Most Beautiful Bridge

[roadman65]

New River Gorge in WV on US Route 19

1) On the back of a US Quater, See WV Quater
2) You can jump of the bridge on Bridge Day in October.  I participated what a rush. 
3) One of the highest spans on the east coast, if not the highest in the US. 

According to information at the Visitors Center at the north end of this bridge, the Washington Monument can easily fit underneath it.  That is how tall this structure is.  I think, though, the highest in the US is in Colorado near Canon City.

[NE2]

This guy's done some research on said topic: http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Bridges_in_United_States
The Royal Gorge is indeed the highest. Second is the one at Hoover Dam, and third is the New River Gorge.

(Note that he measures from mean low water level to the deck, or from the former level in the case of a manmade reservoir: http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page#Bridge_Height_Measurements)

[empirestate]

I have to say, there's one bridge that I always find myself looking at whenever I pass it. That's the Court Street Bridge in Owego, NY. It's by no means monumental or famous, but it is very graceful and has an appealingly appropriate scale. It's nice to pass on NY 17 and see the little village anchoring the far end of it. It was a total rebuild in 2003 or so and is one of few successful examples of this that I can think of.

Stolen image below:

[KEK Inc.]

[r-dub]

US 24 in Colorado between Minturn and Leadville boasts the Red Cliff Arch Bridge over the Eagle River:

Maybe the surrounding scenery helps me with the beautiful part...

[vtk]

I think that one's interesting, at least, because it's a bridge over another bridge, which itself is a bridge over two other things.

[berberry]

Until my trip to Tishomingo County last week, I had no idea that Mississippi has a covered bridge.  It's in Iuka.

[Marc]

For me, it's the Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, FL.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

There are many beautiful bridges here in Northern and Central Ca.

My most favorite bridge, no doubt, is the mighty Golden Gate. It just looks very graceful and the color looks perfect.

Though I've never been on it, the Bay Bridge looks very nice. Especially the new east span under construction.

Another one of my favorites has to be the Bixby on Hwy 1 north of Big Sur. Just...spectacular.

An honorable mention from me has to be the new Hoover Dam bypass bridge. Looks very nice, hope to see I-11 or whatever they happen to number it use this elegant bridge.

[Brandon]

Here's a few from my own backyard.  Not one, not two, but four Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridges.

Jefferson Street:


Cass Street with Jackson Street behind, and Ruby Street (Chicago-style bascule) further up river:


Rock Island RR left bridge with McDonough Street behind, and the twin I-80 bridges (cantilever trusses) further down river):

[DaBigE]

Sorry, can't narrow it down to just one...

Michigan St Bridge, Sturgeon Bay, WI:


The last covered bridge in Wisconsin, just outside of Cedarburg, WI:


I-535/US 53 bridge between Superior, WI and Duluth,MN:


Richard Bong Memorial Bridge/US 2 bridge also between Superior, WI and Duluth, MN:


all photos taken by myself

[DaBigE]

I like the Lake Freeway bridge in Milwaukee.

That would be the Daniel Hoan Bridge (I-794):


photo curtesey of Wikipedia

[Road Hog]

Inland Texas isn't particularly famous for bridges, but there are some good ones on the Gulf Coast.

The Rainbow Bridge over the Neches River (don't get dizzy):



The Fred Hartman Bridge at Baytown:



Although Dallas just opened the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge, which is supposed to be the first in a series of Trinity River bridges:

[Brandon]

Blue Water Bridge (Port Huron, MI; Point Edward, ON) from the International Roads Meet:

From Michigan:


From Ontario:

[NE2]

Best-looking three-level stack?

[agentsteel53]

there is a similar concept somewhere on CA-70 at the Feather River.  two railroad bridges cross each other over the water.  I believe CA-70 crosses under one and parallels the other.

it's two fairly ordinary truss bridges, but the scenery is quite excellent. 

alas, I do not have a photo offhand.

[vtk]

Best-looking three-level stack?

Wood arches?  I've seen something similar for a ped/bike bridge over the Olentangy River, but I wouldn't expect to see this for a highway bridge...

[707]

I personally like the Oakland Bay Bridge in SF the best. I found out that it could stand up for more than a century if left to the elements without maintenance, outlasting the Golden Gate Bridge which is also high on my list.

[kphoger]

Here's another one for the "Ordinary Bridge, Awesome Scenery" category:


Though I've driven the highway, they were in the process of building this bridge at the time.  I'd say the ensuing one-lane detour down the valley and back up again–which included a shallow ford–was more cool than the actual bridge.

Here's Wikipedia's view (although it's probably not a trustworthy photo):

[Alps]

Here's another one for the "Ordinary Bridge, Awesome Scenery" category:

Disagree. Awesome bridge. Just because it looks ordinary when driving on it - so does New River Gorge.

[triplemultiplex]

The last covered bridge in Wisconsin, just outside of Cedarburg, WI:

Wait, what?  The last one?  I don't think so.
http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbwi.htm
Some of those are private property, but still, Wisconsin has a bunch of them on public roads.

[DaBigE]

The last covered bridge in Wisconsin, just outside of Cedarburg, WI:

Wait, what?  The last one?  I don't think so.
http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbwi.htm
Some of those are private property, but still, Wisconsin has a bunch of them on public roads.

Don't kill the messenger; I'm just repeating what the signs said:
 

[agentsteel53]

maybe it was the last one built, and everything thereafter is a different design?

[Alps]

Maybe the DAR didn't know of other bridges. After all, there was no Internet in 1955.

[triplemultiplex]

To me, "last" implies the last one in existence, not the last one built.  And if they meant 'last one built', that was awfully presumptuous to assume no more would be built ever again.
Suffice to say, Wisconsin has other covered bridges and newer covered bridges.  The Feds built one in the national forest near my hometown in the early 90's, for example.