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Waverly Street Bridge, Spanning George's Creek, Westernport, MD, Westernport, Allegany County, MD

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Waverly Street Bridge, Spanning George's Creek, Westernport, MD, Westernport, Allegany County, MD

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Summary

Significance: The Waverly Street Bridge is significant as one of the few remaining bowstring arch-truss bridges in Maryland. The bowstring arch truss was one of the first metal trusses to be widely used in nineteenth century America. The Waverly Street Bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29
Survey number: HAER MD-83
Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1992
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84001327

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Youngstown Bridge Company
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Location

Westernport39.48537, -79.04475
Google Map of 39.4853703, -79.0447516
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Library of Congress
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