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Overview: Through truss bridge over Little Patuxent River in Savage
Location: Savage, Howard County, Maryland
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built for the main line of the B&O Railroad in 1869. Moved to present location around 1887. Remained in service until 1947. Restored in 1968 (perhaps 1983).
Builder: - Wendal Bollman
Design: Bollman Truss design.
Dimensions: Total length: 160 ft.
Deck width: 25.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1972
Also called: Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge
Inventory number: BH 36379 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Bollman Bridge

Posted March 20, 2008, by Bob Kirkpatrick (madresfield [at] verizon [dot] net)

Only surviving example of this type.

Patented in 1852.