Maryland Country Roads - The Jug Bridge Demijohn - Frederick, Maryland

by Michael Mazaika

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Maryland Country Roads - The Jug Bridge Demijohn - Frederick, Maryland

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Michael Mazaika

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One of the landmarks of our Nation's continued westward expansion in the early 1800's, the Jug Bridge demijohn (a very large-scale version of a popular decanter for spirits) was originally placed at the east end of the four-arched stone bridge crossing the Monocacy River just east of Frederick, Maryland. The bridge was built around 1808 for the Baltimore-Frederick Turnpike Company by a renowned stone mason of the day, Leonard Harbaugh. Legend has it that, on completion, some of the builders placed a jug of whiskey in the monument. The mode of traffic carried by the Jug Bridge began with horses, horse-drawn carts and wagons up through the automobiles of the mid-1940's when one of its spans collapsed. The bridge was temporarily repaired and remained in service but was eventually replaced by the modern-day spans that carry U.S. 40 / Interstate 70 across the river. The Old Jug was relocated to a small park, just east of town, where it currently resides, next to a stone marker placed to commemorate an 1824 visit to Frederick by the Marquis de LaFayette. Image = MD Country Roads - Frederick Jug Bridge-3 111017 016-020 E-D M C1 PSP.jpg.

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