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Chesapeake City Bridge (1927)

Cecil County, Maryland

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Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge

Destroyed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #285236

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on MD 213
Location
Chesapeake City, Cecil County, Maryland
Status
Destroyed by collision & replaced
History
Destroyed July 28, 1942 by M/V Franz Klasen; Replaced 1948
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Design
Pratt through truss vertical lift
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.52947, -75.81485   (decimal degrees)
39°31'46" N, 75°48'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/429969/4375851 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Elkton
Inventory number
BH 61336 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1927 (871)
Built during 1920s (10,070)
Cecil County, Maryland (41)
Chesapeake City, Maryland (3)
Destroyed by collision (96)
Lost (26,148)
Lost 1942 (44)
Lost during 1940s (428)
MD 213 (4)
Maryland (806)
Movable (3,048)
 Navigable waterway (2,172)
Owned by county (21,168)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (205)
Pratt through truss (5,582)
Pratt truss (9,589)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Struck by watercraft (15)
Through truss (15,608)
Truss (33,702)
Vertical lift (423)

Update Log 

  • January 13, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 17, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added common name + ship collision info
  • June 12, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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