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Ambassador Bridge - Features a substantive history, bridge facts, and current data. Spans the Detroit river between the United States and Canada.
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.
Bixby Creek Bridge - Essay by Sean Vitousek discusses the building and social aspects of this Californian bridge.
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.
Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County - 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.
Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland - Full text of the book written by Sara Ruth Watson and John R. Wolfs. Provides historic information on the most important bridges in Cuyahoga County.
Connecticut's Historic Highway Bridges - Features history of bridge building, notable builders, individual bridges classified by construction type, and preservation case studies.
Construction of a Rail and Highway Bridge Across the Mississippi River at St. Louis - Full text of the proceedings and report of the board of civil engineers convened at St. Louis, in August, 1867.
First Free Bridge Across the Connecticut River - Full text of an address, in commemoration of the opening together with a report of the proceedings and remarks. Written by Edwin Sanborn in 1859.
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.
The Frontiersmen of New York - Bridges - Extract from the book written by Jeptha R. Simms in 1883. Covers the history of the early bridges.
Genesee River Bridges - Timeline with construction notes of historic Rochester bridges. Also includes a selection of old postcard images.
George Washington Bridge - Suspension bridge across the Hudson river. Features a range of current and historic data and photographs.
Hell Gate—The Largest Arch Bridge in the World - Full text illustrated article published in the Scientific American—June 8, 1907.
Highway Bridges: A Northern California Sampler - Article on the history of California bridges by Jill Livingston, published in the Society for Commercial Archeology Journal.
Historic Bridges in Butte, Nevada and Yuba Counties, California - Essays and photographs of truss, suspension, and covered bridges.
Historic Bridges - Mercer County Pennsylvania - Photographs and data of covered, arch, and steel bridges.
Historic Bridges of California - Photographic gallery and basic data. Also includes covered bridges and related links.
Historic Bridges of Nebraska - Construction details and photographs of designated historic bridges. Classified by county.
Historic Bridges of Oregon - Photos and information presented by Geo-Environmental Section of the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Historic Bridges of the US - Database of historic bridges listed by state.
The History of the Cleveland Viaduct - An account of the origin and history, written during its construction in 1878. Author Collins French.
Indiana's Iron Truss Bridges - Article on the development inspired by Whipple's discovery of how to scientifically analyze the complicated framework.
Lenticular Truss Bridges In Massachusetts - Historical article from the University of Massachusetts. Features information on the original patent and annotated photographs of the surviving bridges.
Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland - Publication on the design and construction by Wilbur J. Watson. Reprinted from the Civil Engineering journal for November, 1932.
Michigan's Historic Bridges - Photographs and data listed by County.
Minnesota's Historic Bridges - Text and photographs with a focus on the state's masonry arch, truss and reinforced concrete arch bridges.
The New York State Bridge Authority - Features a history of the department and illustrated histories of the Rip Van Winkle, Kingston-Rhinecliff, Mid-Hudson, Newburgh-Beacon, and Bear Mountain bridges.
The Original Greenville Bridge - Historical data of this steel through-truss bridge across the Mississippi river. Includes facsimile of the original handbill with facts and diagrams, and a gallery of construction photographs.
The Portage Bridge - Tom Cook's illustrated history including sources and related links. Rebuilt in 1874 after fire had destroyed the original wooden structure. Located in the Genesee Valley, New York State.
The Rupert Train Bridge - Campaign to save this bridge in Columbia County which was built by the Phoenix Bridge Company in 1933.
Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River - Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the bridge construction.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Photographic collection of the construction between 1931-1936. Held at the Bancroft Library, University of California.
Young's High Bridge - Illustrated article with related links. Details the 1889 construction of the railroad bridge near Tyrone, Kentucky.
Zoarville Station Bridge - The only Fink Through-Truss bridge known to exist in the United States. Also includes links to a biography of Fink and to the bridge builders, Smith, Latrobe and Company. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.