Bennies Hill Road Bridge
Encyclopedia
Bennies Hill Road Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge
over Catoctin Creek
near Middletown
, Maryland
, United States
. It is one of two remaining bridges of its type in Maryland that remains in their original locations. The bridge was restored in 2009.
Tied arch bridge
A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch, or top chord, are borne as tension by the bottom chord , rather than by the ground or the bridge foundations...
over Catoctin Creek
Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. Its source is formed in the Myersville, MD area and flows directly south for the entire length of the stream. Catoctin Creek enters the Potomac River east of Brunswick. The stream flows through Catoctin Creek...
near Middletown
Middletown, Maryland
Middletown is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,668 at the 2000 census. Middletown is a small, rural community steeped in American history...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is one of two remaining bridges of its type in Maryland that remains in their original locations. The bridge was restored in 2009.
External links
- Bennies Hill Road Bridge, Frederick County, including photo in 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust