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Title: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: US 89 on June 13, 2017, 10:27:24 PM
How old is the oldest bridge on your state highway system, that you know of?

For Utah, I believe it is the bridge for SR-68 over US-89 in Woods Cross. It was built in 1933 for a railroad, and converted to vehicle traffic in 1960.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 13, 2017, 10:30:12 PM
The oldest one I can think of in California off the top of my head is the Pumpkin Hollow Bridge from 1922 which is on CA 198.  I know of some older bridges that were on former highway alignments and I'm sure there are others out there that are active but date back further.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3942/33038901014_614b1dbb31_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Skx1do)IMG_5611 (https://flic.kr/p/Skx1do) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

Edit:  I completely forgot about the Fernbridge on CA 211 which was built in 1911.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: hotdogPi on June 13, 2017, 10:35:37 PM
Bridge, Choate. MA 1A/133 overlap. Ipswich, MA, 1764, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choate_Bridge. Accessed 13 June 2017.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: oscar on June 13, 2017, 10:45:17 PM
In Hawaii, the oldest bridge on its state highway system probably is the one-lane Mokulehua Bridge on Maui's HI 360, at mile 28.31 near the east end of that famously curvaceous route (part of the Hana Highway). I know only about that route and also HI 560 on Kauai, which also has some one-lane bridges more than a century old. But those are the only two state routes under historic preservation restrictions, and odds are the unprotected old one lane bridges on other highways have long been replaced with modern two-lane bridges.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: cl94 on June 14, 2017, 01:01:01 AM
Oldest in NY? That's a really good question. Oldest I can find on the state highway system is a bridge on NY 5 over Onondaga Creek in Syracuse (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0528879,-76.1571696,3a,75y,300.49h,87.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swIuIPCvrgCACkdUbyzRuQA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DwIuIPCvrgCACkdUbyzRuQA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D201.40845%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656). 1850. There are 2 in Troy (US 4 SB and NY 66, both over Poesten Kill) dating to 1875.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kurumi on June 14, 2017, 12:08:44 PM
Main Street over SR 598 in Hartford, CT opened to traffic in 1833. (SR 598 was constructed a "few years" later; the original crossing was over the Park River, which was capped by the SR 598 freeway in 1945. Another bit of trivia: SR 598 was briefly designated, but never signed, as Interstate 484 (http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/i484.html).)

Edit: technically the bridge is over the state highway system, not on it... does that disqualify it?
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: JJBers on June 14, 2017, 12:12:24 PM
 Here it is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
I guess US 13 in Northeast Pennsylvania drives on the oldest road bridge in the USA.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Frankford-Avenue-Bridge.jpg)
Public Domain,  Coemgenus (Wikimedia Commons)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Rothman on June 14, 2017, 12:21:07 PM
Quote from: JJBers on June 14, 2017, 12:12:24 PM
Here it is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
I guess US 13 in Northeast Pennsylvania drives on the oldest road bridge in the USA.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Frankford-Avenue-Bridge.jpg)
Public Domain,  Coemgenus (Wikimedia Commons)
Heh.  You meant Philadelphia, silly man.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: US 89 on June 14, 2017, 01:49:35 PM
Actually, I hadn't even thought of bridges crossing rivers...

With that in mind, uglybridges.com suggests the oldest bridge on the UT state highway system is on US 89 over Hobble Creek in Springville, built in 1913. But a quick GSV (https://goo.gl/maps/fi9h2KJHfe42) shows that there isn't even a bridge there.
In that case, it is the US 89/91 bridge over the Logan River in Logan (https://goo.gl/maps/svsQ5bnTueN2), built in 1918 and reconstructed in 1951.

Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: SteveG1988 on June 14, 2017, 06:03:34 PM
US 206: NJ 1792

http://bridgehunter.com/nj/mercer/1129155/
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on June 15, 2017, 07:41:17 AM
Minnesota's is hard to pinpoint (and I don't have the desire to run through all 87 counties at this point) but I'd say a pretty good contender for the oldest bridge on a current state highway is the Mendota Bridge on MN 55, opened 1926.

It appears the Oliver Bridge (MN 39) in Duluth is older, 1916.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: MNHighwayMan on June 15, 2017, 05:57:54 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 15, 2017, 07:41:17 AM
Minnesota's is hard to pinpoint (and I don't have the desire to run through all 87 counties at this point) but I'd say a pretty good contender for the oldest bridge on a current state highway is the Mendota Bridge on MN 55, opened 1926.

It appears the Oliver Bridge (MN 39) in Duluth is older, 1916.

And the Oliver Bridge is a sweet bridge, with a deck carrying a railroad above the road deck.

(https://i.imgur.com/BM3rDtE.jpg)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: JJBers on June 16, 2017, 09:18:36 AM
Quote from: kurumi on June 14, 2017, 12:08:44 PM
Main Street over SR 598 in Hartford, CT opened to traffic in 1833. (SR 598 was constructed a "few years" later; the original crossing was over the Park River, which was capped by the SR 598 freeway in 1945. Another bit of trivia: SR 598 was briefly designated, but never signed, as Interstate 484 (http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/i484.html).)

Edit: technically the bridge is over the state highway system, not on it... does that disqualify it?
I'm not sure if it counts, but if it doesn't, that means the West Cornwall Covered Bridge, with CT 128 is the oldest (1841). Saying that, a old stone arch bridge in Willimantic was used for a unsigned route until 2002 is from 1857.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: roadman65 on June 16, 2017, 09:28:31 AM
Matthews Bridge in Jacksonville. 1953 it was opened, as many others have perished over time with roadway widenings and such.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: US71 on June 16, 2017, 11:00:01 AM
Likely the Mulberry River Bridge (if you want one that is still active on the highway system)

https://bridgehunter.com/ar/crawford/mulberry-64/

There are older, but not on the present highway system
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Mapmikey on June 16, 2017, 04:12:29 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 16, 2017, 09:28:31 AM
Matthews Bridge in Jacksonville. 1953 it was opened, as many others have perished over time with roadway widenings and such.

US 17 bridge over St Mary's River was built in 1927
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: DTComposer on June 16, 2017, 05:02:57 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 13, 2017, 10:30:12 PM
The oldest one I can think of in California off the top of my head is the Pumpkin Hollow Bridge from 1922 which is on CA 198.  I know of some older bridges that were on former highway alignments and I'm sure there are others out there that are active but date back further.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3942/33038901014_614b1dbb31_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Skx1do)IMG_5611 (https://flic.kr/p/Skx1do) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

Edit:  I completely forgot about the Fernbridge on CA 211 which was built in 1911.

Not quite as fancy, but the Saratoga Creek bridge on CA-9 dates to 1902:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2485119,-122.0686125,3a,75y,65.29h,83.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP--huvrvEzhZiK1DmHAkWw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 16, 2017, 05:07:32 PM
Quote from: DTComposer on June 16, 2017, 05:02:57 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 13, 2017, 10:30:12 PM
The oldest one I can think of in California off the top of my head is the Pumpkin Hollow Bridge from 1922 which is on CA 198.  I know of some older bridges that were on former highway alignments and I'm sure there are others out there that are active but date back further.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3942/33038901014_614b1dbb31_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Skx1do)IMG_5611 (https://flic.kr/p/Skx1do) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

Edit:  I completely forgot about the Fernbridge on CA 211 which was built in 1911.

Not quite as fancy, but the Saratoga Creek bridge on CA-9 dates to 1902:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2485119,-122.0686125,3a,75y,65.29h,83.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP--huvrvEzhZiK1DmHAkWw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Geeze...no wonder I've never noticed it before, not the slightest bit ornate at all.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kkt on June 16, 2017, 06:32:17 PM
Not finding a convenient single list, but for Washington and Oregon perhaps the Interstate Bridge northbound half, built in 1917.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Bitmapped on June 16, 2017, 08:01:30 PM
In West Virginia, the oldest bridge on the state highway system is the Monument Place Bridge in Wheeling. It was built in 1817 and carries US 40 (National Road) across Little Wheeling Creek.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: 7/8 on June 21, 2017, 01:05:32 PM
According to this site, the oldest bridge on Ontario's King's Highway System is the Highway 8 bridge over the Avon River in Stratford, ON (built in 1885). http://www.thekingshighway.ca/faq.htm (http://www.thekingshighway.ca/faq.htm)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Tom958 on June 21, 2017, 10:13:05 PM
Georgia: I'm disinclined to search all one hundred fifty nine counties right now, but it's doubtful that there's one older than US 29 over the BeltLine (http://uglybridges.com/1095913) on the south side of Atlanta, c. 1905.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: froggie on June 21, 2017, 10:30:58 PM
Looking through Vermont's inventory, oldest bridge I can find on the state highway system is an 1889 bridge along US 7 in Pittsford.

This is NOT, by far, the oldest bridge on a public road in Vermont, however.  There are (according to the inventory) 55 older bridges on public roads, with the oldest being an 1824 covered bridge on a town road along the Middlebury/New Haven town line.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: froggie on June 21, 2017, 10:45:41 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 15, 2017, 07:41:17 AM
Minnesota's is hard to pinpoint (and I don't have the desire to run through all 87 counties at this point) but I'd say a pretty good contender for the oldest bridge on a current state highway is the Mendota Bridge on MN 55, opened 1926.

It appears the Oliver Bridge (MN 39) in Duluth is older, 1916.

According to NBI (FHWA's National Bridge Inventory), the bridge over Swede Hollow on East 7th St (MN 5) near downtown St. Paul was built in 1885.

Until it was replaced a few years ago, the MN 65 Silverdale Bridge had the record, being built in 1877.

There's a bridge on MN 21, effectively within the "interchange" at 169, that dates to 1900.

The aforementioned MN 39 bridge is next.  Just after it is the 3rd Ave Bridge in Minneapolis (MN 65), built in 1917.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Duke87 on June 21, 2017, 11:00:22 PM
Quote from: kurumi on June 14, 2017, 12:08:44 PM
Main Street over SR 598 in Hartford, CT opened to traffic in 1833. (SR 598 was constructed a "few years" later; the original crossing was over the Park River, which was capped by the SR 598 freeway in 1945. Another bit of trivia: SR 598 was briefly designated, but never signed, as Interstate 484 (http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/i484.html).)

Edit: technically the bridge is over the state highway system, not on it... does that disqualify it?

Well... who maintains the bridge? If it's state-maintained I say it counts.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: cl94 on June 21, 2017, 11:05:39 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 21, 2017, 11:00:22 PM
Quote from: kurumi on June 14, 2017, 12:08:44 PM
Main Street over SR 598 in Hartford, CT opened to traffic in 1833. (SR 598 was constructed a "few years" later; the original crossing was over the Park River, which was capped by the SR 598 freeway in 1945. Another bit of trivia: SR 598 was briefly designated, but never signed, as Interstate 484 (http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/i484.html).)

Edit: technically the bridge is over the state highway system, not on it... does that disqualify it?

Well... who maintains the bridge? If it's state-maintained I say it counts.

That raises another question: what dictates "on the state highway system"? Would a state route that is locally-maintained still be on the state highway system? If the answer to that is "no", New York's oldest is probably less than 100 years old.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: vdeane on June 22, 2017, 12:34:56 PM
NYSDOT Highway Data Services defines the "state highway system" as being all the signed touring routes (interstate, US, NY) regardless of jurisdiction plus the reference routes.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: thefraze_1020 on July 23, 2017, 11:05:15 PM
Quote from: kkt on June 16, 2017, 06:32:17 PM
Not finding a convenient single list, but for Washington and Oregon perhaps the Interstate Bridge northbound half, built in 1917.

The Jose P. Rizal bridge in Seattle (over I-90 and Dearborn St) originally dates from 1911, with a portion rebuilt in 1968. This bridge is partly under Seattle DOT maintenance, and partly WSDOT's responsibility.

There is a small bridge on WA-125 near Prescott that dates to 1916 (according to bridgehunter.com).
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: thefraze_1020 on July 23, 2017, 11:20:28 PM
As for Oregon, there are many bridges on the Historic Columbia River Highway that date to 1914 and the bridge over the Sandy River in Troutdale dates to 1912.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: plain on July 24, 2017, 02:16:58 PM
I can't think of many older bridges still on the highway system in Virginia right off hand, I'm still doing some digging. For now I will say the US 360 Mayo Bridge in Richmond (1913)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: RobbieL2415 on July 27, 2017, 11:50:55 PM
Right here.
http://uglybridges.com/1073327 (http://uglybridges.com/1073327)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: GenExpwy on July 29, 2017, 12:26:23 PM
A partial case in Rochester: NY 31 (Broad St.) over the Genesee River. The now-abandoned lower level was built in the 1830s as the Erie Canal aqueduct. After the canal was relocated from downtown, the upper level was built atop the aqueduct in 1927 to carry Broad Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Street_Bridge_%28Rochester,_New_York%29 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Street_Bridge_%28Rochester,_New_York%29)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rochester_NY_Broad_Street_Bridge_2002.jpeg/640px-Rochester_NY_Broad_Street_Bridge_2002.jpeg)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: KEVIN_224 on July 30, 2017, 11:14:29 AM
I thought for Connecticut that it would be the Bulkeley Bridge over the Connecticut River, between Hartford and East Hartford. It is the oldest one on the interstate system, carrying I-84/US 6/US 44.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: JJBers on July 30, 2017, 11:28:39 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on July 30, 2017, 11:14:29 AM
I thought for Connecticut that it would be the Bulkeley Bridge over the Connecticut River, between Hartford and East Hartford. It is the oldest one on the interstate system, carrying I-84/US 6/US 44.
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on July 27, 2017, 11:50:55 PM
Right here.
http://uglybridges.com/1073327 (http://uglybridges.com/1073327)
There you go
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kkt on August 14, 2017, 01:59:07 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on July 23, 2017, 11:05:15 PM
Quote from: kkt on June 16, 2017, 06:32:17 PM
Not finding a convenient single list, but for Washington and Oregon perhaps the Interstate Bridge northbound half, built in 1917.

The Jose P. Rizal bridge in Seattle (over I-90 and Dearborn St) originally dates from 1911, with a portion rebuilt in 1968. This bridge is partly under Seattle DOT maintenance, and partly WSDOT's responsibility.

There is a small bridge on WA-125 near Prescott that dates to 1916 (according to bridgehunter.com).

Thank you!
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: signalman on August 20, 2017, 11:48:24 AM
Quote from: plain on July 24, 2017, 02:16:58 PM
I can't think of many older bridges still on the highway system in Virginia right off hand, I'm still doing some digging. For now I will say the US 360 Mayo Bridge in Richmond (1913)
Virginia has the oldest bridge of any state by far.  US 11 uses the natural bridge.

Aerial:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6278076,-79.5448608,214a,35y,149.49h/data=!3m1!1e3

Street view (you don't realize what you're crossing due to the fences on either side):
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6279757,-79.5447565,3a,60y,196h,77.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soQjawKNoJ9A9iai4eKND8A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

From underneath:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6283526,-79.545227,3a,75y,185.54h,132.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPoI9mkxTRth-1MgThOTFmbfz1t0BERzG1mQXL6!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPoI9mkxTRth-1MgThOTFmbfz1t0BERzG1mQXL6%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya34.572094-ro-0-fo100!7i5376!8i2688

Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: thefraze_1020 on August 20, 2017, 01:24:45 PM
Quote from: signalman on August 20, 2017, 11:48:24 AM
Quote from: plain on July 24, 2017, 02:16:58 PM
I can't think of many older bridges still on the highway system in Virginia right off hand, I'm still doing some digging. For now I will say the US 360 Mayo Bridge in Richmond (1913)
Virginia has the oldest bridge of any state by far.  US 11 uses the natural bridge.

Aerial:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6278076,-79.5448608,214a,35y,149.49h/data=!3m1!1e3

Street view (you don't realize what you're crossing due to the fences on either side):
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6279757,-79.5447565,3a,60y,196h,77.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soQjawKNoJ9A9iai4eKND8A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

From underneath:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6283526,-79.545227,3a,75y,185.54h,132.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPoI9mkxTRth-1MgThOTFmbfz1t0BERzG1mQXL6!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPoI9mkxTRth-1MgThOTFmbfz1t0BERzG1mQXL6%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya34.572094-ro-0-fo100!7i5376!8i2688

Yup, you win!
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: plain on August 20, 2017, 01:43:20 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on August 20, 2017, 01:24:45 PM
Quote from: signalman on August 20, 2017, 11:48:24 AM
Quote from: plain on July 24, 2017, 02:16:58 PM
I can't think of many older bridges still on the highway system in Virginia right off hand, I'm still doing some digging. For now I will say the US 360 Mayo Bridge in Richmond (1913)
Virginia has the oldest bridge of any state by far.  US 11 uses the natural bridge.

Aerial:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6278076,-79.5448608,214a,35y,149.49h/data=!3m1!1e3

Street view (you don't realize what you're crossing due to the fences on either side):
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6279757,-79.5447565,3a,60y,196h,77.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soQjawKNoJ9A9iai4eKND8A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

From underneath:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6283526,-79.545227,3a,75y,185.54h,132.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPoI9mkxTRth-1MgThOTFmbfz1t0BERzG1mQXL6!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPoI9mkxTRth-1MgThOTFmbfz1t0BERzG1mQXL6%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya34.572094-ro-0-fo100!7i5376!8i2688

Yup, you win!

I can't believe I forgot about Natural Bridge... I was so focused on man-made that I overlooked this beauty
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: signalman on August 20, 2017, 01:50:44 PM
Quote from: plain on August 20, 2017, 01:43:20 PM
I can't believe I forgot about Natural Bridge... I was so focused on man-made that I overlooked this beauty
When I began reading this thread I thought of that bridge almost immediately.  I was quite surprised it hadn't been mentioned by a Virginia member.  Heck, I was hoping that I found a post from a VA resident to quote since I'm not one myself.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Urban Prairie Schooner on August 22, 2017, 07:22:34 PM
The apparent oldest bridges on the Louisiana state highway system are a pair of crossings of two minor streams on LA 3049 in Caddo Parish near Dixie and date from 1915:

http://uglybridges.com/1224613
http://uglybridges.com/1224614
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Brandon on August 22, 2017, 10:13:23 PM
Oldest in my county (Will County, IL) is 1926 on US-6: http://bridgehunter.com/il/will/jackson-st/

Oldest on a state highway in Illinois seems to be the Jackson Park Lagoon Bridge on Lake Shore Drive (US-41), dating from 1895: http://bridgehunter.com/il/cook/16619526840/
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: US71 on September 28, 2017, 10:03:57 AM
I was expecting US 70 over the St Francis River (1939), but the US 70 Cache River bridge predates by 9 years

There are several Concrete tee beam bridges built in the early 1930's that still serve.

Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Stephane Dumas on October 02, 2017, 07:26:55 PM
PQ-112 on Victoria Bridge who opened as a railroad bridge in 1859 with path for roads was added when it was reconfigurated in 1898.  PQ-175 on the old Quebec bridge opened in 1917 also a railroad bridge first with road path added a decade later.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Ian on October 11, 2017, 10:00:29 PM
The oldest on the state highway system in Maine that I'm aware of is the Cribstone Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Island_Bridge) carrying ME 24 between Orr's and Bailey Islands in Harpswell. Completed in 1928, this bridge was constructed using long granite slabs that allow the tides and currents to flow through the structure freely. There are definitely older bridges around Maine, but this is the oldest I'm aware of that's on a state highway.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: english si on October 12, 2017, 09:35:11 AM
It's probably this 800 year old bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcot_Bridge) is on the A4095, albeit heavily reconstructed (rather than entirely rebuilt like, say, London Bridge in the 60s and the twelve times before that) in 1393 and again about 100 years later thanks to pitched battles at the site.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: index on October 13, 2017, 04:21:29 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbridgehunter.com%2Fphotos%2F13%2F57%2F135793-L.jpg&hash=92e1586ab9e891e637137b07270aeb55802a66c9)

This bridge was built in 1891, and it is the oldest bridge in the state, which has been confirmed by NCDOT.
It carries SR 1112 across the west fork of the Pigeon River.

Quote"Built in 1891, this bridge is North Carolina's oldest identified metal truss highway bridge and, indeed, the oldest dated bridge included in the inventory of the state's highway spans.

The photo isn't mine, by the way.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 04:53:04 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on June 14, 2017, 01:49:35 PM
With that in mind, uglybridges.com suggests the oldest bridge on the UT state highway system is on US 89 over Hobble Creek in Springville, built in 1913. But a quick GSV (https://goo.gl/maps/fi9h2KJHfe42) shows that there isn't even a bridge there.

Look more closely.  The creek doesn't just disappear on one side and reappear on the other.  The span is only 23 feet, and you can see where it goes under the highway here (https://goo.gl/maps/Lriwsg8mHJt).
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: jwolfer on October 14, 2017, 01:06:07 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 16, 2017, 09:28:31 AM
Matthews Bridge in Jacksonville. 1953 it was opened, as many others have perished over time with roadway widenings and such.
The Main St Bridge (US 1/90) in downtown Jax was built in 1946

Z981

Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Aerobird on October 14, 2017, 02:04:39 AM
Quote from: kphoger on October 13, 2017, 04:53:04 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on June 14, 2017, 01:49:35 PM
With that in mind, uglybridges.com suggests the oldest bridge on the UT state highway system is on US 89 over Hobble Creek in Springville, built in 1913. But a quick GSV (https://goo.gl/maps/fi9h2KJHfe42) shows that there isn't even a bridge there.

Look more closely.  The creek doesn't just disappear on one side and reappear on the other.  The span is only 23 feet, and you can see where it goes under the highway here (https://goo.gl/maps/Lriwsg8mHJt).

At what point, though, does it stop being a bridge and start being a culvert?
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: vdeane on October 14, 2017, 09:52:30 AM
That is definitely a culvert.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Duke87 on October 14, 2017, 11:40:02 AM
Quote from: Aerobird on October 14, 2017, 02:04:39 AM
At what point, though, does it stop being a bridge and start being a culvert?

The distinguishing factor is how it's built. If you drop a pipe (it can be a rectangular pipe) in the water, fill in around it with dirt, and then build a road on top of it, that is a culvert. If you build a structure spanning over the water without dropping anything other than vertical supports in it, that is a bridge.

Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Aerobird on October 15, 2017, 07:11:47 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on October 14, 2017, 11:40:02 AMThe distinguishing factor is how it's built. If you drop a pipe (it can be a rectangular pipe) in the water, fill in around it with dirt, and then build a road on top of it, that is a culvert. If you build a structure spanning over the water without dropping anything other than vertical supports in it, that is a bridge.

But what does it count if the vertical supports are later filled-in-around with dirt, a pipe laid in place?
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Big John on October 15, 2017, 09:22:09 PM
Quote from: Aerobird on October 15, 2017, 07:11:47 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on October 14, 2017, 11:40:02 AMThe distinguishing factor is how it's built. If you drop a pipe (it can be a rectangular pipe) in the water, fill in around it with dirt, and then build a road on top of it, that is a culvert. If you build a structure spanning over the water without dropping anything other than vertical supports in it, that is a bridge.

But what does it count if the vertical supports are later filled-in-around with dirt, a pipe laid in place?
still not a culvert as there is no bottom piece of the structure.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: US 89 on October 18, 2017, 06:52:24 PM
Quote from: Big John on October 15, 2017, 09:22:09 PM
Quote from: Aerobird on October 15, 2017, 07:11:47 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on October 14, 2017, 11:40:02 AMThe distinguishing factor is how it's built. If you drop a pipe (it can be a rectangular pipe) in the water, fill in around it with dirt, and then build a road on top of it, that is a culvert. If you build a structure spanning over the water without dropping anything other than vertical supports in it, that is a bridge.

But what does it count if the vertical supports are later filled-in-around with dirt, a pipe laid in place?
still not a culvert as there is no bottom piece of the structure.

Back in the day, it probably was a real bridge. Now it looks a lot like a culvert, especially when you look at it just upstream where the creek crosses Center Street (https://goo.gl/maps/fmTLQP1mVgu).
Also, the Larson Video and parking lot to the west were built right on top of the creek. You can see the path of the creek on satellite view. If it isn't a culvert, then this "bridge" would be 300 feet wide with a video store partly on it. That just seems weird to me.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: formulanone on October 18, 2017, 08:10:04 PM
For Alabama, this 1913 CSX bridge in Ardmore spans AL 53 and restricts it to one lane:
http://bridgehunter.com/al/limestone/bh50057/


Quote from: jwolfer on October 14, 2017, 01:06:07 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 16, 2017, 09:28:31 AM
Matthews Bridge in Jacksonville. 1953 it was opened, as many others have perished over time with roadway widenings and such.
The Main St Bridge (US 1/90) in downtown Jax was built in 1946

Miami River Bridge on Flagler Street (SR 968):
http://bridgehunter.com/fl/miami-dade/870660/

East Las Olas Bridge on SR 842 dates from 1930 (rebuilt in 1960):
http://bridgehunter.com/fl/broward/865729/

Peace River Bridge on US 98 / SR 700 near Fort Meade dates to 1931:
http://bridgehunter.com/fl/polk/peace-river/

Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Max Rockatansky on October 27, 2017, 05:53:48 PM
The 1906 North Fork Road Bridge in Friant was part of CA 41 for one year after the original Lanes Bridge collapsed in 1940:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4458/26195556379_913687e264_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FUP5gM)0 (https://flic.kr/p/FUP5gM) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

Not that makes it part of the highway system or anything, I just thought it was cool because said bridge is literally in ruins below the Friant Dam after being washed out in 1951.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Beltway on October 29, 2017, 12:34:41 AM
Quote from: signalman on August 20, 2017, 11:48:24 AM
Quote from: plain on July 24, 2017, 02:16:58 PM
I can't think of many older bridges still on the highway system in Virginia right off hand, I'm still doing some digging. For now I will say the US 360 Mayo Bridge in Richmond (1913)
Virginia has the oldest bridge of any state by far.  US 11 uses the natural bridge.

Covington - Humpback Bridge - Virginia's oldest covered bridge - was built in 1857 and spans 100 feet over Dunlap Creek. It is 4-feet taller at its center, which gives the appearance of its humpback.

https://www.virginia.org/Listings/OutdoorsAndSports/HumpbackBridge/
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Richard3 on December 19, 2017, 03:54:32 PM
I didn't see anything from province of Quebec, so I take a guess.

It's probably not the oldest bridge of the highway system here, but the Victoria Bridge is definitely one of the oldest bridges in the province. Its construction began in 1854, as a railway tubular bridge.  The first train crosses it on Dec. 12th, 1859.  With its 1800 metres (5905,5 feet, or 1,12 miles), it was the longest railway bridge of the World at this time.

In 1897, the structure was completely changed, from its tubular one to a metal truss one, without interrupting traffic; they install the trusses around the tube, then removed it.  They also add a second rail lane, plus a streetcar lane to the bridge.  To complete it all, they changed the name into the "Victoria Jubilee Bridge".

It's in 1927 that the Victoria Bridge becomes a road bridge, with the addition of a first road lane.

In 1956, the streetcar lane was replaced by another road lane, allowing circulation in both directions at the same time.

Nowadays, Victoria Bridge is part of Quebec highway 112, with its two lanes for cars (trucks and other big vehicles prohibited), one in each direction, except for rush hour; the two lanes are going thru Montreal in the morning, and thru the South-Shore in the afternoon.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: ColossalBlocks on December 19, 2017, 09:16:35 PM
More than likely the MO-19 bridge in Thayer, MO.

https://goo.gl/maps/wMDb3LTkgZL2 (https://goo.gl/maps/wMDb3LTkgZL2)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 20, 2017, 03:19:20 AM
Possibly oldest in Oregon but definitely in Portland: Hawthorne Bridge: 1910.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Richard3 on December 20, 2017, 05:22:51 PM
On a local scale, the Cartier-Ross Bridge, in Maskinongé, QC was completed in December 1903.  At this time, it was simply called "Pont de Maskinongé" (Maskinongé Bridge), as it was built in the middle of the village of Maskinongé, on what was at the time the Quebec highway 2, also called "Chemin du Roy" (King's Road).  The structure was built of iron, with a wooden deck.

In July 1927, the bridge was replaced with a brand new one in the village, in order to allow heavier and bigger cars and trucks to cross the Maskinongé River.  With a similar structure as the former one (but larger and higher), the new bridge was built with a concrete deck, and the former bridge was moved 6 miles downstream on the same river, and rebuilt with an extension on the western side of the river (right, on the picture).  The new bridge was named Galipeault Bridge, to celebrate the fact that the provincial transportation minister of the time, Antonin Galipeault, born in Maskinongé, gave a lot of subsidies to conclude the project. The former bridge was renamed Cartier-Ross Bridge, as of the name of the two land owners, Ovide Cartier and Régis Ross, who each gave a parcel for the construction of the bridge, that still connects the two sides of the river nowadays.

This picture was taken in April 2008, along the spring flooding, and the last vertical leg of the bridge was broken.  It was since repaired, and is still solid today.

(https://richard3.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/099f.jpg)

A zoom in of the broken leg.
(https://richard3.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/102f.jpg)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Nanis on December 20, 2017, 05:52:33 PM
The bridge that Frankford avenue (US 13/PA 13) uses to cross the Pennypack is really old.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kphoger on December 21, 2017, 02:14:19 PM
Quote from: Nanis on December 20, 2017, 05:52:33 PM
The bridge that Frankford avenue (US 13/PA 13) uses to cross the Pennypack is really old.

Where is that, exactly?
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: froggie on December 21, 2017, 04:45:27 PM
Sounds like this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0436624,-75.0208193,18.69z).
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kphoger on December 21, 2017, 04:55:35 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 21, 2017, 02:14:19 PM
Quote from: Nanis on December 20, 2017, 05:52:33 PM
The bridge that Frankford avenue (US 13/PA 13) uses to cross the Pennypack is really old.

Where is that, exactly?

Quote from: froggie on December 21, 2017, 04:45:27 PM
Sounds like this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0436624,-75.0208193,18.69z).


Ah, so it's this one that was mentioned back on page 1:

Quote from: Rothman on June 14, 2017, 12:21:07 PM
Quote from: JJBers on June 14, 2017, 12:12:24 PM
Here it is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
I guess US 13 in Northeast Pennsylvania drives on the oldest road bridge in the USA.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Frankford-Avenue-Bridge.jpg)
Public Domain,  Coemgenus (Wikimedia Commons)
Heh.  You meant Philadelphia, silly man.

Wikipedia says 1697. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: kkt on December 21, 2017, 05:24:27 PM
Quote from: kkt on June 16, 2017, 06:32:17 PM
Not finding a convenient single list, but for Washington and Oregon perhaps the Interstate Bridge northbound half, built in 1917.


I found an earlier bridge for Washington.  The Murray Morgan Bridge, AKA City Waterway Bridge, in Tacoma, was built in 1913.  It was part of WA 509 for a long time, however WA 509 was rerouted around this bridge and the bridge now belongs to the City of Tacoma.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Morgan_Bridge
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: GenExpwy on December 21, 2017, 10:06:53 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 21, 2017, 04:55:35 PM
Ah, so it's this one that was mentioned back on page 1:

Quote from: Rothman on June 14, 2017, 12:21:07 PM
Quote from: JJBers on June 14, 2017, 12:12:24 PM
Here it is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
I guess US 13 in Northeast Pennsylvania drives on the oldest road bridge in the USA.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Frankford-Avenue-Bridge.jpg)
Public Domain,  Coemgenus (Wikimedia Commons)
Heh.  You meant Philadelphia, silly man.

Wikipedia says 1697. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)

The Wikipedia article says:
QuoteThe bridge was widened in 1893 to accommodate streetcars, which commenced service in 1895, and again in 1950 to better accommodate automobile traffic.
Is that why the inside of the arch (visible in the photo) is part stone and part concrete? Would the stone-lined part be the 1697 section, and the concrete-lined part is the newer section?
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: US71 on January 08, 2018, 09:13:14 AM
After some looking around, I've determined the Lee Creek Bridge near Natural Dam is likely the oldest in Arkansas. It was built in 1934 along what was then TEMP US 59/AR 45. At least it will be until the end of the month when it's demolished.
Title: Re: Oldest bridge on your state highway system
Post by: Beltway on January 08, 2018, 09:30:17 AM
Quote from: GenExpwy on December 21, 2017, 10:06:53 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 21, 2017, 04:55:35 PM
Ah, so it's this one that was mentioned back on page 1:
Quote from: Rothman on June 14, 2017, 12:21:07 PM
Quote from: JJBers on June 14, 2017, 12:12:24 PM
Here it is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
I guess US 13 in Northeast Pennsylvania drives on the oldest road bridge in the USA.
[img width=800 height=596]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Frankford-
Heh.  You meant Philadelphia, silly man.
Wikipedia says 1697. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge)
The Wikipedia article says:
QuoteThe bridge was widened in 1893 to accommodate streetcars, which commenced service in 1895, and again in 1950 to better accommodate automobile traffic.
Is that why the inside of the arch (visible in the photo) is part stone and part concrete? Would the stone-lined part be the 1697 section, and the concrete-lined part is the newer section?

So a major part of the bridge was built in 1893 and in 1950.  How much change and addition to a bridge can occur and the age of the older part still be relevant?