truss bridges remaining, as well as early 1900s warren pony trusses. 1930s massive steel truss bridges do not remain within the state. Concrete bridges became the dominant bridge in the late 1910s in Michigan, which included Michigan's unique curved-chord through girder bridges. Since I live in Michigan, I can spend more time photographing non-truss bridges like the concrete bridges. You will find many non-truss bridges featured in Michigan. |
OntarioSouthwestern Ontario is the second largest coverage area for this website. Ontario takes good care of its truss bridges, but pin connected truss bridges are few in number. Their truss bridges are often on busy roads as opposed to rural dirt roads. Most southwestern Ontario truss bridges date from the 1910s on. I have lots of Welland Canal Bridges, which is in Niagara Region. As a result, I have a wide variety of movable-span bridges for Niagara Region. |
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Southern Ontario Locations Available:
Bruce County Northern Ontario Locations Available: |
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I currently feature selective coverage for Illinois. I currently feature movable bridges of the greater Chicago area, as well as bridges in truss-rich Iroquois County. |
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Although the more interesting stuff tends to be in southern Indiana, I have found a number of beautiful truss bridges in northeastern Indiana. From unusual railroad overpasses, to ornate Whipple truss bridges, there are some very interesting structures here. Indiana seems to have had a heavy concrete arch program, as inventories show a large number of arch bridges in the state. A few examples are featured in the Elkhart County page. Allen County has some very rare truss bridges. Noble County and De Kalb counties are noted for their railroad overpasses. Dearborn County is home to the abandoned yet incomparably rare and beautiful Triple Whipple Bridge. |
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Inventories do not show a large number of truss bridges remaining in Kentucky. This is surprising, given the number of creeks and rural areas in the state. Perhaps these inventories are in error though. I really do not have much to offer for the interior of the state yet, only two bridges in fact, the rest are Ohio River bridges around the Covington area. |
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There is currently only one bridge available for this state. Coverage for this state should increase during the Summer 2007 bridge documentation. |
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As of 2006, Ohio still was one of the top states for metal truss bridges. While not the slaughterhouse of bridges like in Pennsylvania, demolition of many bridges in this state is underway. The amount of bridge preservation in the state is somewhere between Pennsylvania (none) and Michigan (a fair number). The quantity of and treatment of bridges and varies greatly by county. Currently, this website provides heavy coverage in southwestern Ohio, including complete coverage of truss-rich Preble County and Hamilton County. Hamilton County is a key county to note in Ohio, as it is home to the Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, as well as the demolished Blue Rock Road Bridge. Finally, I have scattered coverage in other counties, mostly along I-75 or eastern Ohio. |
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Most of the bridges I have for New York are on the Erie Canal. The people in charge of the Erie Canal use money to talk NYSDOT out of demolishing the Erie Canal bridges, and so many of the truss bridges I feature here are restored. Thank the Erie Canal authorities, not NYSDOT for the restored bridges you will find in here. |
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Western Pennsylvania is a major area of coverage for this website, and I have very good coverage in northwestern Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has perhaps the largest quantity and diversity of truss bridges, ranging from rural 1880s pin connected truss bridges to large 1920s and 30s highway truss bridges with massive members. They have done a good job of maintaining them in the past, but as the bridges age, more than just maintenance has become necessary. With the truly historic bridges, such as 1880s pin connected truss bridges, Pennsylvania nearly always chooses demolition over restoration. Sadly, the larger bridges which are so unique to Pennsylvania tend to be at the highest risk. Now Pennsylvania has become the truss bridge slaughterhouse, as tons of beautiful, historic, and one-of-a-kind truss bridges are demolished. Pittsburgh is an exception to this. Crawford County and Washington County have the most truss bridges. Elk County was home to the awe-inspiring Shanley Road Bridge, and Beaver County is home to the mighty Ambridge Bridge. |
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There is currently only one bridge for this state, but that one bridge is among the greatest in the country! |
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This website currently only features one bridge for this state. |
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Although I would like to include West Virginia's historic bridges on this website whenever I can organize a trip there, at this time I have only the famous Wheeling Suspension Bridge, and also a few Ohio River crossings. |
