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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 38.570251,-76.073895

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Carries MD 795 over Cambridge Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 315.0 Feet
Span Length: 64.0 Feet

Overview: Bascule bridge over Cambridge Creek on MD 795 in Cambridge
History: Built 1938
Built: 1938

Location: Dorchester County

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196713

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Photo taken by Daniel McFarland in March 2011

196714

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Photo taken by Daniel McFarland in March 2011

196715

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Photo taken by Daniel McFarland in March 2011

261054

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler

365760

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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

365761

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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

365762

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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

365763

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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

365764

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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

365765

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Market Street Bascule Bridge

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

452319

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452320

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Light Detail

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452321

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452322

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Signal Bell

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452323

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504947

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Market Street Bridge

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Brookview Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 38.576659,-75.794087

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Carries MD 14 over Marshyhope Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 470.2 Feet
Span Length: 116.1 Feet

Overview: Bascule bridge over Marshyhope Creek on MD 14
History: Built 1931
Built: 1931

Location: Dorchester County

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217063

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Marshyhope Creek Bridge

Taken from old alignment of MD RTE 14 in Brookview

Photo taken by Nathan Bolduc in October 2011

261051

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Brookview Bridge

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

452292

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452293

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452294

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452295

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

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Chicamacomico River Bridge

Status: Replaced by new bridge

Location: 38.442236,-75.904611

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Carries Drawbridge Road over Chicamacomico River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge over Chicamacomico River on Drawbridge Road
History: Replaced 1972
Built:

Location: Dorchester County

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452301

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This Structure Replaced the Draw Bridge in 1972

Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452302

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Draw Bridge

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452303

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452304

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452305

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New Bridge

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452502

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452503

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

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Bestpitch Ferry Road Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 38.417321,-75.993042

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Carries Bestpitch Ferry Road over Transquaking River
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer trestle
Total Length: 191.9 Feet
Span Length: 22.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Transquaking River on Bestpitch Ferry Road
History: Built 1946
Built: 1946

Location: Dorchester County

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452324

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452325

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452326

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452327

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452328

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452329

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452330

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

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Back Landing Road Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic; no replacement or repair expected
Closed to all traffic; no replacement or repair expected

Location: 38.689098,-75.913477

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Carries Back Landing Road over Hunting Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 133.9 Feet
Span Length: 15.1 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Hunting Creek on Back Landing Road
History: Built 1941; rehabilitated 1953
Built: 1941

Location: Dorchester County

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452311

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452312

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452313

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452314

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Emerson E. Harrington Bridge

Status: Center truss spans and piers removed after new bridge opened 1987; approaches on both side open to pedestrians only as a fishing pier

Location: 38.579481,-76.056256

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Carries US-50 over Choptank River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss with concrete stringer approach spans
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Through truss bridge over Choptank River on US-50
History: Built 1935, bypassed by new bridge 1987 and converted to fishing piers with removal of center spans
Built: 1935

Location: Dorchester County

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317015

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Choptank River Bridge, Cambridge, Maryland

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317016

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Emerson E. Harrington Bridge on Choptank River, Cambridge, Maryland

Boston Public Library

372584

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Emerson E. Harrington Bridge

Plaque at north end

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

372585

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Emerson E. Harrington Bridge

Fishing pier and plaque at north end

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

372586

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Emerson E. Harrington Bridge

Surviving fishing pier section

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in September 2016

496044

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Emerson E. Harrington Bridge

Photo from old postcard

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Honga River Waterway Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 38.299746,-76.208575

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Carries Hoopersville Island Road over Honga River Waterway
Design: unknown
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over Honga River Waterway on Hoopersville Island Road
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940

Location: Dorchester County

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Fishing Creek Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 38.349683,-76.228121

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Carries Maryland Highway 335 over Fishing Creek
Design: unknown
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over Fishing Creek on Maryland Highway 335
History: Built 1942
Built: 1942

Location: Dorchester County

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BE - Nanticoke River Bridge

Status: Removed

Location: 38.483829,-75.820287

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Carries Baltimore & Eastern Railroad over Nanticoke River
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Nanticoke River on Baltimore & Eastern Railroad
History:
Built:

Location: Dorchester County

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336898

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B&E - Nanticoke RiverBridge

Maryland

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2015

488743

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Market Street Bridge (Old)

Status: No longer exists

Location: 38.570476,-76.073611

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Carries Maryland Route 795 over Cambridge Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Cambridge Creek on Maryland Route 795
History: Replaced in 1938
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Location: Dorchester County

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Market Street Bridge (Old)

Replaced in 1938

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2016

404183

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Honga River Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 38.296028,-76.204778

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Carries Hoopers Island Road over Honga River
Design: beam/stringer
Design Details: Stringer
Total Length: 1485.0 Feet
Span Length: 85.0 Feet

Overview: Stringer bridge over Honga River on Hoopers Island Road
History: Built 1980
Built: 1980

Location: Dorchester County

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452306

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452307

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452308

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452309

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452310

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

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Suicide Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 38.631056,-75.946278

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Carries Suicide Bridge Road over Cabin Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 607.0 Feet
Span Length: 19.0 Feet

Overview: Timber Stringer Bridge over Cabin Creek on Suicide Bridge Road
History: Built 1967 Rebuilt 2005
Built: 2005

Location: Dorchester County

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452315

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452316

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452317

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452318

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

452498

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Photo taken by Timothy and Joann Phillips in July 2019

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Fishing Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 38.348283,-76.227581

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Carries Md 335 over Fishing Creek
Design: beam/stringer
Design Details: Stringer
Total Length: 847.2 Feet
Span Length: 120.1 Feet

Overview: Stringer bridge over Fishing Creek on Md 335
History: Built 1992
Built: 1992

Location: Dorchester County

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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.

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