Stone Bridge (Manassas)

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Stone Bridge is a bridge that crosses Bull Run in the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia. It was destroyed during the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861, the first major land battle of the American Civil War. Some years later, a new bridge, apparently similar to the original design, was built on the site of the old bridge. Today, visitors to the Battlefield Park can see the structure at the eastern entrance to the park. Modern day U.S. Route 29 crosses Bull Run on a bridge built in the late 1960s downstream of this one.

March 1862 photograph of the ruins of the Stone Bridge after the Battle of First Manassas.

April 1962 photograph of the late 19th century bridge built at the location of the original bridge.