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Roddy Road, Frederick County

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Inventory Number: MD/20-10-02#2
County: Frederick County
Township:
Town/Village: Thurmont
Bridge Name: Roddy Road
Crosses: Owens Creek
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 39'
Roadway Width:
Built: 2017
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 38.452
Longitude: W077 23.626
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Directions: 0.7 miles north of MD550 (N Church St.) on US15, then 0.5 miles right on Roddy Creek Rd. to the bridge on the right at Roddy Rd.

Roddy Road Bridge, Thurmont, Frederick County, MD Built 2017
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, November 12, 2021

Roddy Road Bridge, Thurmont, Frederick County, MD Built 2017
Jim Smedley Photo, January 14, 2019

Comments:
After being badly damaged by an oversized vehicle, this bridge needed to be rebuilt. The former bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1978.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 38

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