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The Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge is located between Mechanic Street and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The bridge was constructed in 1924, designed by Frank McEnteer. This elegant bowstring reinforced concrete arch bridge represents a traditional bridge type which was readily adapted to what was essentially a new construction material: reinforced concrete. Unlike a rail or road bridge, this bridge can be considered an unusual pedestrian bridge in that it was built by the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company in 1924 to provide access from the glass plant to a warehouse on the other side of Simpson Creek. The bridge was designed to carry hand carts with glass products across the river to the warehouse. The bridge remains the only evidence of the original works, and its successor, Master Glass Company. Thus the bridge stands in splendid isolation from any other structure.
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When was Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge listed on the National Register?
Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 1997.
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Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1924.
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