Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.991261,-76.371556
Carries US 50 and US 301 over Chesapeake Bay
Design: suspension/wire
Design Details: Wire suspension
Total Length: 21287.1 Feet
Span Length: 1600.1 Feet
Overview: Pair of suspension and cantilever truss bridges over Chesapeake Bay on US 50
History: Original two-lane spans with through-truss suspension bridge and regular cantilever design built 1949-52 and opened 1952; second three-lane span with deck suspension and arched cantilever opened 1973; rehabilitated 1988
Built:
Location: Anne Arundel County
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132685
Photo taken by Daniel McFarland
132686
Photo taken by Daniel McFarland
256211
Photo taken in July 2005
256212
Photo taken in July 2005
256213
Photo taken in July 2005
256214
Photo taken in July 2005
256215
Photo taken in July 2005
256216
Photo taken in July 2005
256217
Photo taken in July 2005
256218
Photo taken in July 2005
256219
Photo taken in July 2005
256220
Photo taken in July 2005
256221
Photo taken in July 2005
317012
Chesapeake Bay Bridge linking western and eastern shores of Maryland
Boston Public Library
317013
Chesapeake Bay Bridge on U. S. Route 50 linking western and eastern shores of Maryland
Boston Public Library
395606
The first
According to the Maryland Department of Transportation, this was the first vehicle to cross the Bay Bridge in 1952, one month before it opened
Maryland DOT
488000
View from airplane departing BWI Airport
Photo taken by Josh Schmid in January 2020
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.972625,-76.485515
Carries Sixth Street MD 181 over Spa Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 832.1 Feet
Span Length: 62.0 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Spa Creek on Sixth Street in Annapolis
History: Built 1946
Built: 1946
Location: Anne Arundel County
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301268
Compromise Street Bridge
Maryland
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
339594
Compromise Street Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in October 2015
339613
Photo taken by Adam Theo
495996
Spa Creek Bridge
Photo from Spa Creek Park Annapolis
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.163333,-76.525000
Carries MD 173 over Stoney Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 889.2 Feet
Span Length: 75.1 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Stoney Creek on MD 173 in Riviera Beach
History: Built 1946; rehabilitated 1986
Built: 1947
Location: Anne Arundel County
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283827
Stony Creek /River Bridge
MD
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013
308703
Fort Smallwood bridge
Showing highway
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
474924
Stoney Creek Bridge
Photo from Facebook
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.080556,-76.626111
Carries Veterns Highway over Severn Run
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 43.0 Feet
Span Length: 41.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Severn Run on Veterns Highway in Severna Park
History: Built 1933; rehabilitated 1989
Built: 1933
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.992805,-76.508006
Carries MD 436 over Weems Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 365.2 Feet
Span Length: 86.9 Feet
Overview: Swing bridge over Weems Creek on MD 436 in Annapolis
History: Built 1997
Built: 1997
Location: Anne Arundel County
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310467
MD436 Weems Creek Bridge
In place
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014
495999
MD 436 Weems Creek Bridge
Photo from Baltimore Sun Media Group
Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 39.079167,-76.765278
Carries Wildlife Loop Road over Little Patuxent River
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 203.1 Feet
Span Length: 100.1 Feet
Overview: Lost deck truss bridge over Little Patuxent River on Wildlife Loop Road
History: Built 1950; replaced 2004
Built: 1950
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.092289,-76.767993
Carries Laurel-Fort Meade Road / Md. 198 over Patuxent River
Design: girder
Design Details: Girder
Total Length: 75.1 Feet
Span Length: 73.2 Feet
Overview: Girder bridge over Patuxent River on Laurel-Fort Meade Road / Md. 198
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.134573,-76.697440
Carries Md 174 over Amtrak
Design: girder
Design Details: Girder
Total Length: 79.1 Feet
Span Length: 75.1 Feet
Overview: Girder bridge over Amtrak on Md 174
History: Built 1931
Built: 1931
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Open to traffic
Nominated for National Register by Md. Historic Bridge Inventory
Location: 0.000000,0.000000
Carries O'Connor Road over Deep Run
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 27.9 Feet
Span Length: 24.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Deep Run on O'Connor Road
History: Built 1944; rehabilitated 1992
Built: 1944
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.201055,-76.576467
Carries CSX Transportation (former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad) over Curtis Creek, Marley Neck Branch
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss swing span of 345 feet, six 100-foot deck plate girder spans
Total Length: 967.0 Feet
Span Length: 345.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Curtis Creek on CSX Transportation (former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,)
History: work begun April 1929, opened to rail traffic April 1930
Built: 1929-30
Location: Anne Arundel County
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271968
Curtis Creek Draw
Photo taken from Facebook, used with permission of photographer
271980
Curtis Creek Railroad Bridge
Abandoned
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
397655
CSX - Curtis Creek Drawbridge
A CSX freight crosses the Curtis Creek Drawbridge.
Photo taken by Mike Singer, with boating by Jerry Jones and Christine Jones, on July 20, 2017, used with permission
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 38.983899,-76.495754
Carries Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad ( single track) over College Creek/Dorsey Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder bascule draw span
Wooden trestle
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bascule drawbridge over College Creek/Dorsey Creek on Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad
History: Built 1931; Removed 1968
Built: 1931
Location: Anne Arundel County
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356809
College Creek Drawbridge
Taken Sept. 24, 1961
Photo by Robert Riley, Maryland Rail Heritage Library collection.
357450
BLA - Dorsey Creek Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2016
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.994223,-76.486066
Carries Route 450 over Severn River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck girder bascule
24 steel arches
4 spans of steel stringer replacing 4 of the 24 steel arches
Total Length: 1862.0 Feet
Span Length: 95.1 Feet
Overview: Deck girder bridge over Severn River on Route 450
History: Built 1924, Rehabbed 1979 after 4 of the easternmost spans were found to be in poor condition in 1978, Replaced 1995
Built: 1924
Location: Anne Arundel County
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286441
Severn River Bridge
About to open
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
286442
Severn River Bridge
Raised for traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
286443
Panorama showing new bridge and portion of old bridge retained as a fishing pier
Photo taken by Mike
317014
Severn River Bridge, Annapolis, MD.
Boston Public Library
491580
Photo taken by
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.991437,-76.509218
Carries State Route 70 over Weems Creek
Design: girder/deck
Design Details: Deck girder bascule
Total Length: 769.1 Feet
Span Length: 91.9 Feet
Overview: Deck girder bridge over Weems Creek on State Route 70
History: Built 1953; Replaced 2006
Built: 1953
Location: Anne Arundel County
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286444
Weems Creek Bridge
Maryland
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
432663
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 39.058647,-76.654460
Carries WB&A RR over Jabez Branch
Design: other
Design Details: Cantilevered railroad turntable
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 54.4 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Jabez Branch on WB&A RR
History: 1921 cantilevered railroad turntable
Built: 1923
Location: Anne Arundel County
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295863
WB&A-Crain Highway overpass
Information and illustrations derived from a paper by William H. Ross Jr. ca 1931
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
295864
WB&A-Crain Highway overpass
Information and illustrations derived from a paper by William H. Ross Jr. ca 1931
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
295865
WB&A-Crain Highway overpass
Information and illustrations derived from a paper by William H. Ross Jr. ca 1931
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
295866
WB&A-Crain Highway overpass
Information and illustrations derived from a paper by William H. Ross Jr. ca 1931
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
295867
WB&A-Crain Highway overpass
Information and illustrations derived from a paper by William H. Ross Jr. ca 1931
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
295868
WB&A-Crain Highway overpass
Information and illustrations derived from a paper by William H. Ross Jr. ca 1931
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
Status: No longer exists
Location: 38.951070,-76.554899
Carries Maryland State Route 2 over South River
Design: unknown
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge over South River on Maryland State Route 2 Solomons Road
History: Built 1933
Built: 1933
Location: Anne Arundel County
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411193
© Maryland Department of Transportation
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.992743,-76.507933
Carries MD Route 436 over Weems Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren/verticals
Design Details: Warren pony truss with all verticals
Total Length: 360.9 Feet
Span Length: 47.9 Feet
Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Weems Creek on MD Route 436
History: Built 1929; Reconstructed 1969; Replaced 1996
Built: 1929
Location: Anne Arundel County
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310387
View Of West Elevation, Looking East From Rowe Boulevard
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310388
View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310389
View Of South Approach, Looking North
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310390
View Of North Approach, Looking South
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310391
View Of Swing Span In Open Position
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310392
View Of West Elevation, Showing Timber Piles And Fender, Looking Northeast
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310393
View Of North Approach Span, Looking Northeast
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310394
Southwest Corner Of Approach Span, Showing Tender's House And Southwest Corner Of Abutment
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310395
Detail Of Swing Span, Showing Top Of Center Pier And Fender
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310396
Detail Of Swing Span, Looking Southeast
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310397
West Elevation Of Bridge Tender's House And Deck
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310398
Detail View Of North Apron And Swing Span Juncture, Showing Wheel And Wheel Guard
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310399
View Of Substructure, Showing Timber Bents, Cross Bracing, Stringers And Floor Beams
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310400
Detail View Of Center Pivot With Balance Wheels
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310401
Detail View Of Substructure, Showing Gear Mechanism
Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record
310466
Weems Creek Bridge
Maryland
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014
Status: Removed
Location: 39.000856,-76.492257
Carries Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad over Severn River
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Warren through truss bridge over Severn River on Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad
History: Built 1913; Removed in the 1960s
Built: 1913
Location: Anne Arundel County
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353647
B&ASL - Severn River Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2016
353648
Photo provided by MCSIEVES52
356808
Severn River Trestle
Baltimore & Annapolis 50 leads a special excursion over the bridge on Sept. 24, 1961.
Photo by Robert Riley, Maryland Rail Heritage Library collection
Status: Destroyed by collision
Location: 39.000856,-76.492257
Carries Maryland Electric Railways Co. over Severn River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder bridge swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost deck plate girder bridge over Severn River on Maryland Electric Railways Co.
History: Built 1887; Replaced 1913
Built: 1887
Location: Anne Arundel County
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420775
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2018
420789
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 39.014213,-76.490898
Carries MD 2 over US 50
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder w/flooring system
Total Length: 383.9 Feet
Span Length: 87.9 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over US 50 on MD 2
History: Built 1953
Built: 1953
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.907221,-76.672666
Carries MD 214 Central Avenue over Patuxent River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Patuxent River on MD 214 Central Avenue
History:
Built:
Location: Anne Arundel County
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470085
Hill Bridge
1932 view; replacement bridge on left
Photo from Maryland DOT
Status: Open to pedestrians only
Location: 39.142457,-76.608173
Carries Baltimore & Annapolis Trail over Marley Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Marley Creek on Baltimore & Annapolis Trail
History:
Built:
Location: Anne Arundel County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.972919,-76.485478
Carries Sixth Street over Spa Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pony truss swing bridge over Spa Creek on Sixth Street
History: Built 1907
Built: 1907
Location: Anne Arundel County
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495997
Spa Creek Bridge (Old)
c1946 view
Photo from Capital Gazette
495998
Spa Creek Bridge (Old)
1908 view
Photo from old postcard
498645
Tech drawing from Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2020
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.985849,-76.487835
Carries Footpath over College Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck plate girder swing bridge over College Creek on Footpath
History:
Built:
Location: Anne Arundel County
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496000
USNA College Creek Bridge
Photo from old postcard
496768
Tech drawings from Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2020
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
