Pony plate girder with wooden deck, reputed to be a former railroad turntable bridge removed from a roundhouse turntable at Martinsburg, West Va. and reinstalled here "upside down" in 1918.
"The Maryland Transit Administration has agreed to save the steel girders from the Talbot Avenue bridge, a 100-year-old span in the Lyttonsville area of Silver Spring, when it’s torn down to make way for the light-rail line, the county said. . . .
The girders will be installed on a vacant state-owned parcel about two blocks from the bridge, near Talbot and Michigan avenues. They will form short walls on both sides of the Capital Crescent Trail to give runners and cyclists the feel of crossing a bridge."
Bridge removed July 2019.
Facts
Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over CSX Transportation (former Baltimore & Ohio) on Talbot Avenue
The Maryland Transit Administration has agreed to save the steel girders from the Talbot Avenue bridge, a 100-year-old span in the Lyttonsville area of Silver Spring, when it's torn down to make way for the light-rail line, the county said. . . .
The girders will be installed on a vacant state-owned parcel about two blocks from the bridge, near Talbot and Michigan avenues. They will form short walls on both sides of the Capital Crescent Trail to give runners and cyclists the feel of crossing a bridge.
History
Built 1918; redecked 1986; rehabilitated 1995, closed April 2017; removed for preservation July 2019
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious(3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 11.3 (out of 100) View more at BridgeReports.com
Categories
Update Log
July 6, 2019: New video from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
March 30, 2019: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
March 21, 2018: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge doomed; will be demolished with girders incorporated into trail
May 4, 2017: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge closed indefinitely late April 2017
February 8, 2017: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Preservation being explored by county officials; link to article added
September 25, 2016: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Proposed for both demolition and preservation
June 30, 2016: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
April 27, 2016: New Street View added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV