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Wilson's Bridge is a
bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
near Hagerstown, Washington County,
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
,
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. It originally carried the Hagerstown and Conococheague Turnpike, the
National Road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...
, across Conococheague Creek west of Hagerstown. The five-arched structure, the longest of the county's stone bridges, is in length and is constructed of coursed local
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
. The bridge was erected in 1819 by Silas Harry, who had built similar bridges in Pennsylvania. The bridge was closed in June 1972 when it was damaged by floods which occurred during
Tropical Storm Agnes The name Agnes has been used for a total of sixteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, thirteen in the Western North Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: * Hur ...
. Wilson's Bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1982.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the US state of Maryland. Bridges See also *List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland This is a list of bridges and tunn ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Maryland. References

{{NRHP bridges Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland, Lists of bridges on the Nationa ...


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*, including photo from 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust * * Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Buildings and structures in Hagerstown, Maryland Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland Stone arch bridges in the United States Transportation buildings and structures in Washington County, Maryland {{Maryland-bridge-struct-stub