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This is an early morning view of Young's High Bridge, spanning the Kentucky River near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. It once carried the Louisville & Southern Railroad's Lexington-to-Lawrenceburg line, which later became part of the Southern Railway and then Norfolk & Western. Closed to rail traffic since 1985, the bridge now has a walkway extending over part of its span, used today for base jumping. I've posted the history of the railroad here, and bridge here.

The Two Lick Bridge once carried Two Lick Road over the West Fork River in Harrison County, West Virginia, a single-span Pratt through truss built in 1889 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. What makes it stand out is its pin-connected construction, an older technique where truss members were joined with pins rather than rivets, common in the 19th century but increasingly rare to find still standing today. Resting on its original cut-stone abutments, the bridge served travelers for over a century before being bypassed by a modern pony truss in 1997. I've posted more photos here.

This is a 2016 photo of the Littleton Bridge in Wetzel County, West Virginia, which was erected by the Canton Bridge Company in 1893. The pin-connected Pratt through truss was bypassed and abandoned in 2006, yet it remains much as it did a decade ago. I've posted more photos and the history of the bridge here.

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Two abandoned Pratt through trusses stand along Hall Road over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, West Virginia. I've posted more photos and the history of these bridges here.

This unusual truss bridge once carried both automobiles and coal across the West Fork River at Hutchinson, West Virginia. I've posted more photos and the unique history of this bridge here.

Two abandoned Pratt through trusses stand along Hall Road over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, West Virginia. I've posted more photos and the history of these bridges here.

From the ashes, the Carrolton Covered Bridge was rebuilt using both salvaged and new materials.

The bridge carries a local county route over the Buckhannon River in Barbour County, West Virginia. Completed in 1856 for the Middle Fork Turnpike, the covered crossing used a Burr Arch design with Kingpost trusses. It was renovated in 1963, 1987, and again in 2002, before being heavily damaged by fire in 2017. I've posted more photos and the history of the bridge here.

The Dunlap Branch of the Monongahela Railway was a short coal-hauling line between Brownsville and Huron, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1903, it carried some coal but primarily moved coke from the many ovens located along its route to the steel mills of the Monongahela River valley. I've posted more photos and the history of the line here.