Poffenberger Road Bridge

Poffenberger Road Bridge
Location Poffenberger Road over Catoctin Creek, Middletown, Maryland
Coordinates 39°22′54″N 77°34′18″W / 39.38167°N 77.57167°W / 39.38167; -77.57167Coordinates: 39°22′54″N 77°34′18″W / 39.38167°N 77.57167°W / 39.38167; -77.57167
Area less than one acre
Built 1878 (1878)
Built by Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural style Pratt or Whipple thru truss
NRHP Reference # 78001459[1]
Added to NRHP November 29, 1978

The Poffenberger Road Bridge, near Jefferson, Maryland, is a wrought iron bridge by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The bridge is similar to the Fourpoints Bridge elsewhere in Frederick County. The bridge is a single-span double-intersection Pratt truss. It was built circa 1878 and remains in daily use.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Cherilyn Widell (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Linganore Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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