LeGore Bridge
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The bridge was built for three purposes:
- as part of a hydroelectric dam for an electric railway going from the Nation's Capital to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
- for transport of limestone from the LeGore Quarry to sales companies in Pennsylvania, and
- to accommodate the state-owned road for public travel across the Monocacy River.
Several decades have passed and the LeGore Bridge is still used for everyday automobile traffic.
The structure was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]
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- LeGore Bridge undergoes $1.06M repair
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- Bridges completed in 1900
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Bridges in Frederick County, Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland
- Monocacy River
- Stone arch bridges in the United States