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Bollman Truss Bridge

Completed in: 1869
Status: in use
Location: Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Crosses: Little Patuxent River
Bollman Truss Bridge
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Structural Type:
Bollmann truss bridge
Function / usage:
original use: Railroad (railway) bridge
current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Wendel Bollman

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Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
truss  wrought iron
Dimensions
  total length 48.8 m
  span lengths 2 x 24.4 m

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External LinkA Span for All Seasons: Bollman Truss English
External LinkHAER: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD English

Relevant Literature
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 121-122.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 88.
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 107.
* Vogel, Robert   The Engineering Contribution of Wendel Bollman, Smithsonian Institution Bulletin, n. 240, 1964.

 
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