Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge

Historic Marker

Historic Marker

Pont de Rennes

Pedestrian Bridge

(Formerly Platt Street Bridge)

Originally Built - 1891

Rochester Bridge and Iron Works

Converted to Pedestrian Mall - 1980

Marker can be reached from Platt St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Last Wooden Bridge

These arches replace the last wooden bridge on the main line constructed in 1880

Henry A. Whitney pres't.

Albert A. Folsom sup't.

George F. Folsom Eng'r.

Marker is on South Main St. (Massachusetts Route 152), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bainbridge Army Air Field

In August, 1942, on this 2,053 acre tract, the U.S. Army constructed a basic flight training field. It remained open until 1945. At its peak 9600 officers, enlisted men, trainees and WACS were stationed here; there were 700 civilian employees, ...

John A. Roebling Bridge

John A Roebling (1806-1869), pioneer civil engineer, was the designer and builder of the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge which was completed in 1866. It served as the prototype for Roebling’s design of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was complete in 1882 under ...

Forsyth Bridge

Named by the 5th Cavalry in 1938 for Colonel William Dennison Forsyth Commander of the Fifth U.S. Cavalry at Fort Clark, Aug 1921 - Feb 1924

Placed by "The Colonel's Daughter" Elizabeth Forsyth Scheuber 1995

Marker is on Pecan Road, on the ...

Fallasburg Covered Bridge

John W. and Silas S. Fallas settled here in 1837, founding a village which soon boasted a chair factory, sawmill, and gristmill. About 1840 the first of several wooden bridges was placed across the Flat River, but all succumbed in ...

White's Bridge

This picturesque covered bridge, one of the last of its kind in Michigan, was built in 1867 by Jared N. Brazee and J.N. Walker, builders of several covered bridges in this area. The name of the bridge derives from the ...

Historic Gillespie Dam Bridge

Main Marker - Side A:

The Historic Gillespie Dam Bridge spans the Gila River on Old US 80 Highway, between the communities of Arlington and Gila Bend. Built in 1927 as a Federal Aid Project, the bridge is a unique and ...

National Historic Landmark - Old Blenheim Bridge

National Historic Landmark - Old Blenheim Bridge

Appearing as if it belonged in a Currier and Ives print, this is one of the longest single-span wooden covered bridges in the world, stretching 210 feet across Schoharie Creek.

The bridge was constructed ...

National Historic Landmark - S. Bridge, National Road

National Historic Landmark - S. Bridge, National Road

Constructed in 1828, this single arch stone structure formed part of the National Road, which was extended through Ohio between 1825 and 1837.

One of four of its kind extant in the State, ...