This is a list of bridges 1,201 through 1,300 (of 1,437 total) from the suspension bridge inventory for the country USA. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
There was an interesting saga regarding this bridge's dismantling and reconstruction at Bridgeville. Shirley Gundlach thought he had purchased the bridge from Humboldt County and proceeded to dismantle and move the bridge to Bridgeville. After he dismantled and moved the bridge, he was informed that multiple bids were being accepted and considered and he was not the high bidder. On August 14, 1962, Mr. Gundlach worked out a deal with the high bidder to take ownership of the bridge. The comedy of the situation was not lost on the locals. The August 11, 1962 edition of the Eureka Humboldt Standard ran an article that started:
"Humboldt County has some loose bridgework today -- suspension type. It's not really missing, because everyone knows where it is, but the old bridge over the Mattole River near Petrolia isn't there any more, despite the fact the county hasn't actually sold it yet. The 'fiasco' as one county official termed it, boils down to the fact a man apparently thought he had purchased the ancient structure, had it torn down and moved, then discovered no one in county circles would admit to having given him the go-ahead. Removal of the bridge gave one supervisor, Melvin Bareilles, quite a start last Sunday when he journeyed to the Mattole to look the structure over and see if the purchaser was getting a good deal. When he got there the abutments were bare, so to speak. Bareilles' interest in the condition of the bridge stems from the fact the chagrined 'purchaser' is his brother-in-law, Shirley Gundlach of Bridgeville. Removal came as a complete surprise to him, he claims. Supervisor Elwyn L. Lindley within whose district the bridge is supposed to be located, did a 'double-take' on the bridge in Ferndale last Saturday. As he was walking down the main street of Ferndale with his wife, she noted a dismantled structure going by on a truck and commented it appeared a gas well drilling rig was being hauled away. Lindley gave it a glance and started to walk on, but then did the double-take and knew immediately it was the old bridge, with which he has been familiar since boyhood days. Charles Shaller, director of public works, says he gave no go-ahead to remove the bridge. However, he admits he 'sold' Gundlach the idea of obtaining the structure for access to subdivision land on the Van Duzen River. 'I've been trying to get rid of that old bridge for the past four years, and hadn't been able to do it anywhere,' he commented. 'I guess if any blame has to be laid on someone, it will have to be me, although I cautioned Gundlach not to remove the bridge until it was sold as required under the law.'"
Listed as vehicular bridge due to "Jeep Bridge" notation on some topographical maps accompanying a footbridge symbol. The bridge appears to have been large enough to handle light vehicular traffic.
The May 9, 1984 edition of the Mountain Democrat and El Dorado News newspaper (Placerville, California) has a photo of this bridge with caption: "One of the old wooden suspension bridges that span the South Fork of the American River east of Whitehall is being replaced with a new I-beam bridge. The old bridge, built in the 1940s by Walter Forbas, was simply wearing out, according to Joe Rogers, who acquired the property in 1979 along with a partner, Gary Mahloch. The old bridge, built before rebars were available, had been beefed up with Model A frames. The new bridge will be 116 feet long and 12 feet wide and should be completed in about 45 days, said Rogers. The I-bars, two for each side bolted together, will be the base of the bridge. They will be covered with wooden planks and the sides will be of wrought iron."
The bridge pictured here appears to be similar to, but distinct from other Willow Creek vicinity bridges in the Bridgemeister inventory. The bridge does not match the bridges in images of the Salyer and Hawkins Bar bridges. The description on the reverse of this photo is: "Over Trinity River near Willow Creek, Cal. between Arcata and Redding. Nov. 21, 1951." Arcata and Redding are 141 miles apart, so that information is not helpful except to reinforce that the bridge was along the modern-day CA-299 corridor near Willow Creek. This bridge is likely no longer in existence.
Scheduled for reconstruction starting April 2008. According to an article in the March 24, 2008 issue of The Durango Herald: "The wood support frames will be replaced with steel while the railing and deck will be replaced with a wood polymer such as Trex, which is made of recycled plastic and wood fibers."
Large industrial structure. According to the August 22, 2005 U.S. Coast Guard press release on the demolition: "The suspended conveyor bridge is approximately 26 feet wide, 400 feet in length, and has a vertical clearance of 130 feet. It is located in an industrial area approximately 15 miles south of downtown Chicago on the old Acme Steel and Heckett Slag properties."
121st Engineer Battalion (CBT) of the Maryland Army National Guard (Companies B and C)
Use:
Footbridge
Status:
In use (last checked: 2016)
Main Cables:
Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:
1
Notes:
One of two similar bridges in this park. This one has a plaque "Allegany Bridge."
Al Schweizer, the operations officer for the project, wrote: "The bridge panels (that portion between the vertical suspender cables attached to the main cables) were prefabricated with deck beams, decking, sway braces, handrails. They were trolleyed across the river since we were not allowed to get into the river. The bridges were erected by Company B from Cumberland, Maryland and Company C from Oakland, Maryland. The erection, to include the forming and pouring of the deadmen cable supports, abutments, towers, cable installation (2” diameter) and all the decking took just two weeks! DNR added the lattice because of children crawling on the bridge."
Carried Richardson Highway across Bear Creek circa 1930's and earlier.
Alaska Digital Archives identifier UAF-2003-63-179 shows a very similar (or the same) suspension bridge as crossing Sheep Creek on the Valdez Trail but they also note a potential discrepancy with another image in the archive that labels the bridge as carrying the Richardson Highway.
Asymmetrical bridge with one tower much taller than the other. The larger tower appears to have been added in 2003 when the bridge was rebuilt following an August 2002 collapse due to a rusted cable. A sign on the current bridge reads "Blaney Bridge, Engineered by Colin Blaney, 2003," but there has been a suspension bridge at this location since before 2003. Follow the photo showing the damaged bridge for more information.
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources posted an advisory, effective February 28, 2005, that this bridge was closed until further notice. This is likely a temporary closing.
Located approximately 23 miles east of Lowell near the junction of Boulder Creek and the Lochsa River.
According to an article in the September 13, 2007 edition of the Latah Eagle (Latah County, Idaho): "The suspension bridge that crosses Boulder Creek at Wilderness Gateway Campground 49 miles east of Kooskia, Idaho, off U.S. Highway 12 will be permanently closed Friday, September 14, due to structural weakness discovered recently on a routine engineering review."
Welles Lobb writes: "Bob Brugmann, my best friend from high school, was attempting to cross an older damaged version of the bridge on July 4, 1973 during a flood when he was swept to death in the raging waters. Bob was 17, a brilliant budding environmentalist, and was attempting a southbound thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail the time of his accident. Later, the Green Mountain Club (a hiking organization) rebuilt the bridge and dedicated it to my late friend."
Black Eagle Dam - Wikipedia. From the article (retrieved 2021): "A 200-foot-long (61 m), 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) pedestrian suspension bridge ran from the bluffs above each powerhouse over the river." However, historic images of the bridge show it wa significantly longer with main and side spans of roughly 400 and 200 feet respectively.
Later at same location Goodwin Dam - Jamestown, California, USA. Coordinates given here are for approximate location of this bridge which appeared to be slightly further downstream from Goodwin Dam as the present day (2020) suspension bridge.
See Alaska Digital Archives identifiers UAF-2003-63-255 and UAF-2003-63-256 for photos of this bridge from the Walter W. Hodge Papers collection dated 1925-1948.
This is a different bridge than the better-known Delaware crossing between Barryville and Shohola, Pennsylvania. The Halfway Brook bridge was a short, squat suspension bridge with stone towers, probably not longer than 75 feet.
Flickr - Puente de hamaca. Photo of the bridge from 1961, posted in 2007. Translation of description: "In the Honduras neighborhood, the old hammock bridge is located. It was in use in the 1940s. It was repaired at a cost of $15,000.00. The communication between the Toíta neighborhoods of Cayey and Honduras, of Cidra, was established across this bridge. After the heavy rains of January 5, 1992, the bridge was out of use. The waters of the Río La Plata washed away half of it. Although it was incredible to many, the water level managed to reach to the bridge, collapsing part of it."
