Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek

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Nearest city Keedysville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°30′15″N77°42′50″W / 39.50417°N 77.71389°W / 39.50417; -77.71389 Coordinates: 39°30′15″N77°42′50″W / 39.50417°N 77.71389°W / 39.50417; -77.71389
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
NRHP reference No. 77000704 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1977

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek was a timber trestle bridge near Keedysville, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It carried the Washington County branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, later part of CSX Transportation, over the ravine formed by the Antietam Creek northwest of Keedysville. The wooden bridge, constructed about 1867, was approximately 400 feet (120 m) in length and was supported by a series of timber bents resting on concrete sills. [2] CSX abandoned the railroad line in the late 1970s or 1980s. [3] [4]

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The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1] The bridge was subsequently removed completely. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paula Stoner Dickey (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. Brunswick History Commission, Brunswick, MD. "A Short History of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad." Accessed 2009-12-28. Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. AbandonedRails.com "Weverton to Roxbury." Accessed 2009-12-28.
  5. "Chessie – Long Bridge". James Baughn. Retrieved April 29, 2014. Removed completely