Rating:
19774
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2 votes
Broadfording Bridge
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Photo taken by Jodi Christman 10/23/10
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BH Photo #183104
Description
Like its upstream neighbor, this handsome bridge was built by The Lloyds Company of Philadelphia with stone quarried at the Solliday Farm. In the last decade, it has been restored to its former sturdy beauty to carry modern traffic on its original arches that stretch 220 feet, almost the length of a football field. Unique in design, it was built with two long and two shorter arches. Broadfording Road is a natural game path, used first by animals. It was already a very well known “Indian” trail, when in 1747 it was improved as a colonial road. SOURCE:
http://bridges.marylandmemories.org/broadfording.htmlFacts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Conococheague Creek on Broadfording Road in Maugansville
- Location
- Washington County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1829; rehabilitated 2005
- Builder
- - Lloyds Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 37.1 ft.
Total length: 225.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Broadfording Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.68667, -77.80000 (decimal degrees)
39°41'12" N, 77°47'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/259886/4396729 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mason and Dixon
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 265
- Inventory number
- BH 19774 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of January 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 81.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 6, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- December 19, 2010: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description and correct name
- October 24, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
- October 23, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
Sources
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com