Park's Gap Bridge
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Park's Gap Bridge | |
Nearest city | Route 6 over Back Creek, near Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°30′45″N 78°2′11″W / 39.51250°N 78.03639°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1892 |
Architect | Vulcan Road Machine Company |
Architectural style | Modified Howe Truss |
NRHP reference No. | 94001299 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 04, 1994 |
Park's Gap Bridge is a historic Howe Truss bridge located near Martinsburg, at Tomahawk, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892, and has a span 93 feet (28 m) long and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide over Back Creek. It is a simple span pony truss supported on stone abutments.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park's Gap Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
External links
[edit] Media related to Park's Gap Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Bridges completed in 1892
- Buildings and structures in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Berkeley County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs
- West Virginia transportation stubs