Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge

[Center Panel]

This bridge is named in honor of Woodrow Wilson.

An early automobile enthusiast, he reportedly spent an average of two hours per day riding in his automobile to relax and “loosen his mind from the problems before him.” In 1916, ...

High Bridge

Critical Span

From here you can see the 1914 steel railroad bridge that spans the Appomattox River above the brick piers of the antebellum High Bridge, which carried the South Side Railroad. The old wooden bridge and the wagon bridge, just ...

Battle of Great Bridge

In this vicinity, in 1775, was the southern end of a causeway, with bridges, by which the swamp and stream were crossed. Here William Woodford's Virginia riflemen defended the passage. When Lord Dunmore's British regulars attempted to cross the swamp ...

First Bridge over Pawcatuck River

Near this spot was the ford or Indian trail used until the building of the first bridge over Pawcatuck River about 1712.

Marker is on Broad Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east.

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Clark's Ferry Bridge Company

William Jennings - President

Christian W. Lynch - Vice-president

William Wills - Secretary

Patrick F. Duncan - Treasurer

Frank M. Masters - Chief Engineer

Ralph Modjeski - Consulting Engineer

Paul P. Cret - Consulting Architect

The Vang Const. Co. - Contractors

(Around relief artwork of the original bridge)

The ...

Boston Mills Road Bridge

An 1834 survey map provides the earliest evidence of a bridge crossing the Cuyahoga River at this site. This rendering, based on a 1890's postcard, shows a covered bridge connecting the Akron-Cleveland Road (now Riverview Road) to the village of ...

Pioneer Ferry and Bridge

Concrete shaft located one-half mile west on Bear River marks the site of the Nathan Williams Packer Toll Ferry and Bridge, one of the first on the river. The ferry operated with rope and carried equivalent of one team and ...

Newfield Covered Bridge

Built in 1853 and dedicated to Elijah Moore, son of an early settler, this bridge is the oldest Covered Bridge in daily use in New York state. Constructed at the cost of $800.00, the distinctive diamond pattern of the "Town ...

Acquacknonk Bridge

American troops encamped

between the Hackensack and

Passaic Rivers, were ordered

by Washington, Nov. 21, 1776,

to cross the Passaic here.

After dismantling the bridge,

they marched across Jersey.

The Tap House often

was used as a headquarters.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Avenue and Prospect Street, ...

The Battle of Great Bridge

Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center

In the early morning of December 9, 1775, two opposing forces faced each other across the Great

Bridge, the British on the north end and the patriots to the south. The battle lasted ...