Topic: Random bridge photos (Read 25055 times)

flaroads · « **on:** June 01, 2010, 06:20:52 PM »

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:

Illinois 89 crossing over the Illinois River just south of Spring Valley. Photo taken 05/07/10.

Northbound Interstate 39 crossing over the Illinois River along the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge. Photo taken 05/07/10.

bugo · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2010, 07:56:06 PM »

Here's a 1914 pony truss over the Ouachita River on an ancient alignment of US 71 in Polk County, Arkansas.

Ian · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2010, 08:19:54 PM »

I have a few bridge photos...

Commodore Barry Bridge (taken from old US 322 in Bridgeport, NJ):

Delaware Memorial Bridge:

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2010, 08:56:57 PM »

mmm... Norway

Tjeldsund bridge (route E-10)

the bridge to the island of Hammerfest

US71 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2010, 09:12:14 PM »

US 271 Poteau River near Pocola, OK
Demolished April 2010

bugo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2010, 11:48:46 PM »

Quote from: US71 on June 01, 2010, 09:12:14 PM

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.

US71 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2010, 12:07:32 AM »

Quote from: bugo on June 01, 2010, 11:48:46 PM

Quote from: US71 on June 01, 2010, 09:12:14 PM

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.

dfilpus · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2010, 09:38:34 AM »

US 16 and US 16 Alt near Mount Rushmore.

papaT10932 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2010, 09:47:52 AM »

Here are a few photos of some of the Hudson River's Bridges

The Newburgh Beacon Bridge (I-84)

The Bear Mountain Bridge (US 6, US 202 and the Appalachain Trail)

The George Washington Bridge (I-95, U.S. 1 and U.S. 9)

US71 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2010, 09:56:24 AM »

Cedar Creek on Petit Jean Mountain

Duke87 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 02, 2010, 12:20:50 PM »

An alternative perspective:

Respectively, Metro-North Railroad/Amtrak and US1 crossing the Byram River between New York and Connecticut.

Ah, the things having a canoe enables.

Marc · « **Reply #11 on:** June 02, 2010, 12:42:28 PM »

The Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, FL is one of my favorites:

Scott5114 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 02, 2010, 12:47:21 PM »

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.

Bridge over the Washita River south of Lindsay on OK-76.

Bridge over the Washita River west of Wynnewood on US-77/OK-29.

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.

njroadhorse · « **Reply #13 on:** June 02, 2010, 04:21:49 PM »

Interstate 70 Belle Vernon Bridge

Brandon · « **Reply #14 on:** June 03, 2010, 10:59:25 AM »

Bridge over the Hennepin Canal in Bureau County, Illinois.

bugo · « **Reply #15 on:** June 03, 2010, 06:06:39 PM »

Quote from: Brandon on June 03, 2010, 10:59:25 AM

Bridge over the Hennepin Canal in Bureau County, Illinois.

Is that a purpose-built pedestrian bridge? If so, how tall are the trusses?

mefailenglish · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2010, 06:43:36 PM »

The remnants of the Dewey Bridge along Route 128 in Utah

joseph1723 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2010, 10:15:10 PM »

Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway:

View from QEW heading Toronto bound.

national highway 1 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 04, 2010, 03:04:16 AM »

Sydney Harbour Bridge Nb

Sydney Harbour Bridge Sb

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Anzac Bridge, Pyrmont NSW

Brandon · « **Reply #19 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.

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.

Brandon · « **Reply #20 on:** June 04, 2010, 08:24:40 AM »

M-26 Bridge, Eagle River, Michigan.

What it replaced (still standing next to it).

bugo · « **Reply #21 on:** June 04, 2010, 06:56:37 PM »

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: