Stone Bridge

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Photo taken by Daniel McFarland

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Description

1825 and repaired in 1847, the bridge was blown up by the Confederates on March 9, 1862 when they withdrew from the region. Within months, Union Army engineers replaced the bridge with a temporary wooden structure that was eventually demolished by the rear guard of Maj. Gen. John Pope’s retreating army defeated at the Battle of Second Bull Run on August 30, 1862. In 1886, the Stone Bridge was reconstructed in stone on the location of the 1825 span. Some portions of the abutments may survive from the wartime structure. This new structure, similar to the original bridge, remained open to traffic until 1926 when a modern highway bridge was constructed downstream. The modern bridge was replaced in the late 1960’s.

Facts

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Bull Run Creek next to US 29 in Manassas
Location: Prince William County, Virginia, and Fairfax County, Virginia
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Originally Built 1825, destroyed 1862, rebuilt 1886
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Total length: 158.0 ft.
Recognition: Listed as a contributing resource to the Manassas National Battlefield Park Historic District
Also called: Bull Run Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.82435, -77.50362 (decimal degrees)
38°49'28" N, 77°30'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/282657/4300263 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Gainesville
Inventory number: BH 39821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 10, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
December 3, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated history of this bridge, added build year, added category civil war.
February 10, 2009: Added by Daniel McFarland

Sources

Daniel McFarland
J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
Andrew Raker