Black Hawk Bridge in Lansing is no more. Crews imploded the middle and eastern spans today. Highlights on that here: bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/b...

Bye Bye, Blackhawk Bridge LANSING, IOWA- After 94 years of presenting the town of Lansing with structural beauty, characterized by its noisy steel grate when crossing it, and lastly, providing photographers with some unique shots, the Black Hawk Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River, is…

2025 Bridgehunter Awards: Best Bridge Tour Guide International The 1905 Stoneferry Bridge in Hull. Source: OpenBridges website 2025 Bridgehunter Awards The next set of candidates in the 2025 Bridgehunter Awards are those in the category Best Bridge Tour Guide International. There we have…

2025 Bridgehunter Awards: Profiling Best Kept Secret Individual Bridges River Carnard BAB near LaSalle, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Rick McOmber This year's Bridgehunter Awards has some unique candidates stemming from as many as 20 countries around the globe. One will find many rare examples in this…

Historic Rails-to-Trails Bridge in Scotland Partially Collapses Here are a couple videos showing the collapsed spans of the bridge built in 1886 but was recently restored for trail use. Its future is in doubt: We'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you some updates.....…

2025 Bridgehunter Awards: Voting Underway Iron Bridge in Frankfurt After some considerable delays due to non-bridge-related commitments, voting is now officially underway for the 2025 Bridgehunter Awards by the Bridgehunter's Chronicles. In 10 categories, you will have a chance to vote on your…

Postcard Friday Nr. 85

Best Kept Secret: Harris Railroad-turned Driveway Bridge in Ohio Mike Tewksberry brought this bridge up to the attention of the pontists recently. With his permission, I've posted this story and pictures for you to read about: The 'Harris' RR Bridge from the Duckbill Farm in Whipple, Ohio. Owner…

The Covered Bridge and Mill Race Park The history of Mill Race Park gives this landscape a deeper resonance. The park sits at the confluence of the Flat Rock and Driftwood rivers, on land once known as “Death Valley” for its poverty, substandard housing, and chronic flooding. After the city began…

Arlington Bridge in Brisbane, AUS

BHC Pic of the Week Nr. 346 Also, our 250th Mystery Bridge! In Saxony and parts of Thuringia, one will find many towns whose streams run parallel to the road. Constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, these waterways were designed to tame the flow of water while better capturing the run-off.…

In Memory of David Brussat The Architectural World and Bridge Community lost a true columnist in David Brussat. He wrote many pieces pertaining to historic bridges and other terms of architecture that can be connected with bridges. He was an advocate for rebuilding the Francis Scott Bridge to its…

What to do with a Historic Bridge: Arlington Viaduct in Winnipeg, Canada As a follow up on the bridge tour guide of Winnipeg, here's a look at an endangered TRUSS candidate, the Arlington Viaduct spanning the railroad yard. Link: 🌉 BHC

The Bridges of Winnipeg, Canada Esplanade Riel Footbridge . Source: ajs via wiki Commons Our next bridge tour guide takes us to Winnipeg in Canada. Located 75km North of the US border, the capital and largest city in Manitoba is located along the Red River of the North at the junction with the…

BHC Pic of the Week Nr. 345 Also Mystery Bridge Nr. 249 The second to last bridge tour guide before we start our voting process with the 2025 Bridgehunter Awards takes us to Chemnitz. With a population of 255,000 inhabitants, Chemnitz is the third largest city in Saxony and has been holding the…

Rhode Island’s Lone Covered Bridge

Deadline for entries for the 2025 Bridgehunter Awards extended to December 5th at 11 59pm Chicago time. wp.me/P5S92p-1h

Detroit Bridge in Salford Quays, England 🌉BHC

Postcard Friday Nr. 84 Eric Johannsen posted this postcard in one of the facebook pages, Remembering Okoboji, and with his green light, I am presenting this as this week's Postcard Friday feature. The bridge featured here is the Okoboji Bridge, spanning the strait connecting East and West Lake…

Hyde Hall Bridge in New York Turns 200 A look at the history of this unique bridge as it turns two centuries old.

A Unique Port Bridge in England

BHC Pic of the Week Nr. 344 After touring Frankfurt, bridge by bridge, it's time to return to the weekly features of BHC's Pic of the Week. Winter is here, both in the US as well as in Europe and with that, it's time to feature some winter photos of the bridges, regardless of where. We're taking a…

Kuching Pedestrian Bridge in Malaysia Seven Days Left! Deadline: December 1st at 11:59pm Chicago Time. Voting will proceed afterwards.

Montgomery Vermont’s Iconic Covered Bridges

Postcard Friday Nr. 83 Source: Vernon Mesler Collection Going back to the collection of fellow pontist Vernon Mesler, we have this bridge in Corvallis, Oregon, whose features matches that of the (now extant) Van Buren Street Bridge. The postcard dates to 1917, four years after the completion of…

BHC Pic of the Week: The Bridges of Frankfurt, Germany- The Iron Bridge (Eisernsteg) The last bridge on the photo tour is the one I saved for last- literally! It's one of the most popular structures in Frankfurt and one that can be seen in nine out of ten postcards, let alone in many books on…

The Bridges of Amsterdam Skinny Bridge: One of the more popular of Amsterdam's bridges. Source: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons When I think of Amsterdam, the capital and largest city in the Netherlands, this bridge is one of the first structures that come to mind. The Skinny Bridge is…

Queen City Bridge’s Treasure

Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, Canada

Important reminder: bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/the-othmar-h... You have two weeks left to submit your entries for this year's Bridgehunter Awards by the Bridgehunter's Chronicles. Click here to learn more and submit your entries. Voting begins after the entries are in on December 1st.

BHC Pic of the Week- The Bridges of Frankfurt, Germany- Untermainbrücke In the previous post, I showed you the postcard of the Untermainbrücke in its original form from 1872-4. To view its history up to World War II, you can click on the window below: This post is the second part in the story…

The Bridges of Frankfurt/Main, Germany- Pocket Guide Flößerbrücke spanning the River Main with Frankfurt's skyline. Photo taken in October 2025 while on a night boat tour This tour guide shows you the bridges and dams that you can find in Frankfurt, Germany. Located on the River Main, the…

Postcard Friday Nr. 82 Postcard. Public Domain For the first time in a month, we are back to featuring Postcards on Friday. And this postcard feature is in connection with another bridge we are featuring in the series on the bridges in Frankfurt. Frankfurt has produced many postcards of the finest…

A look at the (now destroyed) Carroll Road Bridge in Maryland: historicbridges.org/bridges/brow...

BHC Pic of the Week Series- The Bridges of Frankfurt, Germany: Alte Brücke The next bridge in the series on Frankfurt takes us to this bridge. From my perspective, the bridge serves as a perfect spot for a photo opportunity taken in the day time as well as night. Slide the photos above to see the…

High Viaduct in Sichuan, China Collapses Source: Highest Bridges.com Motorway Bridge Collapses due to Landslide, months after its opening. No Casualties SICHUAN, CHINA- Mother nature and potential design flaws contributed to a collapse of one of the highest motorway viaducts in southwestern China…

The Bridges of Porto, Portugal Ponte de Maria Pia. Photo taken by Joseolgon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons As a follow-up to yesterday's guest post on the Dom Luis I Bridge, we have the rest of the bridges one has to see while visiting the second largest city in Portugal. Porto has over…

Dom Luis Bridge in Porto, Portugal As a bonus, there is a walking tour video and a video on its history and other interesting features: