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Starners Dam Bridge

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Starners Dam Bridge
Coordinates39°41′56″N 77°12′53″W / 39.699°N 77.2147°W / 39.699; -77.2147
Carriestwo lanes of roadway
CrossesAlloway Creek
Official nameStarners Dam Bridge
Other name(s)Alloway Creek Bridge
Maintained byCounty Highway Agency
Characteristics
DesignSteel stringer bridge
Total length19.2 metres (63 ft 0 in)
Width6.6 metres (21 ft 8 in)
Longest span18.6 metres (61 ft 0 in)
History
Construction start1911
Construction end1911
Opened1911
Statistics
Daily traffic232 (as of 2008)
Tollfree
Location
Map

The Starners Dam Bridge is a steel stringer bridge over Alloway Creek on Baptist Road in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. She is also called Alloway Creek Bridge.[1]

History

The steel stringer bridge was constructed in 1911 with construction number 200000CL0207010 about 0.11 miles north of Starners Dam in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. When she was constructed, the bridge was 19.2 metres (63 ft 0 in) long, 6.6 metres (21 ft 8 in) width and weight 62.4 tons. Her deck was made by Concrete Cast-in-Place and she has two lanes of roadway which are part of Baptist Road. Her purpose is to carry Baptist road over Alloway Creek.[2]

She was reconstructed in 1987 and is now owned by County Highway Agency. She currently has an average daily traffic of 232 vehicles as of 2008 with 5% of truck traffic and she is also toll free. She is inspected every 24 months for flaws.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Starners Dam Bridge". bridgehunter.com. 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ "BAPTIST ROAD over ALLOWAY CREEK". uglybridges.com. 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Bridge Inspections BAPTIST ROAD over ALLOWAY CREEK". tallahassee.com. 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2016.