Purple Martin Bridge Roost

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Welcome to Manns Harbor

Purple Martin Bridge Roost

The Outer Banks of North Carolina are famous for beautiful beaches and other natural attractions, including a fascinating roost of purple martins here at William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge. East of the Rocky ...

Huffman Mill Bridge 1864-65/Pioneer George Huffman

Huffman Mill Bridge 1864-65

William T. Washer was contracted with Spencer & Perry Counties, July 1864 to build a 148 foot yellow poplar Burr Arch-Trust Bridge. (Patented by Theodore Burr 1771-1882). Contract payment called for Ten Thousand Dollars in "Lawful money ...

The History of The Weybosset Bridge

adapted from

The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence

by John Hutchins Cady

Just to the north of where you are now standing the first bridge across the Providence River was erected in 1660, connecting the shore of the Neck with Weybosset ...

John Mack Bridge

Built by State Highway Comm. of Kansas

Named in honor of John C. Mack

State Highway Commissioner of

the Fifth District at the time

of its authorization

State Highway Commission of Kansas

Arkansas River Bridge

U.S. Highway 81.

Tomlinson Bridge & Supply Co.

Garfield Kansas

Contractors

B. J. Berson

Resident Engineer

1931

John Mack ...

Miles (Myles) Bridge

Miles (Myles) Bridge

-1997-

The first known bridge at this crossing of the Palmer River ca. 1736

Marker is on Old Providence Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Rio Felix Bridge

Completed in 1926, the Rio Felix Bridge was one of the most important structures in New Mexico’s highway system. The bridge was placed across the river at nearly a 45-degree angle to increase stability during floods. Constructed with three 144 ...

Engagement at Davis Bridge

October 5, 1862

By late spring 1862, United States forces in the West threatened to cut the Confederacy in two, having captured both New Orleans and Memphis on the Mississippi River, and the vital railroad hub at Corinth, Mississippi, thereby severing ...

A Stone Arch Bridge on the Galena Road

The Stone Arch Bridge that stands to the east of the present highway was on the Galena Road, once the most important trail in northern Illinois. Along this route innumerable people streamed northward to the lead mines near Galena every ...

Rockbridge County / Botetourt County

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Rockbridge County

Area 616 Square Miles

Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Washington and ...

Buchanan Bridge

An Artillery Duel Ensued

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On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid was part of ...