Park's Gap Bridge
Park's Gap Bridge | |
| Nearest city | Route 6 over Back Creek, near Martinsburg, West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°30′45″N 78°2′11″W / 39.51250°N 78.03639°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architect | Vulcan Road Machine Company |
| Architectural style | Modified Howe Truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park's Gap Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
External links
Media related to Park's Gap Bridge at Wikimedia Commons