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Vinegar Hill Road Bridge

Baltimore County, Maryland, and Harford County, Maryland
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Photo taken by Daniel McFarland

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Little Gunpowder Falls on Vinegar Hill Road in Kingsville
Location
Baltimore County, Maryland, and Harford County, Maryland
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1894; rehabilitated 2000
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 74.2 ft.
Total length: 77.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 1.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.44720, -76.38092   (decimal degrees)
39°26'50" N, 76°22'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/381177/4367315 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
White Marsh
Inventory number
BH 19612 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 62.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1996)
400

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
6-panel truss (405)
Baltimore County, Maryland (50)
Built 1894 (136)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Harford County, Maryland (19)
Maryland (423)
NR-eligible (3,748)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
 Open (28,313)
Owned by county (16,489)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • January 21, 2013: New photos from Rachel Lipton
  • January 28, 2009: New photos from Daniel McFarland

Sources 

  • Daniel McFarland
  • Rachel Lipton
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Vinegar Hill Road Bridge
Posted May 17, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I am away from my notes, but I believe the round struts indicate this is one of (two?) bridges built by Gilbert and Smith of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Vinegar Hill Road Bridge
Posted May 16, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Very unique round struts!