Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge

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The Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge is a historic 19th-century iron railroad bridge in Savage, Maryland, notable as one of the earliest surviving examples of a cast- and wrought-iron truss bridge in the United States.

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Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic bridge ⓘ
iron railroad bridge ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ
builtFor Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
completionDate 1852 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1850 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Howard County ⓘ
crosses Little Patuxent River ⓘ
currentUse pedestrian bridge ⓘ
designer Wendel Bollman ⓘ
engineeringSignificance early use of independent tension and compression members ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 39.137 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude -76.824 ⓘ
hasSubstructure stone masonry piers ⓘ
hasSuperstructure iron truss ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1964 ⓘ
historicEra 19th century ⓘ
length about 160 feet ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Howard County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Howard County

Maryland ⓘ
Savage, Maryland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
material cast iron ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ
namedAfter Wendel Bollman ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest surviving cast- and wrought-iron truss bridges in the United States ⓘ
being the only surviving example of the Bollman suspension truss system ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1966 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000035 ⓘ
numberOfSpans 2 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalLocation near Relay, Maryland ⓘ
owner Howard County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Howard County
partOf Savage Mill Historic District ⓘ
linked to: Savage Mill
preservationStatus preserved ⓘ
railroadLineServed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington Branch ⓘ
relocatedTo Savage, Maryland ⓘ
relocationDate 1887 ⓘ
spanLength about 79 feet ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
structureType Bollman suspension truss ⓘ
usedFor railroad traffic ⓘ

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Savage, Maryland → hasLandmark → Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge ⓘ
Savage Mill → locatedNear → Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge ⓘ