Paper Mill Road Bridge Honored As One of America's Favorite Bridges
Paper Mill Road Bridge
November 15, 2011Location: Sparks, Maryland
Modern Steel Construction (MSC) magazine recently
polled its readers as it conducted a "Favorite Bridge" competition,
which was open to all first-place winning bridges in the National
Steel Bridge Alliance's (NSBA) Prize Bridge competition since it
began in 1928. Results of the voting were announced in MSC's
November 2011 issue. The Paper Mill Road Bridge, a JMT
project located in Baltimore County, Maryland, was one of the top
three vote-getters to be selected for People's Choice Awards, along
with the Rainbow Bridge of Niagara Falls, NY, and the Colonel
Patrick O'Rorke Bridge of Rochester, NY. In addition to the
three People's Choice award winners, other Favorite Bridges honored
with Industry Choice awards included the Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Bridge and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
The Paper Mill Road Bridge is a steel box arch structure with a
span of 495 feet and an overall length of 670 feet that rises to a
height of 99 feet over the Gunpowder Falls. Innovative design
elements and construction techniques allowed the bridge to be
completed while protecting the public water supply below and
preserving an existing historic bridge adjacent to it. This
JMT project was completed in 2000 and won the NSBA's 2001 Prize
Bridge Award for Long Span, along with several other national and
regional awards.
Modern Steel Construction is a monthly publication of
the American Institute of Steel Construction. Click here for the
full article, beginning on page 22.