Queen Anne Bridge
Queen Anne Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°53′43″N 76°40′35″W / 38.8952°N 76.6763°W |
| Carried | Queen Anne Bridge Road |
| Crossed | Patuxent River |
| Owner | State Roads Commission |
| Heritage status | Maryland Historical Trust[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Pratt truss with Phoenix sections[1] |
| Material | Steel[1] |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Dean & Westbrook[1] |
| Collapsed | partial, circa 1960[1] |
| Location | |
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Queen Anne Bridge is an historic bridge over the Patuxent River near Queen Anne in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States of America.[1] It is the only surviving example of a Pratt truss bridge with Phoenix sections in the county.[1]
Numerous bridges have been built on this site that once served as a main road connecting Anne Arundel County to Prince George's County.[1] The first one was built in 1755 and by 1797 another wood bridge was built by local carpenter Colmor Duvall, only to be destroyed by a flood in June 1804.[1] In 1804, the bridge was immediately rebuilt.[1] The current structure was built about 1890 and was closed after the Anne Arundel span of the bridge collapsed due to an overloaded truck, circa 1960.[1] It remained open for pedestrian use until 2007 and remains standing, though fenced now[when?] prevent it from even allowing pedestrian use between county park land on both sides of the river.
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38°53′42.65″N 76°40′34.65″W / 38.8951806°N 76.6762917°W