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Miles River Bridge

Talbot County, Maryland

Photos 

Photo taken by Daniel McFarland

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BH Photo #147776

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Originally there was a wooden bridge here which was replaced with a concrete bascule bridge in 1913 - according to a comment on Sassafras River bridge, http://bridgehunter.com/md/kent/100000140006010/

Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Miles River on MD 370
Location
Talbot County, Maryland
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1984
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 73.2 ft.
Total length: 1,278.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.79433, -76.12597   (decimal degrees)
38°47'40" N, 76°07'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/402217/4294555 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Michaels
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
2,772
Inventory number
BH 19766 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bascule (1,061)
Built 1984 (64)
Built during 1980s (703)
Have street view (26,947)
Maryland (783)
Modern (2,437)
Movable (2,970)
 Navigable waterway (2,152)
Open (39,882)
Owned by state (15,986)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Talbot County, Maryland (7)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)

Update Log 

  • July 16, 2019: New photos from Timothy and Joann Phillips
  • July 4, 2017: Updated by Fmiser: Added info about previous bridges here.
  • March 26, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 26, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • October 17, 2009: New photos from Daniel McFarland

Sources 

  • Daniel McFarland
  • Douglas Butler
  • Timothy and Joann Phillips
  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com

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