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Little Pipe Creek Trestle

Frederick County, Maryland, and Carroll County, Maryland
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View from MD 194, just south of Little Pipe Creek

Photo taken by Jodi Christman 11/05/11

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Description 

Currently operated by Maryland Midland Railway, this line was formerly a Pennsylvania Railroad branch. I am guessing the length to be 700 ft. based on Google Maps. It is quite long.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Little Pipe Creek and Keymar Road on MMID (former PRR)
Location
Frederick County, Maryland, and Carroll County, Maryland
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.58995, -77.24077   (decimal degrees)
39°35'24" N, 77°14'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/307579/4384645 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Union Bridge
Inventory number
BH 50046 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Carroll County, Maryland (10)
Deck girder (1,802)
Frederick County, Maryland (65)
Girder (3,239)
Maryland (423)
Owned by railroad (4,048)
Pennsylvania Railroad (167)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,075)
Unknown status (810)

Update Log 

  • November 6, 2011: Added by Jodi Christman

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com

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