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Cedar Avenue Bridge
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Cedar Avenue Bridge
View from Jones Falls (name of the creek--the waterfall is a dam)
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BH Photo #410392
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Steel arch bridge over Jones Falls and railroad tracks
- Location
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Built 1890, removed in 1960s
- Builders
- - Charles H. Latrobe of Baltimore, Maryland (Design)
- Jones & Thorne of Baltimore, Maryland (Substructure)
- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Fabrication) [also known as King Bridge Co.]
- Krug & Son of Baltimore, Maryland (Ornamented Railing)
- Design
- Steel arch, three hinged. Consisting of three arch ribs.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
- Also called
- Druid Hill Park Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.32281, -76.63105 (decimal degrees)
39°19'22" N, 76°37'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/359404/4353868 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Baltimore West
- Inventory number
- BH 79359 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 9, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- November 8, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builders
- November 8, 2017: Updated by Nathan Holth: Add details and photos.
- November 8, 2017: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
Sources
- METAL ARCH BRIDGES IN MARYLAND - Maryland.gov - Info.pdf
- Historical Article - Frank Woodward Skinner, Types and Details of Bridge Construction: Arch spans, 1904
- Luke
- Nathan Holth
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Geoff Hubbs
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Just wanted to let you know that the Cedar Avenue bridge WAS replaced by the Wyman Park Drive bridge. See link for more info.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bal-th...
Thanks,
Kris