Baltimore Street Bridge

West of Baltimore Street Bridge, at the site now occupied by Emmanuel Church, stood Fort Cumberland, from which in 1755 General Edward Braddock and Colonel George Washington led the expedition against Fort Duquesne. On this site, wooden bridges stood in 1790, 1795, 1805, and 1811, followed by a chain bridge from 1820 to 1837, a wooden covered bridge from 1837 to 1854, a Bollman iron bridge from 1854 to 1891, and a plate girder bridge from 1891 to 1916.

Cumberland, Maryland · United States