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Eligible Bridges
The following bridges have been determined eligible by SHA and MHT has concurred with the
eligibility determinations. Information about bridges that the agencies have agreed are not
eligible is included in Appendix A.
MD 942 over the Potomac River, SHA Bridge No. 0106600 – Double thru arch bridge
constructed in 1954, in Cumberland, Allegany County. Determined eligible in 2001 and a
Preservation Priority Bridge.
MD 151 over Patapsco and Back River Railroad and MD 151B, SHA Bridge No. 0309900 –
Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge – described as a metal girder bridge in the DOE form
SHA prepared in 2002. The bridge was designed and constructed by the Bethlehem Steel Bridge
Company and given to the SRC once MD 151 was constructed. The bridge stands at the
entrance of the Bethlehem Steel Plant in Sparrows Point, Baltimore County.
MD 231 over Patuxent River, SHA Bridge No. 0400800 –a movable swing bridge that was
constructed in 1950/51 between Charles and Calvert Counties. Determined eligible in 1999.
Old MD 32 over River Road, South Branch of Patapsco River, B&ORR (now CSX), SHA
Bridge No. 1304600 – A three-span semi-monocoque composite aluminum box beam bridge
near Sykesville that was closed to traffic in 2004. Determined eligible in 2000 and a
Preservation Priority Bridge, because it is one of six aluminum bridges in the United States.
MD 32 over Liberty Reservoir, SHA Bridge No. 0604900 – a steel deck truss constructed as part
of the Liberty Reservoir construction in 1952. Determined eligible in 2008 for its association
with the Liberty Reservoir construction.
US 113 Business over Purnell Branch, SHA Bridge No. 2300800, a three-span concrete slab
bridge with decorative metal railings, constructed in 1952 and determined eligible in 2004.
Also recommended as eligible from the 1948-1965 period are several bridges investigated by
URS and Hard Lines Design in 2003 and 2004:
MD 144 over the Monocacy River, SHA Bridge No. 1003803, MIHP No. F-3-205, a three span
steel deck Warren truss bridge built in 1955 and altered in 1987 by the replacement of its deck
and parapets as well as repairs to several stringers in the deck truss.
MD 18B over Kent Narrows, SHA Bridge No. 1700600, MIHP No. QA-542, a twelve-span steel
beam and bascule bridge, built in 1952 as part of the new Chesapeake Bay Bridge and US 50
improvements in Queen Anne’s County.