Port Deposit Bridge
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Destruction date | 1857 |
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Total length | 1,271 m |
Construction started | 1817 |
Opened | 1818 |
Locations | Port Deposit |
Engineers | Theodore Burr |
Louis Wernwag | |
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ID | 2389927 |
About Port Deposit Bridge
The Port Deposit Bridge was the earliest bridge crossing of the Susquehanna River below Columbia, Pennsylvania, providing the first reliable link between the northern and southern United States. The bridge was also the fifth and last of Theodore Burr's Susquehanna crossings.