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Full text of this 1918 publication which includes a series of essays. Subjects include the Detroit-Superior high level bridge, and the early bridges of Cleveland.

• Friends of McGilvray Road - Information and photographs of the McGilvray bridges, a series of bowstring arches from the turn of last century, located in the Van Loon Wildlife area, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
• Minnesota's Historic Bridges - Text and photographs with a focus on the state\\'s masonry arch, truss and reinforced concrete arch bridges.
• The Frontiersmen of New York - Bridges - Extract from the book written by Jeptha R. Simms in 1883. Covers the history of the early bridges.
• Young's High Bridge - Illustrated article with related links. Details the 1889 north america construction of the railroad bridge near Tyrone, Kentucky.
• Cilleyville Bog Bridge - History and restoration program for this bridge located united states in historic bridges New Hampshire and built in 1887.
• Zoarville Station Bridge - The only Fink Through-Truss bridge known to exist in the united states United States. Also includes links to a biography of Fink united states and to the bridge builders, Smith, Latrobe and Company.
• First Free Bridge Across the Connecticut River - Full text of an address, in commemoration of united states the opening together with a report of the united states proceedings and remarks. Written by Edwin Sanborn in united states 1859.
• Indiana's Iron Truss Bridges - Article on the development inspired by Whipple\\'s discovery north america of north america how to scientifically analyze the complicated framework.
• Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County - Full text of this 1918 publication which includes historic bridges a north america series of essays. Subjects include the Detroit-Superior historic bridges high level north america bridge, and the early bridges of historic bridges Cleveland.
• George Washington Bridge - Suspension bridge across the Hudson river. Features a united states range of current and historic data and photographs.
• Construction of a Rail and Highway Bridge Across the Mississippi River at St. Louis - Full text of the proceedings and report of north america the historic bridges board of civil engineers convened at St. north america Louis, in historic bridges August, 1867.
• Historic Bridges - Mercer County Pennsylvania - Photographs and data of covered, arch, and steel bridges.
• Ambassador Bridge - Features a substantive history, bridge facts, and current data. Spans united states the Detroit river between the United States and Canada.
• Bridges - Provides recent news on historic bridges, and photographs north america and united states articles on some notable examples.
• The Portage Bridge - Tom Cook\\'s illustrated history including sources and united states related north america links. Rebuilt in 1874 after fire had united states destroyed the north america original wooden structure. Located in the united states Genesee Valley, New north america York State.
• Highway Bridges: A Northern California Sampler - Article on the history of California bridges by Jill Livingston, published in the Society for Commercial Archeology Journal.
• Lenticular Truss Bridges - Article on these bridges and their history with photographs and north america details of Boardman Bridge, CT, Lover\\'s Leap Bridge, CT, Neshanic north america Station Bridge, NJ and Smithfield Street Bridge, PA.
• Historic Bridges of the US - Database of historic bridges listed by state.
• The Bridge Project - Aims to save the 97-year-old Hojack Swing Bridge in Rochester, New York. News, images and related documents. Also a collection of illustrated articles about bridges worldwide.
• The History of the Cleveland Viaduct - An account of the origin and history, written during its north america construction in 1878. Author Collins French.
• Ohio's Historic Bridges - This guide from the Ohio State Department of Transport provides photographs and information on the state\'s ancient bridges.
• Genesee River Bridges - Timeline with construction notes of historic Rochester bridges. north america Also historic bridges includes a selection of old postcard images.
• Arlington Memorial Bridge - Designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White during the 1920s. Opened 1932. Located in Washington, the capital city of the United States of America.
• The Lost Covered Bridges of Virginia - Provides information on the bridges in each county north america with north america photos and history of each bridge.
• Historic Bridges in Butte, Nevada and Yuba Counties, California - Essays and photographs of truss, suspension, and covered north america bridges.
• Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland - Full text of the book written by Sara Ruth Watson united states and John R. Wolfs. Provides historic information on the most united states important bridges in Cuyahoga County.
• The Original Greenville Bridge - Historical data of this steel through-truss bridge across north america the north america Mississippi river. Includes facsimile of the original north america handbill with north america facts and diagrams, and a gallery north america of construction photographs.
• Historic Bridges - Inventory of historic Washington State bridges with photographs historic bridges and north america information on each.
• Michigan's Historic Bridges - Photographs and data listed by County.
• Bixby Creek Bridge - Essay by Sean Vitousek discusses the building and social aspects north america of this Californian bridge.
• Walnut Street Bridge - Provides technical information on the cast and wrought north america iron north america bridge built at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, around 1890. north america Includes a north america number of photographs.
• Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River - Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports north america on united states the bridge construction.
• Historic Bridges of Oregon - Photos and information presented by Geo-Environmental Section of united states the historic bridges Oregon Department of Transportation.
• San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Photographic collection of the construction between 1931-1936. Held at the Bancroft Library, University of California.
• Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland - Publication on the design and construction by Wilbur united states J. united states Watson. Reprinted from the Civil Engineering journal united states for November, united states 1932.
• The New York State Bridge Authority - Features a history of the department and illustrated histories of historic bridges the Rip Van Winkle, Kingston-Rhinecliff, Mid-Hudson, Newburgh-Beacon, and Bear Mountain historic bridges bridges.
• Connecticut's Historic Highway Bridges - About forty bridges in the state are illustrated north america and historic bridges described.
• The Rupert Train Bridge - Campaign to save this bridge in Columbia County united states which historic bridges was built by the Phoenix Bridge Company united states in 1933.
• Historic Bridges of Nebraska - Construction details and photographs of designated historic bridges. Classified by north america county.
• Hell Gate—The Largest Arch Bridge in the World - Full text illustrated article published in the Scientific American—June 8, north america 1907.

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