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TITLE:
Governor's Bridge, Governor's Bridge Road spanning Patuxent River, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MD,17-BOWI,3-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 1 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Lavoie, C., transmitter
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MD-85
Building/structure dates: 1912 initial construction
Significance: Governor's Bridge is one of only two surviving truss bridges in the county. It also marks the site of a river crossing since colonial times. The name Governor's Bridge is derived from the use of this crossing by two eighteenth century Maryland governors who lived at nearby "Belair."
SUBJECTS:
MARYLAND--Prince George's County--Bowie
steel truss bridges
vehicular bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Patuxent Bridge
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md1317
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. 3/4 VIEW OF BRIDGE
CONTROL #:
MD1317
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