Lombard Street Bridge

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Lombard Street Bridge
Lombard Street Bridge is located in Baltimore
Lombard Street Bridge
LocationOver Gwynns Falls off Wetheredsville Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°19′1.5″N 76°42′0.3″W / 39.317083°N 76.700083°W / 39.317083; -76.700083Coordinates: 39°19′1.5″N 76°42′0.3″W / 39.317083°N 76.700083°W / 39.317083; -76.700083
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1974 (1974)
ArchitectBollman, Wendel
Architectural styleWater-main truss
NRHP reference No.75002093[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1972

Lombard Street Bridge is a historic truss bridge located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an 88-foot cast iron span consisting of three lines of trusses—two outer trusses of composite cast and wrought iron in a diagonal Pratt design and a center composite bowstring truss of Pratt-system web. It was designed in 1877 by engineer Wendel Bollman (1814–1884).[2] The center bowstring is actually a bifurcated cast iron water main. This design for a bridge carrying a water line as a component of the truss bridge support itself is a unique design element of this bridge.[3]

The bridge was dismantled and placed into storage in 1975, after it was judged that it could not handle the increased traffic on Lombard Street.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Nancy Miller (December 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lombard Street Bridge" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ^ "Old Lombard Street Iron Bridge".

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