Bullfrog Road Bridge
Appearance
Bullfrog Road Bridge | |
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Nearest city | Taneytown, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°41′44″N 77°14′25″W / 39.69556°N 77.24028°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1908 |
Built by | York Bridge Co. |
Architectural style | Parker truss |
NRHP reference No. | 78001461[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 1978 |
The Bullfrog Road Bridge is a historic bridge between Emmitsburg, Frederick County and Taneytown, Carroll County in Maryland. The bridge crosses the Monocacy River on Bullfrog Road between the two counties. This bridge is a rare steel Parker through truss structure and is 183 feet in length and 16 feet-5 inches in width. It was built in 1908, by the York Bridge Company of York, Pennsylvania.[2]
The Bullfrog Road Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cherilyn Widell (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bullfrog Road Bridge" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
[edit]- Bullfrog Road Bridge, Frederick County, including photo in 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Bullfrog Road Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
- Bullfrog Road Bridge at Bridge Hunter
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Bridges in Frederick County, Maryland
- Taneytown, Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland
- Steel bridges in the United States
- Parker truss bridges in the United States
- Monocacy River
- Frederick County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Maryland building and structure stubs
- Maryland transportation stubs