Carries two lanes of roadway Official name Starners Dam Bridge Maintained by County Highway Agency Opened 1911 Width 6.6 m Longest span 19 m Construction end 1911 | Crosses Alloway Creek Other name(s) Alloway Creek Bridge Design Steel stringer bridge Total length 19 m Longest span 19 m Cross Alloway Creek | |
The Starners Dam Bridge is a steel stringer bridge over Alloway Creek on Baptist Road in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. She is also called Alloway Creek Bridge.
History
The steel stringer bridge was constructed in 1911 with construction number 200000CL0207010 about 0.11 miles north of Starners Dam in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. When she was constructed, the bridge was 19.2 metres (63 ft 0 in) long, 6.6 metres (21 ft 8 in) width and weight 62.4 tons. Her deck was made by Concrete Cast-in-Place and she has two lanes of roadway which are part of Baptist Road. Her purpose is to carry Baptist road over Alloway Creek.
She was reconstructed in 1987 and is now owned by County Highway Agency. She currently has an average daily traffic of 232 vehicles as of 2008 with 5% of truck traffic and she is also toll free. She is inspected every 24 months for flaws.