The Winslow Bridge

This date medallion is from the Winslow Bridge that once spanned the Little Colorado River on historic Route 66 just east of Winslow. Because the river had always proved a daunting impediment to travelers, this bridge crossing became a strategic ...

Eau Gallie Bridge to the Beach

The first wooden bridge from Eau Gallie to "Eau Gallie Beach" was started in 1924. The bridge was formally opened in February 1926. Soon after John R. Mathers began plans to build a bridge from the barrier island to the ...

The Rutgers Bridge

Bicentennial 1976

First wooden bridge built in 1790 – Anthony Rutgers of the Rutgers family for which Rutgers University is named. Operated as a toll bridge until destroyed by a great flood 1841. His widow sold charter to widow of Nicholas ...

Burning of the Bridge

12:00 noon July 9, 1864

Confederates wearing captured blue uniforms had killed or wounded several Union skirmishers who had been sent across the Monocacy River to hold the Georgetown Turnpike and B&O Railroad bridges "at all hazards."

The two sides traded shots ...

The Seminole Bridge

The Seminole Bridge was the original link to Clearwater Beach. Completed in 1917, the wooden bridge opened up access to the beach and paved the way for its first development. The bridge terminated where the Palm Pavilion stands today. It ...

Austin Brothers Bridge

Steel bridge erected 1913 across Yellowhouse Canyon on the Lubbock-Abernathy Road contract awared April 1913 to Austin Brothers Bridge Company of Dallas by the Lubbock County Commissioners. The 60 foot long, 12 foot wide, single-span, warren type truss bridge cost ...

The Bridges

“Torch the Bridges!”

Flanked out of his position on Richardson's Hill, Union Col. John R. Kenly hurried his command north to the bridges spanning the forks of the Shenandoah River. At this spot on the South Fork stood the Front Royal ...

The Burning of Red Bridge

The "Last Straw" Between Jackson and Ashby

Nearly a month after the battle of Kernstown, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's command had worked its way south "up" the Valley to join Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division near Conrad's Store (Elkton). To ...

Illumination History of the Aerial Lift Bridge

The first lighting was on November 20, 1970, made possible through the contributions of Duluth school children, citizens, business people and visitors.

The present dramatic lighting, first seen on July 4, 1987, is made possible through a generous gift from the ...

Wyboo Swamp: The Beginning of the Bridges Campaign

In March 1781, Lord Francis Hastings Rawdon, the British commanding officer in Charleston, designed a two-pronged assault against the forces of General Francis Marion. From Camden, Col. Welbore Ellis Doyle and the Volunteers of Ireland moved east and south to ...