The Crum Road Bridge is a historic

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near

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, Frederick County,

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. It spanned Israel Creek southeast of Walkersville. The bridge is an iron bowstring pony bridge that is in length and in width. The Crum Road Bridge was built on or about 1875, and was probably constructed by the King Iron Bridge Company of

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. The Crum Road Bridge was listed on the

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in 1978. It was then listed in the

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in 1993. In 1995, the bridge was removed from its original location on Crum Road over Israel Creek to be replaced by a new wide span concrete bridge. The Crum Road Bridge was relocated to the Heritage Farm Park, located several miles west off of Devilbiss Bridge Road for possible future use as a pedestrian bridge. It was again relocated when it was removed from Heritage Farm Park in 2004. It is currently located in Ballenger Creek Park.https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=maryland/ballengercreek/

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*, including photo in 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust * Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Bridges in Frederick County, Maryland King Bridge Company Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland Tied arch bridges in the United States {{Maryland-bridge-struct-stub

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