Leitersburg Bridge No. 2

Leitersburg Bridge No. 2 is the first of two bridges built in 1839 by John Weaver. Its two-arch span rises steeply over Antietam Creek and is unusual for the lateral curve in its roadbed. It was long known as Strite's Mill Bridge because of a mill to the northeast. That grist mill, now considerably altered, was originally built by Samuel Kraumer in 1798 near a ford on the early road through this area. The mill passed through a number of owners before Christian Strite purchased it in 1843, four years after the bridge had altered the road's path. Strite added a south wing to the mill for grinding plaster, and the mill continued grinding grain into the 1920s.

Ringgold, Maryland · United States