Poffenberger Road Bridge

The Poffenberger Road Bridge, near Jefferson, Maryland, is a wrought iron bridge by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The bridge is similar to the Fourpoints Bridge elsewhere in Frederick County. The bridge is a single-span double-intersection Pratt truss. It was built circa 1878 and remains in daily use.[2]

Poffenberger Road Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Poffenberger Road over Catoctin Creek, Middletown, Maryland
Coordinates	39°22′54″N 77°34′18″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1878 (1878)
Built by	Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt or Whipple thru truss
NRHP reference No.	78001459[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1978

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Cherilyn Widell (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Linganore Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

• Poffenberger Road Bridge, Frederick County, including photo in 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-35, "Poffenberger Road Bridge, Spanning Catoctin Creek, Middletown, Frederick County, MD", 13 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page