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Roxbury Mills Bridge
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Description
This bridge was built in 1824, in close proximity to Roxbury Mills, an early sawmill and later a large distillery complex which operated into the 20th century. A three-arch bridge over the Antietam, it was one of a series of bridges built for the county by Silas Harry. It has an over all length of 169 feet, and has spans of 27, 33 and 27 feet. CREDIT: http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=5036Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Antietam Creek on Roxbury Road in Boonsboro
- Location
- Washington County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1824; rehabilitated 2002
- Builder
- - Silas Harry
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 33.1 ft.
Total length: 98.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Roxbury Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.55333, -77.70000 (decimal degrees)
39°33'12" N, 77°42'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/268017/4381665 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Funkstown
- Inventory number
- BH 19800 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 10/2011)
- Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 79.8 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 634
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