Okay, I figured I would start a quick thread to get the ball rolling. A couple of photos of two Illinois highways crossing over the Illinois River:
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Illinois 89 crossing over the Illinois River just south of Spring Valley. Photo taken 05/07/10.
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Northbound Interstate 39 crossing over the Illinois River along the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge. Photo taken 05/07/10.
Here's a 1914 pony truss over the Ouachita River on an ancient alignment of US 71 in Polk County, Arkansas.
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I have a few bridge photos...
Commodore Barry Bridge (taken from old US 322 in Bridgeport, NJ):
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Delaware Memorial Bridge:
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mmm... Norway
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Tjeldsund bridge (route E-10)
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the bridge to the island of Hammerfest
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US 271 Poteau River near Pocola, OK
Demolished April 2010 :-(
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US 271 Poteau River near Pocola, OK
Demolished April 2010 :-(
RIP. That was a nice bridge. I don't know why they didn't use it for one of the sets of lanes.
Quote from: bugo on June 01, 2010, 11:48:46 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 01, 2010, 09:12:14 PM
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US 271 Poteau River near Pocola, OK
Demolished April 2010 :-(
RIP. That was a nice bridge. I don't know why they didn't use it for one of the sets of lanes.
ODOT told me over a year ago they intended to replace it eventually (was rated at 49 percent sufficiency), but I thought it would be a couple more years, at least, before it was replaced.
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US 16 and US 16 Alt near Mount Rushmore.
Here are a few photos of some of the Hudson River's Bridges
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The Newburgh Beacon Bridge (I-84)
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The Bear Mountain Bridge (US 6, US 202 and the Appalachain Trail)
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The George Washington Bridge (I-95, U.S. 1 and U.S. 9)
Cedar Creek on Petit Jean Mountain
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An alternative perspective:
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Respectively, Metro-North Railroad/Amtrak and US1 crossing the Byram River between New York and Connecticut.
Ah, the things having a canoe enables. :-D
The Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, FL is one of my favorites:
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Oklahoma used a few standardized truss bridge designs rather heavily during the state highway system's prime expansion period. As a result, you can find a lot of these bridges all over the state highway system.
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Bridge over the Washita River south of Lindsay on OK-76.
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Bridge over the Washita River west of Wynnewood on US-77/OK-29.
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And here's the James C. Nance deck truss bridge in Purcell. I should have thought to bring the OKC meet there; it wasn't too far away from the truss bridge we examined in Washington.
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Interstate 70 Belle Vernon Bridge
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Bridge over the Hennepin Canal in Bureau County, Illinois.
Quote from: Brandon on June 03, 2010, 10:59:25 AM
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Bridge over the Hennepin Canal in Bureau County, Illinois.
Is that a purpose-built pedestrian bridge? If so, how tall are the trusses?
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The remnants of the Dewey Bridge along Route 128 in Utah
Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway:
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View from QEW heading Toronto bound.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Nb
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Sb
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Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Anzac Bridge, Pyrmont NSW
Quote from: bugo on June 03, 2010, 06:06:39 PM
Is that a purpose-built pedestrian bridge? If so, how tall are the trusses?
It was originally built circa 1900 for horse and buggy traffic on 1250 South.
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It was bypassed in the late 1990s by the culvert behind it. It also had a sibling across West Bureau Creek just south of here, but that bridge was demo'd when its replacement was built. It carried auto traffic, and there is a weight limit sign still there on the north side of the bridge, hidden in the bushes.
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M-26 Bridge, Eagle River, Michigan.
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What it replaced (still standing next to it).
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Quote from: Brandon on June 04, 2010, 08:22:42 AM
Quote from: bugo on June 03, 2010, 06:06:39 PM
Is that a purpose-built pedestrian bridge? If so, how tall are the trusses?
It was originally built circa 1900 for horse and buggy traffic on 1250 South.
This bridge is a purpose built pedestrian bridge, the Anne Street Bridge in Minot, ND:
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A picture of me standing on this bridge for scale:
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More pictures are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/watuzi/sets/72157622910385451/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/watuzi/sets/72157622910385451/)
There's another purpose built through truss footbridge in Minot:
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More pictures can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/watuzi/sets/72157623034926594/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/watuzi/sets/72157623034926594/)
North Grand Island Bridge
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South Grand Island Bridge
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Quote from: WNYroadgeek on June 05, 2010, 12:28:04 AM
North Grand Island Bridge
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South Grand Island Bridge
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Where is this?
Quote from: ausinterkid on June 05, 2010, 04:15:00 AM
Where is this?
I-190, between Grand Island and Niagara, New York.
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Sugar Creek near Springfield, IL
Quote from: bugo on June 04, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
This bridge is a purpose built pedestrian bridge, the Anne Street Bridge in Minot, ND:
Laramie, WY has a similar type bridge that we have walked across:
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Alex, how many main spans does that bridge have? I wonder if it's the same railroad company as the line in Minot.
I spotted this one in Shiprock, NM the other day and it's pretty obvious there was a two lane road there originally with the bridge I'm about to drive across being the later one. I much prefer the older ones with tons of steel even though they are high maintenance, or in the case of this one they are just left to go rusty. The only painting is that done by the graffiti artists :ded:
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Lacon, Illinois bridge over the Illinois River.
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In the middle of the bridge.
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Quote from: Brandon on July 02, 2010, 01:00:59 PM
Lacon, Illinois bridge over the Illinois River.
Seems like the Illinois River has quite a few old trusses.
Quote from: bugo on July 02, 2010, 03:13:48 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 02, 2010, 01:00:59 PM
Lacon, Illinois bridge over the Illinois River.
Seems like the Illinois River has quite a few old trusses.
Quite a few left. However, they are getting fewer in number as IDOT replaces them. That said, some of these trusses and even left bridges from Chicago to the Mississippi River on the Illinois Waterway aren't going anywhere soon.
Quote from: bugo on June 05, 2010, 12:53:50 PM
Alex, how many main spans does that bridge have? I wonder if it's the same railroad company as the line in Minot.
Just the one over the series of tracks. Is that what you mean?
Quote from: AARoads on July 12, 2010, 07:33:24 PM
Quote from: bugo on June 05, 2010, 12:53:50 PM
Alex, how many main spans does that bridge have? I wonder if it's the same railroad company as the line in Minot.
Just the one over the series of tracks. Is that what you mean?
Yes. One of the Minot bridges has one truss span, while the other one has 2.