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Pratt Bridge

Howard County, Maryland

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Overview

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=20498

BH Photo #194256

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Patuxent River on formerly the Patuxent Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, currently carries the Patuxent Branch Trail
Location
Columbia, Howard County, Maryland
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built in 1902 for the B&O Railroad, abandoned in 1925, rehabilitated in 2002 for trail use.
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
- Rail-to-trail
Design
Bridge has a 35-degree skew.
Dimensions
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.16562, -76.84093   (decimal degrees)
39°09'56" N, 76°50'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/340957/4336770 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Savage
Inventory number
BH 48264 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (298)
Built 1902 (437)
Built during 1900s (6,463)
Columbia, Maryland (1)
Howard County, Maryland (27)
Laced endposts (150)
Maryland (675)
Open to pedestrians (3,653)
Owned by county (19,010)
 Pin-connected (3,515)
Pratt through truss (4,705)
Pratt truss (8,180)
Preserved (1,093)
Rail-to-trail (1,340)
Skewed (4,775)
Through truss (13,181)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,102)
Truss (29,881)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Pratt Bridge
Posted February 26, 2011, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Nice laced endposts......looks kind of short for a rail span.