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View Of 1937 Concrete-Arch Bridge That Replaced Wilson Bridge Looking S Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Conococheague Creek on US 40 in Wilson-Conococheague
- Location
- Washington County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1936
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 370.1 ft.
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Conococheague Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.65667, -77.84833 (decimal degrees)
39°39'24" N, 77°50'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/255634/4393529 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Mason and Dixon
- Inventory number
- BH 19778 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 08/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 69.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 12,550
Update Log
- April 26, 2009: New photos from Robert Stephenson
- February 9, 2009: Updated by Daniel McFarland
- January 27, 2009: New photo from Daniel McFarland
Sources
- Daniel McFarland - dm04464 [at] salisbury [dot] edu
- HAER MD-41 - National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40 (Old), Hagerstown vicinity, Washington County, MD
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Wilson Bridge
The build date and the dimensions are for the US 40 bridge that was built for the bypassed Wilson bridge.
Wilson Bridge
Hi! Your site says that Wilson's Bridge is open to traffic. It has actually been closed to traffic since 1972 when flooding severely damaged it. It was restored in 1984 and reopened as a pedestrian bridge.