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| Keywords: 1991 Little creek 3.png en Looking southward at the Frederick county side masonry abutment taken in 1991 2013-07-22 09 42 09 http //msa maryland gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/011000/011100/011199/pdf/msa_se5_11199 pdf Maryland Historical Trust's Inventory of Historic Properties The Little Pipe Creek bridge and viaduct is a 705 ft m on continuous truss bridge with main span and 19 viaduct sections as well as an active railroad trestle south of Keymar Maryland Originally constructed by the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company F PL Construction on the trestle began in late 1871 and continued until April 1872 It was rebuilt by the Pennsylvania railroad in 1896 as an open deck riveted iron plate under girder bridge and then again in 1902-1903 using steel in the bridge and trestling In 1915 the bridge was surveyed as part of the Interstate Commerce Commission's effort to establish freight rates for the Parent railroad The United States Railroad Administration rebuilt the creek span in the 1917 period Additional work rebuilding the bridge and trestling was performed in the 1982-1989 period by the Maryland State Railroad Administration In 1991 the bridge was surveyed as part of the Maryland Historic Sites Inventory As of 2013 the bridge is in active rail service operated by the Maryland Midland railroad PD-USGov Little Pipe Creek bridge and viaduct Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
