First Ferry and Bridge

Site of

First ferry on the Trinity River at Dallas was started here, 1842, by John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877), the founder of Dallas. Alexander Cockrell (1820 - 1858), early builder and developer, replaced ferry with wooden toll bridge, 1854. ...

Rose's Mill Bridge

This handsome three-arch bridge over Antietam Creek was constructed by John Weaver in 1839 and was specially adapted to the grain mill which was built at the same time. The westernmost of the three arches was designed to accommodate the ...

Felfoot Bridge

Built in 1854 by George Burgan for $1,550, this bridge spans Little Antietam Creek and stands on "Felfoot" a tract of land originally surveyed in 1734 and patented to Thomas Swearingen in 1737. An unusual feature of this bridge is ...

Site of Bridge 1834

Built by

Thomas Fealy

Lieut. Jno. Pickell

U.S. Engineer

H. M. Pettit

Ass't Supd't.

Marker is on National Highway (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Colonel George Kumpe Bridge

Colonel

George Kumpe

Bridge

Designated by

1967 Legislature

of Florida

Marker is on E. Venice Avenue near Warfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Defense of the Altamaha Bridge

On Dec 1, 1864, while General Sherman's army was on its destructive march to the Sea, the Fourth Brigade, Georgia Militia, Brig. Gen. H. K. McKay, reached Morgan's Lake (0.7 mile SE) to defend the Savannah and Gulf (ACL) RR ...

The Covered Bridge

The Philippi Covered Bridge across Tygart Valley River was built in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth of Beverly. Made of wood, with the exception of the iron bolts used to hold the segments together, it is an example of the best ...

Historic Davenport / Interstate 80 Bridge

Marker Front:

In 1829, William C. Redfield declared that Davenport lay opposite the future terminus of a “geographical trunk-line route” between the Atlantic and the Mississippi. Nine years later, in 1838, the Iowa Sun and Davenport and Rock Island News ...

Hyde Hall Covered Bridge

Built by Andrew Alden, Lorenzo Bates and Cyrenus Clark in 1825, the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge is not only the oldest existing covered bridge in New York State, but in the United States. Restored in 1967 by the State of ...

Historic Davenport / Interstate 80 Bridge

Marker Front:

In 1829, William C. Redfield declared that Davenport lay opposite the future terminus of a “geographical trunk-line route” between the Atlantic and the Mississippi. Nine years later, in 1838, the Iowa Sun and Davenport and Rock Island News ...