Lost Bridge #20 over Welland Canal in Port Colborne, ON.

Lift: (Satellite)

Swing: (Satellite)

These bridges are (swing) and was (lift) on the Welland Canal.

John Greggio posted nine photos with the comment: "The Canadian National Railway Bridge (Bridge 20) Being Decommissioned 1997."

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The swing bridge:

Street View, May 2025

Barry Westhouse commented on John's post
An approach span consisting of a CN swing bridge on the west side of the canal remains in place, Bridge 21 (Clarence St) in the background. - I believe CSL Whitefish Bay is also in my photo - July 2018.

1914 Lift and Truss Bridges over Barge and Enlarged Erie Canals in Medina, NY

Prospect Lift: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Glenwood Truss: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Horan Truss: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Erie Canal Overview

The Barge Canal used the same route as the Erie Canal through Medina.

Prospect Lift Bridge

Looking East:

2009 Photo by James Baughn via BridgeHunter_prospect

Looking West:

Richard Torbett, Sep 2022

Dane Kantner, May 2018

Glenwood Truss Bridge

Street View, Aug 2025

They must drain the canal in the Winter.

2020 Photo by Josh Schmid via BridgeHunter_glenwood, cropped

1914 is in the transition period between pin connected and riveted gussets. Most bridge designers choose one method or the other. These trusses used both.

Street View, Aug 2025

2009 Photo by James Baughn via BridgeHunter_glenwood, cropped

Horan Truss Bridge

Street View, Jun 2023

Josh was also intrigued by the hybrid pin-connected and rivet-gusseted design.

2020 Photo by Josh Schmid via BridgeHunter_horan

I learned of this bridge from photos of the Medina Falls and Erie Canal Aqueduct.

Max Wang, Aug 2021

Lost Chadwick Street Bridge

Craig Lacy posted
The Chadwick Street bridge east of Medina connecting State Street to Horan Road seen in 1913.  This bridge was removed and another relocated further west as part of the barge canal project.  A typical  Whipple type bridge.

Lost Church Street Bridge

Craig Lacy posted three images with the comment:

A few views of the "Big Bend" or Medina Loop as seen from the tower of White's Hotel looking east and the Church Street Bridge looking west sometime prior to 1913.  The Church Street bridge and much of the embankment seen disappeared during the Barge Canal expansion.

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Basin

Craig Lacy posted
One of the "Fruit Express" boats is docked in Medina's basin.  White's Hotel with its 70 foot [21.3m] high clock tower located on North Main Street is in the background. The hotel burned in 1923.

1902,1983 CPKC/KCS/GWWR/GM&O Lift Bridge over Illinois River at Pearl, IL

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

GWWR = Gateway Western Railroad

After writing this blog for more than a decade, I'm still finding bridges over the Illinois River.

The 1180' (360m) long bridge has a 425' (130m) lift span. The lift span was added in 1978. [Archived Bridge Hunter]

Or was it 1982-83 per Barbara's commented below. I think it was 1983.

Street View, Jul 2016

2007 photo by Nathan Morton vai ArchivedBridgeHunter

This original 1885 pin-connected truss was relocated to Minnesota. [Archived Bridge Hunter]

Street View, May 2025

Barbara Donovan posted 16 photos with the comment: "1982-83 the removal of the turnstile bridge at Pearl Landing and putting new span in."

DaVe Durham shared with the comment: "Pearl/Grand pass."

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I think the crane was on a barge so it could have stayed above the flood.

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To resolve the conflict of when the lift span was installed, 1978 vs. 1982-83, I researched the flooding of the Illinois River. I found data for Valley City, which is upstream from Perl, IL; and data for Hardin, which is downstream. I'm surprised how different they are. Late 1982 does show up as above Major Flood Stage in the Hardin record.

Valley City:

FloodStageBook, p77

Hardin:

FloodStageBook, p79

I got more Google search results for 1982 than I did for 1978. But some of the results for 1982 were in the Spring rather than in the Winter. It appears that 1982 impacted the tributaries more than the Illinois River itself.

Chart via USGS

Some comments agree that this was in 1982. This is at the Spencerville Covered Bridge. But this was in northeastern Indiana. I guess it does show that there was a lot of rain in the area.

Mary Hollabough Diehl posted

The year of the flood.   Look at the water level!! 

I remember this day like it was yesterday.  Walked down with my dad and he snapped this picture of me.  

Need help with exact year?   1982 ???  

(Photo Credit: Ted A. Hollabaugh)

This report does indicate that there was a flood during December 2-12, 1982. That correlates with Barbara's construction photos. Illinois also had flooding Winter-Spring 1982.

Soon after I published, I found confirmation that the flood started in Dec 2, 1982.

1954,2003 Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge at Jersey City, NJ

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

Lincoln Highway Overview

This 1480' (451m) long bridge has a main span of 222' (68m). [BridgeHunter]

It carries Truck US-1 + US-9.

This view is from the Pulaski Skyway.

Street View, Oct 2021

Zsuzsanna Újvári, May 2023

That would be Manhatton in the left background.

Street View, Jun 2025

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