Park's Gap Bridge


Park's Gap Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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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]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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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