C&O Canal Locks #2, #3 and #4 in Georgetown Washington, DC and Lock #5

From east to west:

#2: (Satellite)

#3: (Satellite)

Georgetown Visitor Center

#4: (Satellite)

Trail/B&O Bridge: (Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

#5: (Satellite)

C&O Canal Overview

Locks 2-4 are one block apart. The locks still have their gates.

Lock #2

In the background is Lock #3 framed by the 30th Street Bridge.

Street View, Apr 2014

Lock #3

In the background is Lock #4 framed by the Thomas Jefferson Street NW Bridge.

Street View, Dec 2024

Metrotrails posted
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Lock 3, at 30the Street Bridge, Georgetown, Washington DC

Lock #4

There appears to be a canal boat docked at the other end of the block.

Street View, Dec 2022

Indeed, there is a canal boat offering rides. Lock #4 is in the background of this view.

Street View, Nov 2022

Lock #5

I added Lock #5 when I found the canal boat to see how long the canal ride could be. Lock #5 is far enough away that the ride probably doesn't go that far. So once locks 2-4 lifted the canal out of the Rock Creek Valley, the canal could remain level for a good distance by adjusting how close it was to the Potomac River.

Caesar Rana, Dec 2020

1909 Capital Crescent Trail/B&O Bridge

I found this while looking for Lock #5.

Alex PennCove Tucker, Dec 2022

The main span crosses the C&O Canal and its towpath. The towpath is now a trail. The tree in the canal implies that the boat rides don't go this far.

2019 photo by Patrick Gurwell via BridgeHunter

The B&O bridge is pin connected.

2013 photo by Andy Peters via BridgeHunter

The trail repurposes the B&O railroad route to Georgetown.

1951/51 Washington West Quad @ 24,000

1871 Potter's Covered Bridge 14-29-01 over West Fork White River at Noblesville, IN

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2016

2005 photo by Linda Daffron via BridgeHunter

2020 photo by David Case via BridgeHunter

Bruce InCharlotte, Jul 2024
[I could not find a photo of the other side.]

Brock Willis Photography, Jan 2020

2026 Flood

I wish they got a view of the upstream side so that we can see how much debris was in the water. Maybe the debris got flushed down the river before it got this high.

Meteorologist Ryan Morse posted

An aerial perspective of the historic flooding in Noblesville, IN. Water has risen all the way up to Potter's Bridge. The White River hit a record crest this evening in this area, breaking the 1913 flood water levels. [I recognise the 1913 flood as the one that destroyed both of Ohio's canals.]

Video is courtesy of Robert Jones

The park did its job and acted as a floodplain. The river level is a little lower in this video. This, and other reports, indicate the bridge survived  the flood.

WISH-TV posted

The Hamilton County Parks & Recreation Department on the morning of Aug. 15, 2026, said its 156-year-old covered bridge, Potter's Bridge, north of Noblesville, Indiana, has survived the record flooding along the White River. "Our bridge is a testament to a community that is facing hardship and unprecedented events."

Video from Justin Brammer

Allen Patterson: The fact that this bridge is still standing is a tribute to the 1998 restoration engineer and covered bridge expert Jim Barker from Bloomington. He is a nationally renouned expert and also responsible for Hamilton County getting the Bell Ford Bridge. If this had happened prior to 1998 the Potters Bridge would have been gone.

Bridges over Great Miami River in Hamilton, OH

1859: (no Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1899: (no Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

post-1913: (no Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1859-98 Bridge

Ella Walker posted
Columbia Bridge Hamilton, County, ohio 1858

1899-1913 Bridge

via BridgeHunter_1899

View of traveler via BridgeHunter_1899

Post 1913 to 1965 Bridge

This bridge was replaced by the Pershing Ave. Bridge.

Postcard via BridgeHunter_post-1913

1885,1973,1998 Watson Mill Covered Bridge is the Longest in Georgia

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; HAER; Satellite)

HAER GA-140-5
5. Elevation, east southeast 110 degrees. - Watson Mill Bridge, Spanning South Fork Broad River, Watson Mill Road, Watson Mill Bridge State Park, Comer, Madison County, GA

"Significance: The Watson Mill Bridge is the longest of sixteen surviving covered bridges in the state of Georgia, and one of four surviving covered bridges attributed to Washington W. King, son of prominent bridge builder and former slave Horace King. The bridge has been restored as the focal point of the Watson Mill Bridge State Park." [HAER_data]

The above view is of the upstream side because the dam in the photo below makes it obvious that this is the downstream side.

Tim Sanders, Jun 2021

Mark Krancer posted 15 photos with the comment: "One of the most picturesque state parks in Georgia, Watson Mill Bridge contains the longest covered bridge in the state, spanning 229 feet [70m] across the South Fork River. Built in 1885 by Washington (W.W.) King, son of freed slave and famous covered-bridge builder Horace King, the bridge is supported by a town lattice truss system held firmly together with tree nails. At one time, Georgia had more than 200 covered bridges; today, less than 20 remain."

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2009 photo by Frank Mills via BridgeHunter

Digitally Zoomed

Morgan Whaley, Feb 2021

HAER GA-140-13
13. Panel detail, northside.

1910-? GM&O Bridge over Big Muddy River at Murphysboro,IL

(Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Photo from Jackson County Historical Society via BridgeHunter

Andrew Waldo posted

Big Muddy River, Illinois: Deck Plate Girder/Through Truss Bridge 554-A over Big Muddy River, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. This Deck Plate Girder-Through Truss-Deck Plate Girder Bridge 554-A over Big Muddy River brought the M&O mainline into Murphysboro. It replaced a predecessor bridge that had been disassembled, transported, and reassembled in 1915 as an overgrade crossing of the Meridian & Memphis RR at Meridian, Mississippi. The bridge pictured here was built in 1911-1912 and photographed on 8 May 1916.

Credit: National Archives & Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Illinois. Digital Image Collection of Andrew Waldo.

1949 Alto Pass Quad @ 62,500 and 1968 Murphysboro Quad @ 24,000

1924 Baxter and 1924-1999 Loyall Bridges over Cumberland River in Harlan County, KY

Baxter: (Archived Bridge Hutner; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; HAER; Satellite)

Loyall: (Archived Bridge Hutner; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Both of these bridges used the Baltimore truss design.

Baxter Bridge

Technically, this bridge is over Martins Fork because the Confluence of the Cumberland River is a few hundred feet downstream from here.

Street View, Oct 2015

2010 photo by Calvin Sneed via BridgeHunter_baxter

Marvin Meyers posted
The old bridge in Baxter Kentucky. In Harlan County Kentucky.

RoadSites, 1 of 4 photos on this webpage
"A closer inspection reveals the overtaking of the bridge deck by the elements, mainly moss in this case. Photo taken by Lee Caudill."

1924-1999 Loyall Bridge

Marvin Meyers posted
The old Loyall Kentucky Bridge. Located in Harlan County Kentucky
HAER KY,48-LOY,1--1
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE - Kentucky Route 840 Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Loyall, Harlan County, KY

"Significance: The Kentucky Route 840 Bridge is the longest of six Baltimore Pettit trusses built in Kentucky, and the best example of the three bridges built by the Vincennes Bridge Company in Harlan County in 1924" [HAER_data]

HAER KY,48-LOY,1--3
3. VIEW OF INTERIOR WEB, LOOKING WEST

Both Bridges

This two bridges carried US-119 before it was rebuilt to stay north of the Cumberland River.

1954/56 Harlan Quad @ 24,000