Waverly Street Bridge

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]

Waverly Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Replacement bridge in January 2014
Show map of Maryland Show map of the United States
Location	Waverly St. at Georges Creek, Westernport, Maryland
Coordinates	39°29′23″N 79°2′34″W
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 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was demolished in 1991.[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. 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