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Weems Creek Bridge, Spanning Weems Creek at MD Route 436, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD
LocationSpanning Weems Creek at MD Route 436,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MD-112
Significance: This bridge is one of only three remaining swing span bridges in Maryland and is the oldest of the three. It is important in the history of transportation in Maryland as a relatively rare example of the way in which residents combined navigation on Maryland's waterways with the requirement for vehicular roads to move goods and people.
Subjects
Swing BridgesVehicular Bridges
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF WEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST FROM ROWE BOULEVARD
2. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
3. VIEW OF SOUTH APPROACH, LOOKING NORTH
4. VIEW OF NORTH APPROACH, LOOKING SOUTH
5. VIEW OF SWING SPAN IN OPEN POSITION
6. VIEW OF WEST ELEVATION, SHOWING TIMBER PILES AND FENDER, LOOKING NORTHEAST
7. VIEW OF NORTH APPROACH SPAN, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. SOUTHWEST CORNER OF APPROACH SPAN, SHOWING TENDER'S HOUSE AND SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ABUTMENT
9. DETAIL OF SWING SPAN, SHOWING TOP OF CENTER PIER AND FENDER
10. DETAIL OF SWING SPAN, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
11. WEST ELEVATION OF BRIDGE TENDER'S HOUSE AND DECK
12. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTH APRON AND SWING SPAN JUNCTURE, SHOWING WHEEL AND WHEEL GUARD
13. VIEW OF SUBSTRUCTURE, SHOWING TIMBER BENTS, CROSS BRACING, STRINGERS AND FLOOR BEAMS
14. DETAIL VIEW OF CENTER PIVOT WITH BALANCE WHEELS
15. DETAIL VIEW OF SUBSTRUCTURE, SHOWING GEAR MECHANISM
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