Earlier in the week, I showed a picture of a railroad bridge and this is another. This is from a Pratt Truss Bridge spanning the Little Patuxent River in an area formerly known as the town of Guilford. The bridge’s primary purpose was to carry the railroad to the granite quarry just north of the river. When the quarry shut down, so did the town and then the railroad had no use for the bridge, so it fell into disarry. However, within the last 10 years the bridge has been restored and made into part of a nature trail.
I’ve included a full picture of the bridge from the trail below.
I wasn’t there in the best weather for pictures, so I saved the quarry for another time.
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1 roc // Sep 21, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Looks like a great place to go hiking!
2 Quarry « Maryland Daily Photo // Aug 11, 2010 at 12:06 AM
[...] . This is the site of the quarry in Guilford that was formerly the reason for the existence of the truss bridge pictured here. It looks amazingly welcoming. You would never know that it was surrounded by office parks [...]
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