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Sandy Hook Bridge
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Traveling south
Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 16, 2014
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BH Photo #283802
Description
FROM WIKI
This bridge was constructed at Sandy Hook between 1940 and 1947, with a long interruption due to World War II.
US 340 enters Maryland at the Potomac Water Gap just south of the confluence of the Potomac River and the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry. The Potomac Water Gap is where the Potomac River passes between two sets of ridges. The first set of ridges is Elk Ridge to the north, also known as Maryland Heights, and Blue Ridge Mountain, which forms the border between West Virginia and Virginia, to the south. The second set of ridges is South Mountain in Maryland and Short Hill Mountain in Virginia. US 340 passes along the northern edge of Blue Ridge Mountain then passes through the northwestern corner of Loudoun County, Virginia before crossing the Potomac River at an angle, running southwest–northeast on a two-lane steel continuous deck truss bridge at the community of Sandy Hook. On the Maryland side, the bridge also crosses the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, CSX's Cumberland Subdivision, and Sandy Hook Road, the original alignment of US 340.
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Potomac River on US 340
- Location
- Loudoun County, Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1947; rehabilitated 1978
- Design
- Deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 190.0 ft.
Total length: 2,246.2 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 25.3 ft.
- Also called
- Potomac River Bridge
US 340 Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.32333, -77.70833 (decimal degrees)
39°19'24" N, 77°42'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/266534/4356156 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Harpers Ferry
- Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 25,353
- Inventory numbers
- VA 11145 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33744 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of January 1999)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 36.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 29, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 9, 2014: New photo from Andrew Raker
- May 19, 2014: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description
- May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Nice pics, can you walk across this bridge? Need to find a crossing for the Appalachian Trail.
Thanks