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Roddy Road - 1856

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    The 1856 Roddy Road Covered Bridge is a small, one-lane King Post wooden covered bridge crossing Owens Creek near Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland. It is 40 feet long, 16 feet wide, and with a 12-foot-8-inch clearance. The smallest of the county's covered bridges, Roddy Road is a single-span Kingpost design bridge. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1995.

     

    After it was damaged by an oversized truck in 2016, a replacement was built that includes warning bars on either side of the bridge to reduce the chance of a repeat event.

     

    Length of largest span:  38.1 feet
    Total length:  39 feet
    Deck width:  12.8 feet

     

    Roddy Road Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

     

    Located at:  N39 38.453   W77 23.627        -        WGCB #20-10-02

    Photographed in August of 2018

    Photos by Millard Farmer

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