Casselman's Bridge, National Road
State park in Maryland, United States in Grantsville, Maryland. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Casselman Bridge is a historic transportation structure on the Casselman River, located immediately east of Grantsville in Garrett County, Maryland, and preserved by the state of Maryland as Casselman River Bridge State Park. The bridge was built in 1813–1814 as part of the National Road. Historic markers posted at each end read:Erected 1813 by David Shriver Jr.,Sup't of the "Cumberland Road". This 80 foot span was the largest stone arch in America at the time. It was continuously used from 1813 to 1933.
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The record
| Property type | Object |
| Address | E of Grantsville on U.S. 40, Grantsville vicinity, MD |
| County | Garrett County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000391 |
| Type of place | road bridge |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | E of Grantsville on U.S. 40, Grantsville, MD |
| Website | dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/casselman.aspx ↗ |
| Coordinates | 39.69680, -79.14364 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Necessity National Battlefield · 25 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Mill Run Recreation Area 13 mi · Youghiogheny Recreation Area 14 mi · Somerfield North Recreation Area 14 mi |
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Drawings & photographs
Measured drawings and photographs from the Library of Congress. Public domain. All 8 records ↗
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000391. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA. Drawings and photographs are Historic American Buildings Survey records at the Library of Congress, public domain.