Governor's Bridge
Prince George's County, Maryland
and Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Photos
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Overview Photo taken 1989 by Jack Boucher for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Approaching From the East |
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Oblique View Facing Northeast |
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Into the Eastern Portal |
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Looking Back To The Eastern Entrance |
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Into the Western Portal |
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Restrictions Sign |
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From Upstream |
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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Patuxent River on Governor Bridge Road in Bowie
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1912
- Design
- Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 117.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
- Inventory number
- BH 19748 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 35.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 840
Sources
- HAER MD-85 - Governor's Bridge, Governor's Bridge Road spanning Patuxent River, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
- James Gonzalski - gtg362i [at] gatech [dot] edu