Thomas Viaduct
The Thomas Viaduct is a viaduct that spans the Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley between Relay, Maryland and Elkridge, Maryland, USA. It was commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; built between July 4, 1833, and July 4, 1835; and named for Philip E.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Also known as: “Latrobe’s Folly”, “Thomas Viaduct Railroad Bridge”, and “Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Denis station and First Baptist Church of Elkridge.
St. Denis station
Railway stop
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Denis station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in the Maryland town of the same name. While the small station is the line's closest station to its terminus at Camden Yards in Baltimore, it has low ridership. St. Denis station is situated 2,800 feet east of Thomas Viaduct.
First Baptist Church of Elkridge
Church
First Baptist Church of Elkridge is a historic African American Church located at 5795 Paradise Ave in Elkridge, Maryland. The building was constructed in 1877. First Baptist Church of Elkridge is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Thomas Viaduct.
Gaines African Methodist Episcopal Church
Church
Gaines African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 7134 Montgomery Road in Elkridge, Maryland. The building was constructed in 1893. Gaines African Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Thomas Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elkridge and Relay.
Elkridge
Village
Photo: Scott Saghirian, CC BY 2.0.
Elkridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. Elkridge is a rapidly growing area; between the 2010 and the 2020 census, the population had grown from 15,593 to 25,171.
Relay
Village
Photo: EikwaR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Relay, Maryland, or Relay House, Maryland, was an important junction and rail stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, located 9 miles west of Baltimore, Maryland.
Hanover
Photo: GoMaryland, Public domain.
Hanover is an unincorporated community in the Baltimore/Annapolis area in northwestern Anne Arundel County and eastern Howard County in the U.S. state of Maryland, south of Baltimore.
Thomas Viaduct
- Categories: railway bridge and transportation
- Location: Howard, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.22148° or 39° 13′ 17″ northLongitude
-76.71318° or 76° 42′ 48″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87F567CP+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 801975161OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Thomas Viaduct” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “湯瑪斯高架橋”
- Dutch: “Thomas Viaduct”
- Japanese: “トーマス高架橋”
- Polish: “Thomas Viaduct”
- Polish: “Wiadukt Thomasa”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thomas Viaduct”. Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.