Poffenberger Road Bridge, Spanning Catoctin Creek, Middletown, Frederick County, MD
Summary
Significance: The bridge is a well preserved example of a wrought iron double-intersection Pratt through truss. It is pin-connected at the bottom chord connections and at the upper chord portal connections and at the upper chord portal connections. Its diagonals are joined to the other top chord connections by screw connections. The structure is supported on random coursed stone abutments that appear to date at least to 1878...
Survey number: HAER MD-35
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Middletown View, 39.44371, -77.54471
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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