Built in 1819 and named for a nearby village, Wilson Bridge was the first stone bridge in Washington County. The five-arch structure was erected by Silas Harry at a cost of $12,000 and greatly improved the road system between Baltimore and Cumberland by providing a continuous smooth surface from the Eastern Seaboard to the western wilderness. It is one of the two oldest remaining bridges on the National Pike, the first federally financed road in the U.S. Wilson Bridge carried traffic until storm flooding seriously damaged it in 1972, and it was placed on the National Historic Register in 1982.
