Queen Anne Bridge | |
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 Queen Anne Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 38°53′43″N76°40′35″W / 38.8952°N 76.6763°W |
| Carried | Queen Anne Bridge Road |
| Crossed | Patuxent River |
| Owner | State Roads Commission |
| Heritage status | Maryland Historical Trust [1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Pratt truss with Phoenix sections [1] |
| Material | Steel [1] |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Dean & Westbrook [1] |
| Collapsed | partial, circa 1960 [1] |
| Location | |
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Queen Anne Bridge is an historic bridge over the Patuxent River near Queen Anne in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States of America. [1] It is the only surviving example of a Pratt truss bridge with Phoenix sections in the county. [1]
Numerous bridges have been built on this site that once served as a main road connecting Anne Arundel County to Prince George's County. [1] The first one was built in 1755 and by 1797 another wood bridge was built by local carpenter Colmor Duvall, only to be destroyed by a flood in June 1804. [1] In 1804, the bridge was immediately rebuilt. [1] The current structure was built about 1890 and was closed after the Anne Arundel span of the bridge collapsed due to an overloaded truck, circa 1960. [1] It remained open for pedestrian use until 2007 and remains standing, though fenced now[ when? ] prevent it from even allowing pedestrian use between county park land on both sides of the river.
