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Roddy Road Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Frederick County, Maryland

Roddy Road covered bridge near Thurmont in Frederick County, Maryland, built about 1850
Roddy Road covered bridge near Thurmont in Frederick County, Maryland, built about 1850 · Carol M. Highsmith / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Roddy Road Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Frederick County, Maryland. Maryland has 7 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Frederick County.

It was built in 2017, in the postwar decades; it is about 39 feet long (5th longest of 5 measured in Maryland).

Status check, 2026-11: The c.1850s-1860 kingpost original was damaged by an oversized truck on May 18, 2016, and replaced by a replica completed in April 2017. No source supports the record's 1892 date. Roddy Road Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.6406° N, 77.3942° W.

Key facts

Current structure built2017
Length39 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates39.64060, -77.39420

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Questions

Where is Roddy Road Covered Bridge?

Roddy Road Covered Bridge is in Frederick County, Maryland, at 39.6406, -77.3942.

How many covered bridges are in Frederick County?

Frederick County, Maryland has 3 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.