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PC - Oak Creek Bridge

Talbot County, Maryland

Photos 

Royal Oak drawbridge

Bridge removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #284456

Map 

Description 

This drawbridge is operated by cables.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Concrete pony/through girder bridge over Oak Creek on Pennsylvania RR
Location
Newcomb, Talbot County, Maryland
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1924
Railroads
- Baltimore & Eastern Railroad (BE)
- Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway (BC&A)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Concrete through girder bascule
Also called
PRR - Oak Creek Bridge
B&E - Oak Creek Bridge
BC&A - Oak Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.75236, -76.17419   (decimal degrees)
38°45'08" N, 76°10'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/397969/4289950 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Michaels
Inventory number
BH 61109 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore & Eastern Railroad (3)
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway (2)
Bascule (1,083)
Built 1924 (764)
Built during 1920s (10,112)
Concrete girder (1,040)
Girder (10,806)
Lost (26,815)
 Maryland (815)
Movable (3,076)
Newcomb, Maryland (1)
Penn Central Railroad (1,496)
Pennsylvania Railroad (976)
Railroad (16,165)
Talbot County, Maryland (9)
Through girder (4,044)

Update Log 

  • January 12, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • November 17, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 29, 2015: Updated by Luke: Link to imagery
  • May 30, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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PRR - Oak Creek Bridge
Posted June 21, 2014, by Anonymous

here a picture of and old bridge