historic context of maryland highway bridges built between 1948 ...

Executive Summary2. Bet ween May and Septemb er 2003, URS Corporation (URS) of Gaithersbu rg, M aryland and F lorence, New Jersey prep ared an historic cont ext of high way bridg es from th e 1948-1960 p eriod for the M aryland Stat e Hig h way Admin istration (SH A). Th e project up dated and exp anded upon the SH A’s exist ing historic bridg e context—H istoric High way Bridg es in Maryland: 1631 – 1960, Historic Cont ext Repo rt (Paula Spero & Associat es and Louis B erg er & Asso ciates, 1995). As part of the project, UR S condu cted a surv ey of 21 h igh way bridges th roughout M aryland representin g 12 different bridg e t yp es built b et ween 1948 and 1960. Th e project h ad multip le goals: to dev elop more fully the histo ric context for b ridg es built in M aryland fro m th e 1948- 1960 p eriod to reflect th e techno logical in novation s in bridge design and constru ction from this period; to establish criteria for th e evaluation of the significanceand integrit y of 1948-1960 high way b ridg es in M aryland for their eligibilit y for listin g in the N ation al Reg ist for Historic Places (NRHP); to do cu ment and record 21 h igh way bridges in M aryland fro m the 1948- 1960 p eriod representing 12 diff erent bridg e t yp es; and to app ly this criteria in the evaluat ion of th e 21 su rveyed high way b ridg es for th eir NRH P-eligibilit y.URS served as project manager and provided agency coordination. URS also conductedbackground research on the history of road building in Maryland from the 1948-1960 period,conducted research on the history of the individual surveyed bridges, and wrote the historiccontext. Hardlines Design Company (Hardlines) of Columbus, Ohio, serving as a subconsultantfor URS, conducted the field survey of 21 SHA highway bridges in Maryland. Fieldwork wasconducted from May to July 2003. Following the survey work, Hardlines completed MarylandInventory of Historic Properties (MIHP) forms and, along with URS, evaluated the surveyedbridges on MIHP Determination of Eligibility (DOE) forms. The results of the survey evaluationare listed in Table 1.MIHP #Table 1 – NRHP Recommendations for 21 SurveyedHighway Bridges in Maryland from 1948 – 1960BridgeName/LocationB-4632 I-895 Bridge over CSXRailroad TracksBA-2681BA-2713CT-784CARR-1673Wise Avenue Bridgeover Bear CreekMD 157 (PeninsulaExpressway) Bridge overBear CreekMD 2 Bridge over theNarrowsMD 32 Bridge overLiberty ReservoirCountyBaltimoreCityBaltimoreBaltimoreCalvertCarrollBridgeTypeDate BuiltNRHPEligible?K-truss 1957 Yes A, CDouble LeafBasculeTrunnionDouble LeafBasculeTrunnionReinforcedConcrete SlabSteel Deck(Warren) Truss1948 Yes A, C1960 No NA1958 No N/A1952 Yes A, CNRHPCriterionCE-1083MD 213 Bridge overChesapeake & DelawareCanalCecilMetal DeckArch (TiedArch)1949 Yes A, CMIHP #BridgeName/LocationCountyBridgeTypeDate BuiltNRHPEligible?NRHPCriterionCH-781MD 225 Bridge overMattawoman CreekCharlesPrestressedConcreteGirder1957 Yes A, CF-3-205MD 144 Bridge overMonocacy RiverFrederickSteel Deck(Warren) Truss1955 Yes A, CG-III-A-199Sang Run Road Bridgeover YoughioghenyRiverGarrettStringer/FloorBeam System1955 Yes A, CG-IV-A-290Swallow Falls RoadBridge overYoughiogheny RiverGarrettStringer/FloorBeam System1960 Yes A, CHA-2045Hookers Mill RoadBridge over Bynum RunHarfordConcrete BoxGirder1957 Yes A,C\15-SEP-11\\ i