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Appalachian Trail/CSX - Potomac River Bridge

Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland

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Railroad bridges at Harpers Ferry

old bridge is on the right, downstream of new deck truss

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in April 2006

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BH Photo #132709

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Potomac River and old C&O Canal in Harpers Ferry
Location
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1894
Builder
- Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
Design
3 x Pratt through truss over river channel
5 x deck plate girder, 3 on west end, 2 on east end
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.32394, -77.72731   (decimal degrees)
39°19'26" N, 77°43'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/264900/4356272 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Harpers Ferry
Elevation
492 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
NRHP 78001484 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 38790 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,880)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (330)
Built 1894 (217)
Built during 1890s (2,742)
CSX Railroad (1,374)
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (11)
Have street view (25,400)
Jefferson County, West Virginia (20)
Maryland (694)
NR-listed (2,881)
Open (38,203)
Owned by railroad (11,099)
Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. (13)
Pin-connected (3,695)
 Potomac River (41)
Pratt through truss (5,001)
Pratt truss (8,735)
Rail-and-Road (359)
Rail-and-trail (23)
Railroad (14,361)
Road-to-trail (100)
State line crossing (785)
Through truss (14,030)
Truss (31,218)
US 340 (9)
Washington County, Maryland (92)
West Virginia (1,387)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 6, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 27, 2019: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • August 30, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • August 28, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • March 16, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Rail-and-Road", "US 340", "Road-to-trail"
  • January 15, 2015: New Street View added by Luke
  • January 15, 2015: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • July 10, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
  • July 9, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
  • May 12, 2013: New photos from Zachary S
  • April 18, 2010: Updated by Kim Harvey: NRHP
  • February 20, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: added gps coordinates
  • January 31, 2009: Added by Bob Morgan

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Appalachian Trail/CSX - Potomac River Bridge
Posted June 2, 2019, by Eric Miller (Ecm56 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Hello:

When was the old railroad bridge converted to a pedestrian bridge to carry foot traffic for the Appalachian Trail? Also, what was the route of the Appalachian Trail prior to this bridge being the river crossing? Was it the route 340 highway bridge?

Thank you!

Eric Miller