search

Results for Bridge

Covered Bridge

Erected 1818, by state, at Fish House over Sacandaga River. D. Stewart, builder. Jacob Shew, Assemblyman. Torn down 1930. 2000 Ft. North

Marker is at the intersection of South Shore Road (County Route 110) and Fish House Road (County Route 109), ...

photo_library
Campbell's Bridge

Vital Crossing

When General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia began its retreat from Petersburg and Richmond on the evening of April 2, 1865, part of the army crossed the Appomattox River at Campbell's Bridge here. Other columns crossed the ...

photo_library
The Richmond-Petersburg Railroad Bridge

The expansion of railroads in the 1830s fueled the growth of iron works like Tredegar, and by the Civil War, five railroads had come into Richmond. The Richmond-Petersburg was the first railroad bridge in the city. It was built by ...

photo_library
Pierce Bridge

By 1920 the adjacent road, Rt. 302 was part of the Teddy Roosevelt (TR) Trail, which ran from Maine to Oregon. It was an important way for tourists to access the White Mountains. After the 1927 floods, many bridges needed ...

photo_library
C.B. "Bill" Miller Bridge

C.B. "Bill" Miller, of Miller and Miller, Inc., had a positive impact in all areas of the transportation industry across the State of Alabama. He has erected bridges, railroads, parks, pedestrian walks, airports, drainage, wastewater facilities, buildings and numerous structures ...

photo_library
The Yuba River Bridge at Parks Bar

1913 - 1994

William M. Thomas of Thomas and Post Consulting Engineers designed the 685-foot-long Parks Bar Bridge in 1912 for Yuba County. The original 16-foot-wide bridge with four 140-foot-long arch spans was constructed by the Portland Concrete Pile Company in ...

photo_library
Old Arch Bridge

The restored stone bridge opposite was built in 1813. It was part of the turnpike from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. The arch is without a keystone.

Marker is on Business U.S. 22, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

photo_library
York Furnace Bridge

Site of York Furnace Bridge, last of the wooden bridges to be erected across the Susquehanna between Harrisburg and tidewater. The bridge was built by Black & Huber in 1856. During construction four spans of the section between Bair Island ...

photo_library
The Right Wing at Stockbridge

On the night of Nov. 15, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US] camped near Stockbridge on its destructive March to the Sea. The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) camped between Stone Mountain ...

photo_library
Bear Mt. Bridge

It opened in 1924.

At the time it was the

worlds longest

suspension-bridge

at 2,257 feet.

It was built by the

Harriman family

in 1910, and sold

to NYS in 1940.

Marker can be reached from New York Route 9 W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

photo_library
menu
more_vert