Talbot Avenue bridge
Talbot Avenue Bridge | |
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Talbot Avenue Bridge, 2007 | |
| Coordinates | 39°00′07″N 77°02′41″W / 39.00195°N 77.04482°W |
| Carries | Talbot Avenue, Georgetown Branch Trail |
| Crosses | Metropolitan Subdivision |
| Locale | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Begins | Lyttonsville |
| Ends | North Woodside |
| Owner | Montgomery County, Maryland |
| Characteristics | |
| Width | 45 – 55 feet |
| No. of lanes | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | May 24, 2024 |
| Location | |
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The Talbot Avenue bridge in Montgomery County, Maryland, is a two-lane pedestrian bridge that connects the neighborhood of Lyttonsville to downtown Silver Spring over the Metropolitan Subdivision of the CSX railroad. Built in 2024, it is the third bridge across railroad tracks in this location. Historically, the bridges connected an antebellum community founded by a free Black laborer to neighborhoods where for decades Black people were allowed to work, but not live. Today, it carries the Georgetown Branch Trail extension of the Capital Crescent Trail.