National Historic Landmark · truss bridge · Savage, Maryland

Bollman Suspension and Trussed Bridge

Historic truss bridge in Savage, Maryland, US. Built 1869. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkBuilt 1869Listed 1972
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What it is

Wikipedia · Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge

The Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge across the Little Patuxent River at Savage, Maryland, is one of the oldest standing iron railroad bridges in the United States and the sole surviving example of a revolutionary design in the history of American bridge engineering. The 160-foot (48.8 m) double-span was built in 1852 at an unknown location on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It was moved 35 years later to its present location, where it replaced the very first Bollman bridge. Today, it carries the Savage Mill Trail.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressSpanning Little Patuxent River near the jct. of Goman Rd. and Foundry St., Savage, MD
CountyHoward County
ListedOct 18, 1972
Reference number72000582
Built1869
Type of placetruss bridge, steel bridge, railway bridge
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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AddressSpanning Little Patuxent River near the jct. of Goman Rd. and Foundry St., Savage, MD
Coordinates39.13487, -76.82505 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitBaltimore-Washington Parkway · 8 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyGreenbelt Campground 11 mi · Greenbelt Park Picnic Areas 11 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 11 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72000582. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.