Bridgehunter.com | WM - Sideling Hill Creek Bridge

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Bridge No. 1276, Sideling Hill Creek Crossing, looking north from C&O Canal aqueduct

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #321914

Overview: Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Sideling Hill Creek on Western Maryland West Subdivision
Location: Hancock, Washington County, Maryland, and Allegany County, Maryland
Status: Derelict/abandoned
History: Built 1904
Builder: - Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
Railroad: - Western Maryland Railway (WM)
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 145.0 ft.
Also called: WM - Bridge 1276
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.63982, -78.33421 (decimal degrees)
39°38'23" N, 78°20'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/728757/4391178 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Bellegrove
Inventory number: BH 66949 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

WM - Sideling Hill Creek Bridge

Posted January 10, 2021, by Ed Pollock (edworld1103 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge has been rehabbed into part of the Western Maryland Rail Trail.