Broad Run Bridge and Tollhouse
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The Broad Run Bridge and Tollhouse were built for the Leesburg Turnpike Company in Loudoun County, Virginia
. The stone bridge, built about 1820, was a permanent replacement for a series of wood bridges at the location, with at least three that had been washed away between 1771 and 1803. The bridge spans Broad Run on two arches with prominent conical buttresses. The road rises to the center of the bridge. The stone toll house stands nearby. It is a one-story three-bay house that has been progressively enlarged. The house is privately owned as a residence.
One span of the bridge collapsed, on June 21, 1972, as a result of flooding from Hurricane Agnes
. The reainder of the bridge has since collapsed, leaving only the stone abutments.
The bridge and tollhouse were placed on the National Register of Historic Places
on April 17, 1970.
Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county is estimated to be home to 312,311 people, an 84 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 169,599. That increase makes the county the fourth...
. The stone bridge, built about 1820, was a permanent replacement for a series of wood bridges at the location, with at least three that had been washed away between 1771 and 1803. The bridge spans Broad Run on two arches with prominent conical buttresses. The road rises to the center of the bridge. The stone toll house stands nearby. It is a one-story three-bay house that has been progressively enlarged. The house is privately owned as a residence.
One span of the bridge collapsed, on June 21, 1972, as a result of flooding from Hurricane Agnes
Hurricane Agnes
Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. A rare June hurricane, it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle before moving northeastward and ravaging the Mid-Atlantic region as a tropical storm...
. The reainder of the bridge has since collapsed, leaving only the stone abutments.
The bridge and tollhouse were placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on April 17, 1970.