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Sandy Hook Bridge

Mile 59.58 - If you travel to Harper's Ferry by car, you'll probably go though Sandy hook via Route 340 and cross the Potomac via the bridge whose support pillar you can see here.  This marks the "confluence" of the two rivers, the Potomac and Shenandoah.

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Confluence.jpg (115655 bytes)Aerial view of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers coming together under the Sandy Hook bridge.  From the terraserver.  You can see a line of rock piers which are the remains of past bridges parallel and at right angles to the Sandy Hook bridge.

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