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GAP - Route 36 Overpass
Description
Old stone bridge over Route 36, originally the bridge was not here but instead 'tunneled' out of the rock in order to allow vehicle passage. Currently this is part of the Great Allegheny Passage trail which runs from Pittsburgh to Frostburg.
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Route 36 on Great Allegheny Passage Trail
- Location
- Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to pedestrians & bicyclists only
- History
- Built 1930
- Railroad
- - Western Maryland Railway (WM)
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 25.0 ft.
- Also called
- Mt Savage Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.66451, -78.92602 (decimal degrees)
39°39'52" N, 78°55'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/677904/4392577 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Frostburg
- Inventory number
- BH 48396 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 9, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: added rail to trail status
Sources
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net