Poffenberger Road Bridge
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The Poffenberger Road Bridge, near Jefferson, Maryland
is a wrought iron
bridge by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company
of Canton, Ohio
. The bridge is similar to the Fourpoints Bridge
elsewhere in Frederick County
. The bridge is a single-span double-intersection Pratt truss. It was built circa 1878 and remains in daily use.
Jefferson, Maryland
Jefferson is an unincorporated community located in Frederick County, Maryland, established in 1774, incorporated as a town in 1831. However, a year later, in 1832, the citizens of the town decided that municipal government was unnecessary, thus, it was disincorporated.- History of Jefferson...
is a wrought iron
Wrought iron
thumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought ironWrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon...
bridge by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Wrought Iron Bridge Company
The Wrought Iron Bridge Company was a bridge fabrication and construction company based in Canton, Ohio. It specialized, as the name would suggest, in the fabrication of iron truss bridges and was a prolific bridge builder in the late 19th century...
of Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. The bridge is similar to the Fourpoints Bridge
Fourpoints Bridge
The Fourpoints Bridge, near Emmitsburg, Maryland is a wrought iron bridge by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The bridge is similar to the Poffenberger Road Bridge elsewhere in Frederick County. The 103-foot Pratt truss remains in daily use....
elsewhere in Frederick County
Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385....
. The bridge is a single-span double-intersection Pratt truss. It was built circa 1878 and remains in daily use.
External links
- Poffenberger Road Bridge, Frederick County, including photo in 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Poffenberger Road Bridge, Spanning Catoctin Creek, Middletown vicinity, Frederick County, MD: 13 photos, 1 photo caption pages, 2 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey