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Shepherdstown Pike Bridge

 
Shepherdstown Pike, Washington County, MD 25443, United States of America
 

Shepherdstown Pike Bridge carries the road from Peterborough to Presington over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near to Guildford.

The Act of Parliament for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was passed on January 1 1888 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Expectations for coal traffic to Newbury never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In 1990 the canal became famous when John Edwards swam through Wolverhampton Embankment in 17 minutes live on television.

Information about the place
Shepherdstown Pike Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Guard Lock No 8 (111.56 miles and 36 locks to the west) and Rock Creek (Junction of the Potomac River with Rock Creek ) (72.95 miles and 39 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Guard Lock No 8 is One Mile Lock No 39; 1.20 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Rock Creek is Shepherdstown Lock No 38; 0.02 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.

 
 
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[Antietam National Battlefield] 11 photo caption pages HABS No. MD-936, "Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD", 14 photos, 2 color [Maryland Route 34] highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Shepherdstown Pike, the state highway begins at the West Virginia state line at the Potomac [West Virginia Route 480] Kearneysville Pike, the highway extends from WV 115 in Kearneysville north to the Maryland state line at the Potomac River in Shepherdstown, from where [U.S. Route 15 in Maryland] Ferry, Shepherdstown, and Hancock. In November 1936, the MDSRC put together a plan to replace the Potomac River bridges at Hancock, Shepherdstown, and Point [James Rumsey Monument] and 345 ft (105 m) west of Shepherdstown Railroad Bridge. The monument is a contributing property to the Shepherdstown Historic District on the National [U.S. Route 340] Shenandoah Subdivision rail line, and meets the southern end of WV 230 (Shepherdstown Pike) at Halltown. Along the southern edge of the town of Bolivar, US 340 [List of crossings of the Potomac River] This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Within each section, crossings are listed from the [Battle of Antietam] the Potomac River and only a single crossing point, Boteler's Ford at Shepherdstown, was nearby should retreat be necessary. (The ford at Williamsport, [U.S. Route 11 in West Virginia] way to the community of Bunker Hill. The highway, now named the Winchester Pike, serves as the main north–south highway through the town. Several small business [Harpers Ferry, West Virginia] Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via newspapers.com. "Briefs". Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, West Virginia). May 25, 1878. p. 2. Archived from the original
 
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