Waverly Street Bridge

United States historic place


Waverly Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Replacement bridge in January 2014
39°29′23″N 79°2′34″W / 39.48972°N 79.04278°W / 39.48972; -79.04278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892 (1892)
Architect	King Bridge Co.
Architectural style	bowstring arch truss
NRHP reference No.	84001327^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1984

The Waverly Street Bridge, also called the Westernport Bowstring Arch Truss Bridge, was a historic steel bowstring truss bridge at Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It carried vehicular traffic on Waverly Street over George's Creek. The bridge had a span length of 108 feet (33 m). It was built in 1892, by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio.^[2]

The Waverly Street Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was demolished in 1991.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Geoffrey Henry; Mark Edwards; David Dorsey & Paula Spero (April 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Waverly Street Bridge" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

Waverly Street Bridge, Allegany County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-83, "Waverly Street Bridge, Spanning George's Creek, Westernport, Allegany County, MD", 11 photos, 8 measured drawings, 13 data pages, 1 photo caption page

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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