Poffenberger Road Bridge Explained

Poffenberger Road Bridge
Location:Poffenberger Road over Catoctin Creek, Middletown, Maryland
Coordinates:39.3817°N -77.5717°W
Builder:Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Architecture:Pratt or Whipple thru truss
Added:November 29, 1978
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:78001459

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.[1]

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

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  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Linganore Farm. January 1978. 2016-01-01 . Cherilyn Widell . Maryland Historical Trust.