Bennies Hill Road Bridge is an iron
bowstring arch bridge
A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward horizontal forces of the arch(es) caused by tension at the arch ends to a foundation are countered by equal tension of its own gravity plus any element of the total deck structure such grea ...
over
Catoctin Creek near
Middletown,
Maryland,
United States. It is one of two remaining bridges of its type in Maryland that remain in their original locations. The bridge was restored in 2009.
References
External links
*, including photo in 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Bridges in Frederick County, Maryland
King Bridge Company
National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland
Tied arch bridges in the United States
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