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WM - Sideling Hill Creek Bridge

Washington County, Maryland, and Allegany County, Maryland

Photo 

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

View this photo at lcweb2.loc.gov

BH Photo #321914

Map 

Facts 

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)
Inventory number
BH 66949 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,024)
Allegany County, Maryland (95)
Built 1904 (488)
Built during 1900s (6,281)
County line crossing (225)
Curved (358)
Deck girder (4,483)
Girder (7,931)
HAER documented (1,096)
 Hancock, Maryland (6)
Maryland (651)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (129)
Plate girder (6,103)
Railroad (13,078)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,791)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,237)
Washington County, Maryland (92)
Western Maryland Railway (68)

Update Log 

  • April 9, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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