Lake Street over Des Plaines River at River Forest, IL

(Satellite)

Glen Miller posted
Lake Street at the Des Plaines River, River Forest, 1890,. Ojibwa, Menominee, and Potawatomi inhabited the River Forest area until the 1830s. River Forest traces its roots to the founding of a steam sawmill on the east bank of the Des Plaines River in 1831. The mill was first owned by John B. Noble and George Bickerdike and later by Ashbel Steele and Theophilus W. Smith. The hardwood they cut could easily be moved to Chicago's construction sites and was the only mill within 20 miles of the city. In 1881 The Chicago, Harlem & Batavia Co., built a line into River Forest. It Ran into town on Washington to Park Drive (“Conway Park”) and then south to Waldheim and Forest Home Cemeteries. It ran until 1887. The Soo Line used to have a station at Madison Street and at Oak Street.  In 1889 an electric street car company was formed called the Cicero and Proviso Street Railway Co. The streetcars traveled Lake, Madison and Harlem Aves.

The current bridge is not a UCEB (Ugly Concrete Eyesore Bridge).

Trail View, Oct 2020

I wonder where people park to access this trail.

Daniel Ordonez, Aug 2022

1836+1904 Riverton-Belvidere over Delaware River

1836+1839-1903: (Archived Bridge Hunter)

1904,2007: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite, 67 photos) 

"The original bridge on this site was a covered bridge built in 1836. Flooding destroyed that bridge days after in was opened. A new covered bridge was built in 1839 by Solon Chapin. That one was lost in 1903 to flooding and was replaced by a new steel bridge...constructed on the same piers that held the covered bridge." [BridgeHunter_1904]

"Riverton-Belvidere Bridge was rehabilitated in 2007 at a cost of $8.8 million." [HistoricBridges]

Street View, Nov 2021

I think the bridge is pin connected.

HistoricBridges

 

DRJTBC

Metrotrails posted

A view to the Belvidere Riverton Bridge over the Delaware River in Belvidere NJ. 

The bridge was completed in 1904, to replace the original 1836 covered bridge that washed out in the Pumpkin Flood of 1903.

Kathy Bird: The Pumpkin Flood?

Metrotrails: Kathy Bird October 1903. Pumpkins were floating down the Delaware.

Linda Pempe Schwalbe: The flood of 1955 was much worse. I wonder if the bridge survived that intact or was damaged or replaced?

Metrotrails: Linda Pempe Schwalbe it survived fine.

M'ke Helbing shared

Metrotrails posted
[I never noticed that this dam uses roller gates instead of tainter gates until I saw this photo.]
A view to the Belvidere Riverton Bridge over the Delaware River in Riverton Pa.

The bridge was completed in 1904, to replace the previous covered bridges that washed out in the Pumpkin Flood of 1903.

There has been a bridge on this site since 1836.

Metrotrails shared

Robert Hoyt commented on the above post
South side of the original covered bridge....

Mike Dostal commented on the above post

1915 NS/NYC/LS&MS Bridge over Portage River at Port Clinton, OH

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Street View, May 2024

Craig Hensley Photography posted

Scenes from the Railroad. This railroad bridge in Port Clinton was on my list of cool things to check out on my way back from Vermilion. I figured some afternoon sun would be ideal and it sure did look good with the Lake Erie in the background. Unfortunately, luck was not on my side, and I didn’t managed to see any trains at this cool spot. Still, it’s a neat location that I’ll have to revisit at another time. 

Port Clinton, OH - March 2025

Dennis DeBruler: Historic Bridges, https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ohio/portclintonrr/, explains why there are plate girders on the sides of the movable span. There used to be four tracks on the embankment.

Keith Conte commented on Craig's post
What a cool picture and vantage point of the "Jacknife Bridge" as we locals call it. I look at this bridge every day from my shop on the other side of the river (Lakecraft Corporation). I was fortunate enough in 2022 to have the opportunity to fabricate some weldments and do some machining work on the locking pin mechanisms. We also machined countless adapter parts for the upgrade to the lift motors and gear reducers. The original 1913 motors were replaced with "modern" refurbished motors from the 1960s, since nothing on the current market even comes close to working in this antique bridge. Grabbed this picture one of the many trips up there during the project. It was definitely one of the most unique, once-in-a-lifetime jobs ever. The original equipment lasted over 100 years, so it stands to reason the newly installed 1960s stuff will outlast me. They sure don't build stuff the way they used to.

HistoricBridges

Please read Historic Bridges as to why the movable span is so wide. We can see the plate girders he describes in Craig's photo.

Satellite

Hennepin Canal Lock #3

(Satellite)

Street View, Dec 2022

Most of the photos of the lock show a strong flow of water. This is one of two photos that show a weak flow.

nkramer86, Jun 2024

John Vize posted
Lock at, Bureau, llinois circa:1908
Lloyd Scott Hardin shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Lloyd's share
I think it is Lock #3 because of the train next to the canal, https://maps.app.goo.gl/FzqVa7zkyr9eFbum7.

Rock Island Bridge over Hennepin Canal in Milan, IL

(Satellite, the crossing is now just an embankment in the canal.)

John Vize posted
The railroad bridge over the Hennepin Canal at Milan, Illinois Jan 6, 1916.
Lloyd Scott Hardin shared

1950/50 Milan Quad @ 24,000

Alfred A. Taylor (81S) Bridge over Nolichucky River near Lamar, TN

(no Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

The Nolichucky Dam survived Hurricane Helen in Sep 2024, but many of the bridges did not survive.

"The flood of 2024 wiped out many of Washington County’s bridges on the Nolichucky River. These bridges include damages to the Earnest and Snapp Bridges, and complete demolition of Taylor, Bailey and Corby Bridges, leaving only the Jackson Bridge and the Elliot or Embreeville Bridges remaining." [HeraldAndTribune]

Mar 9, 2025:

6 of 14 photos posted by Johnson City Aerial Photography LLC with the comment: "Quick update on the progress of the Highway 81S Nolichucky bridge.  Thank you for your hard work and continued progress on reconnecting this important pathway for many."

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I can't tell yet if it is going to use concrete or steel girders. So the label is a guess.

The destroyed bridge was a UCEB (Ugly Concrete Eyesore Bridges).

Street View, Nov 2023

The predecessor bridge was a truss.

HeraldAndTribune, Contributed/Photo by Hosea Bailey

HeraldAndTribune
A 250' (62m) span fell into the river on Mar 20,1957, after a blast at the nearby River Quarry.

Steel Dam on Rock River and Hennepin Canal Lock #30

Dam: (Satellite)

Lock: (Satellite)

Flood Gate: (Satellite)

John Vize posted two photos with the comment: "The Steel Dam on the Rock River, lock # 30 Milan, Illinois under construction circa:1893 and now. This dam was replaced when it was about 100 years old. This provides water depth between lock 29 and 30 on the Rock River section where I live."

Brian QC: Now I miss my fishing back home lol

Lloyd Scott Hardin shared

Dennis DeBruler: Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fbqVJEZBG2yKvC6n7

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John Vize commented on his post, cropped

Bob Nolen: John Vize This is the actual "Steel Dam" which is only a flood gate. The COE used to open it during floods up until the federal government gave the canal to the state. Another piece of puzzle causing flooding for everyone upstream.

John Vize: Bob Nolen The dam never increased flooding when it was first built. The Mississippi can and does back up all the way over it. You are right about man messing things up. Sea walls everywhere like Rock Island, Milan, Big Island etc. etc. etc.

David Burrell, Sep 2020

clinton boyce, Apr 2022

John Vize posted four photos with the comment: "Then and now on the Hennepin Canal at lock #30, Milan, Illinois."

Lloyd Scott Hardin shared

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27th Street Bridges over Rock River and Hennepin Canal in Moline, IL

(Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; Satellite)

Hennepin Canal Overview

Retro Quad Cities posted
Built in 1904 and replaced in 1938, this is the Moline Rock River bridge (27th Street)

I wonder what the 1938 bridge looked like. I doubt that the current bridge was built in 1938.

Street View, Aug 2019

A comment on the above post by Miles W. Rich explained that the 1904 bridge was high enough to clear barge traffic, but the 1938 bridge had a movable span. There was barge traffic until 1951 because this segment of the river was part of the Hennepin Canal. Specifically, the river was used between Steel Dam and Lock #30 on the west side and Lock #29 on the east side.

Satellite

1856+1906 ?/DL&W Nay Aug Tunnel in Scranton, PA

Western Portal: (Satellite)

Eastern Portal: (Satellite)

I don't know who owns this railroad route today.

Metrotrails posted two photos with the comment:

Then and Now Series: Nay Aug Tunnel seen from a viewing area on Davis Tr

ail, Nay Aug Park in Scranton PA, on our hike, compared to the mid 1900s construction photo at the site, photographer unknown (if you know, please help us to give credit).

The original tunnel was constructed in 1856, and the second, with concrete facing, was added in 1906. The historic photo shows bridge construction at the west portal of the tunnel, over Roaring Brook, likely following the Flood of 1955.

Metrotrails shared

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Part of a then and now compilation found here: https://www.facebook.com/metrotrails/posts/1423337651036102

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LC-D4-11624, D4-11625 [P&P], c1900

TripAdvisor
"Steamtown train entering Nay Aug tunnel "

The route was the DL&W.

1947/57 Scranton Quad @ 24,000

Lost/Nickel and 1921,2000 Million Dollar Bridges in Fairmont, WV

Nickel: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite, the piers are extant.) "Nickel" was the name because the toll was a nickel.

Million Dollar: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite) Also named Robert H. Mollohan and Jefferson Street

Thomas S Miller posted
Passenger station. “Million Dollar Bridge “ in the background. Nickel bridge on the left.

 

Given the tie-bar diagonal members, I presume this was a pin-connected truss.

looking west, wvhistoryonview via ArchivedBridgeHunter_nickel

 

Thomas S Miller posted
[The building by the river was the B&O Depot.]

The Million Dollar Bridge is 1248' (380m) with a span length of 279' (85m). [BridgeHunter]

Street View, Jul 2021