LITTLE GUNPOWDER FALLS
BALTIMORE/HARFORD COUNTIES
BUILT - 1865
Length - 88' ... ENE of Kingsville. Jerusalem Rd. NE 2.0 miles from jct with US1 in Kingsville, S. on Jericho Rd. 0.25 miles to the bridge. Built by Thomas Forsyth, a Baltimore machinist, at a cost of $3,125. Named after the nearby Jericho mills which the bridge was built for to have access to. Major rehabilitation was done on the bridge in 1937, during which a Queenpost Truss was added to the original Burr Arch Truss. The Queenpost Truss stretched across all ten side panels of the bridge. Metal braces, tie rods, new flooring and new walls were also added at this time. Rehabilitated also in 1983 at a cost of $280,000, which time included installing a flooring consisting of 2"x 4" boards, set on edge, and adding five steel reinforcing girders hidden underneath its deck for support to a portion of the travel section of the bridge. The reinforcing steel allowed safe weight of 15 tons to cross bridge. Also a new roof and repairs to the masonry abutments were completed, The latest restoration was completed in 2015-2016 at a cost of approximately $1.7 million. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1978. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Truss variation with a added Queenpost for added support.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 20-03-01 Baltimore County, 20-12-01 Harford County
GPS +39.46000, -76.38667
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