Park's Gap Bridge

Park's Gap Bridge
Nearest city: Route 6 over Back Creek, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Area: 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built: 1892
Architect: Vulcan Road Machine Company
Architectural style: Modified Howe Truss
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#:

94001299

[1]
Added to NRHP: November 04, 1994

Park's Gap Bridge is a historic Howe Truss bridge located near Martinsburg, at Tomahawk, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892, and has a span 93 feet (28 m) long and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide over Back Creek. It is a simple span pony truss supported on stone abutments.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park's Gap Bridge". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/94001299.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02. 
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