Alloway Creek (Monocacy River tributary) explained

Alloway Creek
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	Pennsylvania, Maryland
Subdivision Type3:	Counties
Subdivision Name3:	Adams, Carroll
Mouth:	Monocacy River
Mouth Coordinates:	39.6989°N -77.2152°W

Alloway Creek is a 13.5adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] tributary of the Monocacy River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States. Via the Monocacy River, it is part of the Potomac River watershed.^[2]

Flow

The creek rises in Pennsylvania and flows in the northwest corner of Carroll County, Maryland and southeast of Adams County, Pennsylvania. The creek mouths at Palmer and empties into the Monocacy River and Piney Creek.^[3]

Starners Dam Bridge

The Starners Dam Bridge is a steel stringer bridge over the creek on Baptist Road in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. It is also called Alloway Creek Bridge.^[4]

See also

• • List of rivers of Maryland List of rivers of Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map
2. Web site: Maryland Geological Survey . maryland.gov . 1941 . 23 February 2016.
3. Web site: Carroll County . marylandroots.net . 18 November 2011 . 23 February 2016.
4. Web site: Starners Dam Bridge . bridgehunter.com . 2002 . 23 February 2016.