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Roddy Road - 1856

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    Roddy Road 11 800
  • Roddy Road 5A 800
  • Roddy Road 1 800
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  • Roddy Road 5 800
  • Roddy Road 6 800
  • Roddy Road 7 800
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  • Roddy Road 10 800
  • Roddy Road 11 800
    • Roddy Road 5A 800
    • Roddy Road 1 800
    • Roddy Road 2 800
    • Roddy Road 3 800
    • Roddy Road 4 800
    • Roddy Road 5 800
    • Roddy Road 6 800
    • Roddy Road 7 800
    • Roddy Road 9 800
    • Roddy Road 10 800
    • Roddy Road 11 800

     

    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 ft.
    Total length: 39 ft.
    Deck width: 12.8 ft.

     

    It 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

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