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Location:
Near Butler, Baltimore County, Maryland. A few miles west of
Interstate 83, about 20 miles north of Baltimore and 15 miles south of the
Maryland/Pennsylvania state line.
Date:
18935
Setting:
Rural, amid woods, farms, and distant single-family houses on large lots.
Access:
Shawan Road/Hunt Valley exit from I-83. No parking available, but
traffic is light, and you can pull over on a shoulder and get to the bridge
without too much trouble.
Crosses:
Western Run
Current Status:
One-lane bridge, wood deck, carries traffic on Cuba Road, a narrow, winding
two-lane rural road.
Decorations/Plaques:
Plaque on truss over roadway
reads "Wrought Iron Bridge Co., Canton, Ohio". No date on bridge. No decorative
elements other than the plaque.
Threats:
None known. However, the
bridge is not currently preserved or in a park. It does support traffic, and
further suburban development in the area could potentially increase traffic
needs on the bridge. The bridge is documented in "Historic Bridges of Maryland"
by Dixie Legler and Carol M. Highsmith.
This is a traditional example of a bridge built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. The a-frame portal bracing was a standard for the company in the 1890s, the last decade of operation before it became part of the American Bridge Company.
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