Early iron and steel bridges
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Cast iron bridges / ponts de fonte / gusseiserne Brücken
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The Iron Bridge over the River Severn, Shropshire, England, UK (1779)
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The Iron bridge – first cast iron bridge
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Small Chinese Bridge in Alexander Park in Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia (1786)
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Small Chinese Bridge in Alexander Park in Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia (1786)
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Die Eiserne Brücke, Wörlitzer Park, Germany (1791)
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Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland, UK (1796)
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Hohe Brücke, gardens of Charlottenburg palace, Berlin, Germany (1802)
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East Bridge (Dundee), UK (1804)
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Pont des Arts, Paris, France (1804)
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Pont d'Austerlitz, Paris, France (1807)
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Potseluev Bridge, Saint Petersburg, Russia (1808)
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Green bridge, St. Peters- burg, Russia (1806/1907)
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Red Bridge, St. Peters- burg, Russia (1813/1953)
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Pevchesky Bridge (Yellow bridge), Saint Petersburg, Russia (1840)
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Blue Bridge (97.3 m wide), Saint Petersburg, Russia (1844)
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Tickford Bridge, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England (1810)
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Craigellachie bridge, near Aberlour, Moray, Scotland, UK (1814)
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Waterloo Bridge, Betws y Coed, Wales, UK (1815)
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Ha'penny Bridge over River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland (1816)
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Cantlop Bridge, Berrington, Shropshire, UK (1818)
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Coalport Bridge, Coalport, Telford, England (1818)
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Aldford Iron Bridge over river Dee, Cheshire, England, UK (1824)
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Friedrichsbrücke, Berlin (1823)
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Windsor bridge, Berkshire, England, UK (1824)
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Mythe Bridge, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK (1826)
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Holt Fleet Bridge, Holt, Worcestershire, England, UK (1828)
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Southwark Bridge, London, UK (1828)
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Galton bridge, Smethwick, West Midlands, England, UK (1829)
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Pont du Carrousel, Pairs, France (1834)
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Pont Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg, France (1841)
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Pont Polonceau, Bourguignon-lès-Conflans, France (1849)
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Neumagen Bridge, Staufen im Breisgau, Germany (1844)
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Railroad Bridge in Nevers, France (1850)
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Puente de Isabel II, Sevilla (1852)
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Bridge in Central Park, New York City, USA (post 1858)
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Albert Edward Bridge across River Severn, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England (1864)
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Pont d’El Kantara, Constantine, Algeria (1865) (later replaced by concrete bridge)
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Pont de Sully, Paris, France (1877)
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Friedrichsbrücke, Berlin (1886)
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Pont de l’Île Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France (1905)
Wrought iron bridges / ponts de fer / schmiedeeiserne Brücken
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Forestville State Park Bridge, Minnesota, USA (1849)
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Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait, Wales (140 m) (1850)
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Britannia Bridge wrought iron section
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Whipple Truss Bridge, Schenectady, New York, USA (1855)
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Grosshesseloher Bruecke, Munich, Germany (1857)
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Royal Albert railway bridge, Plymouth, Devon/Cornwall, UK (1859)
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Dombrücke, Cologne, Germany (1859)
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Skeppsholmsbron, Stockholm, Sweden (1861)
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Gamle Bybru (Old Town Bridge, draw bridge), Trondheim, Norway (1861)
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Westminster Bridge, London (1862)
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Railway bridge over Bharathapuzha River, Kerala, India, (1867)
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Blackfriars Bridge, London (1869)
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White Water Creek Bridge, Whitewater Township, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA (1868)
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Sixth Street Railroad Bridge over Ohio River, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA (1869, 1871, 1914)
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The Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge, Savage, Maryland, USA (1869)
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Stadlauer Staatsbahn- brücke, Wien, Austria (1870)
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Wells Creek Bollman Bridge, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, USA (1871)
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International Bridge, Niagara River, USA/Canada (1873)
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Fremont Mill Bridge, Anamosa, Iowa, USA (1873)
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Bridge in Nicholson Township, Pennsylvania, USA (1876)
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Eveland Bridge over Des Moines River near Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA (1876)
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Swing bridge at Mainz- Zollhafen, Germany (1877)
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Tay Rail Bridge, Scotland (1878)
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Tay Bridge after the collapse of 28-12-1879
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Tay Bridge (1887)
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Ponte Maria Pia, Porto, Portugal (1877)
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Alte Ottmer-Brücke, Braunschweig, Germany (1880)
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Kirchenfeld bridge, Berne, Switzerland (1883)
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Garabit viaduct, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Massif Central, France (1884)
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Ponte Dom Luís I; Porto, Portugal (1886)
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Calhoun Street Bridge, Trenton, New Jersey, USA (1884)
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KY 2541 Bridge, Greenup, Kentucky, USA (1884)
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19th Street Bridge Denver, Colorado, USA (1888)
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Pont du général de la Motte-Rouge, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France (1885)
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Theodor-Heuss-Brücke, Mainz - Wiesbaden, Germany (1885 + 1950)
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Footbridge in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK (1888)
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Pont San Michele, Padorno d'Adda, Italy (1889)
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Hackerbrücke, Munich, Germany (1894)
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Albert Bridge, Belfast, Northern Ireland (1890)
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Blaues Wunder, Dresden, Germany (146 m) (1893)
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Levensauer High Bridge over Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal/Kiel Canal), Germany (1893)
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Railway bridge over river Rhine, Eglisau, Zurich, Switzerland (1897) (later replaced by steel girder)
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Viaduto Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Miguel Pereira, Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1897)
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Bridge over river Allier, Dallet, Puy-de-Dôme, France (1899)
Steel bridges / ponts d'acier / Stahlbrücken
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Culemborg railroad bridge, Netherlands (1868)
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Eads Bridge (steel), St. Louis, Missouri, USA (1874)
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Cisco Bridges across Fraser River, near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada (~1885)
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Kingsland Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK (1881)
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Kinzua Bridge, Pennsylvania, USA (1882)
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Niagara Cantilever Bridge, USA-Canada (1883)
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Smithfield Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (1883)
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Smithfield Street Bridge, detail of the ironwork
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Poughkeepsie Bridge over Hudson River, New York, USA (1889)
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Lansdowne Bridge, Pakistan (1889)
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Forth Bridge, Scotland (1890)
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Malleco Viaduct, Chile (1890)
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Pont Lafayette, Lyon, France (1890)
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Frisco Bridge, Memphis, TN, USA (1892)
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Stoney Creek Bridge, CPR, Revelstoke / Golden, BC, Canada (1893)
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Anghel Saligny Bridge, Rumania (1895)
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Pont Mirabeau, Paris, France (1896)
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Pont Faidherbe, Saint Louis, Sénégal (1897)
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Novosibirsk Rail Bridge, Russia (1897)
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Müngsten Bridge, near Solingen, Germany (1897)
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Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA (1890s)
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Szabadság híd (Liberty Bridge), Budapest, Hungary (175 m) (1896)
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Kornhausbrücke, Berne, Switzerland (1898)
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Upper Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara River, USA-Canada (1898)
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Krasnoyarsk railroad bridge, Russia (1899)
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Goteik Viaduct, Myanmar (1900)
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Kinzua steel bridge, Pennsylvania, USA (1900)
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France (1900)
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Rochefort-Martrou transporter bridge, France (1900)
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Viaduc du Viaur, Tanus, Tarn, France (220 m) (1902)
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Pont de l'Université, Lyon, France (1903)
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Victoria Falls Bridge, Zambesi River, Zimbabwe / Zambia (1905)
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Vauxhall Bridge, London, UK (1907)
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Andreyevsky Bridge's steel arch on Pushkinsky Pedestrian Bridge, Moscow, Russia (1907/2000)
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Svatopluk Čech Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic (1908)
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Quebec Bridge, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec City, Canada (1907, prior to crumbling)
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CSX Bridge over Grand River, Painesville, Ohio, USA (1908)
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Wujiazhai Bridge, Yunnan, China (1908)
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Queensboro Bridge, New York City, USA (1909)
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Lethbridge Viaduct, Alberta, Canada (1909)
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Viaduc des Fades, Sauret-Besserve / Les Ancizes-Comps, Puy-de-Dôme, France (1909)
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Pont de Cassagne, Ligne de Cerdagne, Pyrénées-Orientales, France (1910)
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Pont du Petit Parc, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France (1911)
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Hohenzollernbrücke, Cologne, Germany (1911)
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Sanaga bridge, Edea, Cameroun (1911)
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Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge, Saint Petersburg, Russia (1911)
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Luokou Yellow River railway bridge, Jinan, Shandong, China (1912)
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Rendsburg High Bridge (with ferry bridge underneath), Kiel Canal, Germany (40 m) (1913)
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Puente de Requejo/Puente de Pino, Pino - Villadepera, Zamora, Spain (1914)
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Euphrates bridge on Baghdad Railway (1915)
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Hell Gate Bridge, New York, NY, USA (1916)
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Quebec Bridge, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec City, Canada (549 m) (1907/1917)
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Quebec Bridge 1917
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Sciotoville Bridge, Ohio River, USA (1917)
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Trans-Siberian Railroad, Ural, Russia (photo by en:Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky)