History and Development of Steel Railway Bridges - Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges - page 12

TABLE 1.3 (continued)
Notable Iron and Steel Simple Truss Span Railway Bridges Constructed during 1823-1907

Location Railroad Engineer Year Completed Type Material L (ft)

Schuylkill River Pennsylvania J.H. Linville 1861 Whipple Cast and wrought iron 192

Steubenville, OH Pennsylvania J.H. Linville 1863 Murphy-Whipple Cast and wrought iron 320

Mauch Chunk, PA Lehigh Valley J.W. Murphy 1863 — Wrought iron —

Liverpool, UK London and

Northwestern

W. Baker 1863 — Iron 305

Blackfriar's
Bridge, UK

— Kennard 1864 Lattice Iron —

Orival, France Western — ∼ 1865 Lattice Iron 167

Various B&O S.S. Post 1865 Post Iron —

Lockport, IL Chicago and Alton S.S. Post ∼ 1865 Post Cast and wrought iron —

Schuylkill River Connecting Railway

of Philadelphia

J.H. Linville 1865 Linville Wrought iron —

Dubuque, IA Chicago, Burlington,

and Quincy

J.H. Linville 1868 Linville Wrought iron 250

Quincy, IA Chicago, Burlington,

and Quincy

T.C. Clarke 1868 — Cast and wrought iron 250

Kansas City
(Hannibal) (1),
MO

Chicago, Burlington,
and Quincy

J.H. Linville and
O. Chanute

1869 — Iron 234

Louisville, KY B&O A. Fink 1869 Subdivided Warren and Fink Wrought iron 390

Parkersburg and
Benwood, WV

B&O J.H. Linville 1870 Bollman Iron 348

St. Louis, MO North Missouri C. Shaler Smith 1871 — Iron 250

Atcheson Various — 1875 Whipple Iron 260

Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Southern J.H. Linville and

L.F.G. Bouscaren

1876 Linville Wrought iron 515