McAllister
Bridge
Built in 1914 by Joseph A.
Britton
Location: Located 5 1/2 miles southeast of Rockville.
Size: The length of this bridge is 126' +9' +9'. The
width is 16' with 14' of clearance. It has a Burr Arch 1 span
truss. The foundation is concrete.
Bridge History: James D. McAllister, born in 1854, owned
the large Fairview Hill Farm near the McAllister Bridge. It is
possible to see Neet, McAllister, and Crooks covered bridges at the
same time in winter. From a bird’s eye view, Nevins could also be
seen.
This bridge was built during the height of J.A. Button’s bridge
building career. His sons were providing the bulk of the labor.
J.A. Britton was 77 years old when the McAllister Bridge was
completed. J.A. Britton went on to build the Marshall Bridge in
1917 and the Nevins Bridge in 1920. J.A. Britton was 83 during the
building of the Nevins Bridge and lived until the age of 91.
The bridge has a galvanized steel roof. It has several
noticeable repairs reinforced by steel. The abutments are wider
than the ends of the bridge which are instead supported with
reverse kingposts.
The portal credits include J.M. May, J.L. Linebarger, W.M.
Mottern, Commissioners, J. Elder, Auditor, J.H. Rush, Treasurer, H.
L. Davies, Engineer, J.A. Britton, Builder, 1914.
The cache is a 50 caliber ammo box. Please hide it as well or
better than you found it. There is a Sacagawea dollar in the cache
for the first one to find.
Both the Winningham Boys and Team BubbyMac have had caches near
this bridge in the past that came up missing. Hopefully this one
will last a little longer.