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Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

Coordinates: 39°45′37″N 76°21′5″W / 39.76028°N 76.35139°W / 39.76028; -76.35139
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Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad is located in Pennsylvania
Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad is located in the United States
Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
LocationMaryland and Pennsylvania railroad tracks over Muddy Creek, east of Creek Ridge Road, south of Sunnyburn, Lower Chanceford Township and Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°45′37″N 76°21′5″W / 39.76028°N 76.35139°W / 39.76028; -76.35139
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1909
Architectural stylePratt Truss
MPSRailroad Resources of York County MPS
NRHP reference No.95000540[1]
Added to NRHPMay 4, 1995

The Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad is a historic Pratt through truss railroad bridge in Lower Chanceford Township and Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1909, and measures about 120-foot-long (37 m) overall. It was built by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad and crosses Muddy Creek.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-17. Note: This includes Thomas N. Shaffer (June 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-17.