Park's Gap Bridge

Coordinates: 39°30′45″N 78°2′11″W / 39.51250°N 78.03639°W / 39.51250; -78.03639
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Park's Gap Bridge
Park's Gap Bridge is located in West Virginia
Park's Gap Bridge
Park's Gap Bridge is located in the United States
Park's Gap Bridge
Nearest cityRoute 6 over Back Creek, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°30′45″N 78°2′11″W / 39.51250°N 78.03639°W / 39.51250; -78.03639
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectVulcan Road Machine Company
Architectural styleModified Howe Truss
NRHP reference No.94001299 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 04, 1994

Park's Gap Bridge is a historic Howe Truss bridge located near Martinsburg, at Tomahawk, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892, and has a span 93 feet (28 m) long and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide over Back Creek. It is a simple span pony truss supported on stone abutments.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

Another view of the bridge

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park's Gap Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

External links[edit]

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