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[CoreySamson]

There is a bridge at that crossing. It goes over a creek.

But that bridge was initially designed for traffic, therefore it doesn't qualify for this thread. If not, then any abandoned bridge could qualify.

[MCRoads]

Bourbon Barrel bridge!

[tolbs17]

There is a bridge at that crossing. It goes over a creek.

But that bridge was initially designed for traffic, therefore it doesn't qualify for this thread. If not, then any abandoned bridge could qualify.

Alright, the Bridge Tar River Trail qualifies.

[jakeroot]

There is a bridge at that crossing. It goes over a creek.

But that bridge was initially designed for traffic, therefore it doesn't qualify for this thread. If not, then any abandoned bridge could qualify.

Alright, the Bridge Tar River Trail qualifies.

That one carries pedestrian traffic. This thread is about bridges that carry non-mammal "things" (like barrels (above) or water).

[ErmineNotyours]

Irrigation canal over I-82 in Kennewick, WA.  Presumably the canal was there before the freeway.

https://goo.gl/maps/pnd3vAwwusLxWNLq7

[Scott5114]

Natural gas line over I-35 in OKC

[catch22]

Pipeline bridge spanning the Ohio Turnpike.

https://goo.gl/maps/rgMVnycoBFWEYEMK6

[Bitmapped]

Smith Dairy has a pipeline structure that carries ice cream mix between its milk and ice cream plants in Orrvillle, Ohio. It crosses over the intersection of Vine Street and Church Street, and even has a mount for a 4-way beacon attached to the side although I've never seen a signal mounted off it.

GMSV: https://goo.gl/maps/6X5jGGvRBUYzm4KV7

[skluth]

There's this pipeline suspension bridge over the Mississippi
Many log flumes are bridges
It's not really traffic if it's animals, is it?

[MCRoads]

There's this pipeline suspension bridge over the Mississippi
Many log flumes are bridges
It's not really traffic if it's animals, is it?

That log flume comment actually reminds something. Erie, PA has a roller coaster that crosses a road! This might be in a weird category of technically having traffic, but the traffic is a roller coaster, so I’ll put it here in case anyone finds it interesting.
https://goo.gl/maps/kRQwhAc2mLrdN9Hd9

[bwana39]

Makes me think of this or this.

The messed up one doesn't have a bridge as best I can tell. It is, however less than two miles from my house.

[Viridiscalculus]

The Union Arch Bridge in Cabin John, Maryland, was originally designed only for Washington Aqueduct. However, vehicle traffic started using the bridge soon after it was completed in 1864.

[Big John]

Makes me think of this or this.

It shows a location 1/2 mile from me.
The messed up one doesn't have a bridge as best I can tell. It is, however less than two miles from my house.

[Chris19001]

Its certainly debatable whether it qualifies as a full bridge, but CA-190 has this for the aquaduct near Springville:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1603856,-118.718301,3a,64.4y,207.68h,94.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSEyGosPTE3KRb6MRDYdPTA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[fhmiii]

I have no idea what the genesis of this bridge is, but adjacent to Holmes Street over I-670 in Kansas City is a bridge structure.  I can't find anything about it.  My guess is maybe some utility lines cross here?  Or perhaps it was designed as a pedestrian bridge but then never used?

https://goo.gl/maps/4jr1ugYafxCHzGeK7

There are actually several such structures across I-670, so my best guess is utility lines.

[catch22]

I have no idea what the genesis of this bridge is, but adjacent to Holmes Street over I-670 in Kansas City is a bridge structure.  I can't find anything about it.  My guess is maybe some utility lines cross here?  Or perhaps it was designed as a pedestrian bridge but then never used?

https://goo.gl/maps/4jr1ugYafxCHzGeK7

There are actually several such structures across I-670, so my best guess is utility lines.

Retired AT&T Communications ("Long Lines") guy here.

This is just a guess, but on the north side of I-670 one block west of here lies a large building at 1425 Oak Street.  This is AT&T's long distance switching center for Kansas City (and other telecom providers too, since the Bell System breakup).  Since the freeway passes so close to the building, this bridge could easily be the rerouted cable conduit path from the building to points south.

[bulldog1979]

On M-35 south of Palmer, Michigan, there is a pipeline to carry tailings from the Empire Mine out to the tailings basins. This structure carries the pipeline over the highway.

In the city of Marquette, the coal unloader crosses over Lake Shore Boulevard south of the LS&I Ore Dock in the Upper Harbor, carrying the conveyors to move the coal from freighters to the site of the now-former Presque Isle Power Plant.