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WM - Ridgeley-Cumberland Bridge
Photo
Piedmont and Cumberland Railroad Bridge
This bridge spanned the Potomac River between Ridgeley, WV, and Cumberland, MD
Photo provided by Mike Piontka
BH Photo #376029
Description
The bridge was completed in 1887 by the Piedmont and Cumberland (P&C) Railroad. The P&C RR was a subsidiary of the West Virginia, Central, and Pittsburgh Railroad, and the crossing of the Potomac gave the WV, C, and P access to the Cumberland Wharf and the B&O. It eventually became part of the Western Maryland.This photograph was salvaged from a trash dump.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over North Branch Potomac River on Railroad
- Location
- Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, and Mineral County, West Virginia
- Status
- Demolished
- Future prospects
- None
- History
- Built 1887
- Railroads
- - Piedmont & Cumberland Railway (P&C)
- West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway (WVC&P)
- Western Maryland Railway (WM)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- WM - North Branch Potomac River Bridge (Cumberland)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.64697, -78.76478 (decimal degrees)
39°38'49" N, 78°45'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/691785/4390962 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cumberland
- Elevation
- 610 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 75207 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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