Park's Gap Bridge

Park's Gap Bridge
Nearest city Route 6 over Back Creek, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°30′45″N 78°2′11″W / 39.51250°N 78.03639°W / 39.51250; -78.03639Coordinates: 39°30′45″N 78°2′11″W / 39.51250°N 78.03639°W / 39.51250; -78.03639
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1892
Architect Vulcan Road Machine Company
Architectural style Modified Howe Truss
NRHP Reference #

94001299

[1]
Added to NRHP November 04, 1994

Park's Gap Bridge is a historic Howe Truss bridge located near Martinsburg, at Tomahawk, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892, and has a span 93 feet (28 m) long and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide over Back Creek. It is a simple span pony truss supported on stone abutments.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Park's Gap Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.


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