Fort Laramie NHS Bridge over North Platte Wyoming

New Richmond Michigan PA210011 Kalamazoo River Bridge

The King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company was a late-19th-century bridge building company located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded by Zenas King (1818–1892) in 1858 and subsequently managed by his sons, James A. King and Harry W. King and then his grandson, Norman C. King, until the mid-1920s. Many of the bridges built by the company were used during America's expansion west in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and some of these bridges are still standing today.

Remaining examples

*Pyeatt's Mill Bridge AKA "Boner Bridge" (1869, Restored 2010), Little Pigeon River in Warrick County, Indiana * Crum Road Bridge (1875), Walkersville, Maryland * Skunk River Bridge (1876), Story County, Iowa. Originally located over the Skunk River in

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, moved southeast of

Ames, Iowa Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medici ...

in 1916. Vacated in 1990, and NRHP-listed in 1998. * Marmaton Bridge (1878),

Fort Scott, Kansas Fort Scott is a city in and the county seat of Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,552. It is named for Gen. Winfield Scott. The city is located south of Kansas City on the Marmaton ...

, 1 mile NE of Fort Scott, NRHP-listed * Bowstring Truss Bridge (1878), near Ironto, Virginia *

Half Chance Iron Bridge The Half Chance Iron Bridge, also known as the Half-Chance Bridge, is a historic single-span wrought iron bridge located near the small community of Half Chance, between the towns of Linden and Dayton in rural Marengo County, Alabama. It is on Ma ...

(1880), Marengo County, Alabama *

Sparkill Creek Drawbridge The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge is a historic Pratt Pony Truss drawbridge located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1880 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a single-leaf movable metal bridge. Chains ...

(1880), Piermont, New York *

Adel Bridge The Adel Bridge is located on the east edge of Adel, Iowa, United States. The span carried traffic on River Street over the Raccoon River. The Dallas County Board of Supervisors received a petition to replace a deteriorating bridge at this locat ...

(1882), Adel, Iowa. NRHP-listed in 2002 *

Beech Fork Bridge, Mackville Road Beech Fork Bridge, Mackville Road, near Springfield, Kentucky, is a Pratt truss bridge which was built in 1884. It was built by the King Iron Bridge Co. and crosses the Beech Fork of the Salt River. It was listed on the National Register of His ...

(1884), near

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, NRHP-listed *

Cartwright Creek Bridge The Cartwright Creek Bridge near Springfield, Kentucky is a metal truss bridge built in 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's ...

(1884), also near Springfield, Kentucky, NRHP-listed *

Old Alton Bridge Old Alton Bridge, also known as Goatman's Bridge, is a historic iron truss bridge connecting the Texas cities of Denton and Copper Canyon. Built in 1884 by the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company, it originally carried horses and later autom ...

(1884), Denton County, Texas * Quarry Bridge (1885), County Road I-4 over the Iowa River,

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. NRHP-listed * Second Street Bridge (1886), Allegan, Michigan, NRHP-listed * Monsrud Bridge (1887), Waterville, Iowa relocated to

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in 2004, NRHP-listed *

Merriam Street Bridge Merriam Street Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the east channel of the Mississippi River between Nicollet Island and the east bank of the river in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bridge was originally built in 1887 by King Iron Bridge Company ...

(1887), Minneapolis, Minnesota (originally built in 1887 as the

Broadway Avenue Bridge Broadway Avenue Bridge is a girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Designed by Norman C. Davis and Shawn Pierson Bruns of Van Doren-Hazard-Stallings, it was built in 1987. The bridge has a rather streamlined sh ...

, one span relocated to Nicollet Island in 1987) *

Swing Bridge at New Bridge Landing The bridge at New Bridge Landing, New Jersey was built in 1888 to replace an earlier wooden one, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1989. History According to historian Kevin Wright, the extant iron swing bridge ...

(1888), Main St. and Old New Bridge Rd. over Hackensack River, in Teaneck and

River Edge, New Jersey River Edge is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough’s population was 12,049, reflecting a 6.3% increase from the 11,340 enumera ...

NRHP-listed * Old Richardsville Road Bridge (1889) Bowling Green, Kentucky over Barren River. Bridge is NRHP-listed. * Bennies Hill Road Bridge (1889),

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* South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 14-088-170 (1890), Vermillion, South Dakota, local road over Clay Creek Ditch, NRHP-listed * Clear Creek Bridge (1891), Twp. Rd. over Clear Cr., 5.8 mi. NW of Bellwood, Bellwood, Nebraska NRHP-listed * Waverly Street Bridge (1892), Waverly St. at Georges Creek, Westernport, Maryland. NRHP-listed * Hogback Bridge (1893),

Curwensville, Pennsylvania Curwensville is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Altoona on the West Branch Susquehanna River. Coal mining, tanning, and the manufacture of fire bricks were the industries at the turn of the 20th century. In 1 ...

Singing Bridge The Singing Bridge (also known as the St. Clair Street bridge) is a two-lane vehicle and pedestrian bridge in Frankfort, Kentucky that is so named because of the humming sound it makes when driven over. , the bridge carries over 5,000 vehicles ...

(1894),

Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population was 28,602 at the 2020 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the prin ...

, also known as St. Clair Street Bridge * Ellsworth Ranch Bridge (1895), 130th St., over E fork of Des Moines R.,

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NRHP-listed * Rosendale trestle (1895–96), Rosendale,

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Dearborn River High Bridge The Dearborn River High Bridge is a Pratt half-deck truss bridge built in 1897, and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places as it is one of the few bridges of its type left standing in the United States. On a half-deck bridge, ...

(1897), 15 mi. SW of Augusta on Bean Lake Rd., Augusta, Montana NRHP-listed *

Manhasset Viaduct The Manhasset Viaduct (also known as the Manhasset Valley Bridge) is a Railroad Bridge, railroad bridge located between the Thomaston, New York, Village of Thomaston and the Manhasset, New York, Hamlet of Manhasset, on Long Island, in the New Yor ...

(1898), carries the Port Washington Branch of the

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...

over Manhasset Bay between the Village of Thomaston and the Hamlet of Manhasset. *

Niantic River Bridge Niantic River Bridge, also known as Amtrak Bascule Bridge No. 116.74, is a railroad bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line across the Niantic River between East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut. It is a drawbridge with a bascule-type draw ...

(1907), New London County, Connecticut (1907, being replaced in 2010-2012), deemed NRHP-eligible in 1987 but not finally NRHP-listed due to owner objection * Robidoux Creek Pratt Truss Bridge (1910), Frankfort, Kansas, on Sunflower Road over Robidoux Creek, NRHP-listed * Detroit-Superior Bridge (1918), Cleveland, Ohio Additional bridges designed and/or built by the company (and many likely to be surviving) are: Rock River railroad bridge

*Abandoned Illinois Railway (IR) Through truss bridge over Rock River,

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. Built 1890s, relocated to present location 1929. Repurposed as a

rail trail A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed, but may also share the right of way with active railways, light rail, or streetcar ...

bridge in 2016.

Demolished bridges

* KY 2541 Bridge (1884), Greenup, Kentucky over Little Sandy River, NRHP-listed, demolished 2012 and replaced * Bridge over North Fork of Roanoke River (1892), near Ironto, Virginia, demolished 1995-1996 * Williams Street Bridge (1894),

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, Williams St. crossing Ten Mile Creek, N of jct. of Williams St. and Broadwater Ave., NRHP-listed. Replaced by new bridge in 2010. * South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060 (1894), Castlewood, South Dakota, local road over the Big Sioux River, NRHP-listed, demolished and replaced 1999

References

External links

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