{"nrhp_refnum":"11000067","name":"Hibbs Bridge","other_names":["Beaverdam Bridge","Snickersville Turnpike Bridge","Bridge # 6088","VDHR File No. 0530243"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SR 734 6 mi NW of Aldie between Hibbs Bridge Rd (SR 731 W) to the S and Watermill Rd (SR 731 E) to the N","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mountville","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.03760787300007,"lon":-77.72276913499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hibbs Bridge is a two-span fieldstone arch bridge built in 1829 on the Snickers Gap Turnpike (now Snickersville Pike, State Route 734). It crosses Beaverdam Creek near Mountville in southern Loudoun County, Virginia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues statewide significance under Criterion A in transportation, through its link to the Snickers Gap Turnpike, one of the earliest turnpikes in Virginia. It is also a rare survivor of a stone-arch bridge type uncommon on Virginia turnpikes, and the third oldest in Loudoun County. The period of significance ends in 1869, when the turnpike company released the bridge to Loudoun County.","narrative":"Hibbs Bridge carries Snickersville Pike over Beaverdam Creek in southern Loudoun County, Virginia. Built in 1829 by Uriel Glasscock for the Snickers Gap Turnpike Company, it has two segmental arches, conical buttresses, and fieldstone walls, with cut-stone voussoirs and keystones. It is about 125 feet long and 25 feet wide, and the roadbed rises toward the center. The turnpike company turned to stone after floods destroyed earlier wooden bridges in the area. Glasscock was reportedly paid $3,500 for the work. The bridge is one of few surviving stone-arch turnpike bridges in Virginia and the third oldest in Loudoun County. Its name changed from Beaverdam Bridge after the Hibbs family acquired the surrounding land. The turnpike company gave up the bridge to the county in 1869. Concrete scour aprons and coping were added in the twentieth century, and a 2007-2008 rehabilitation repaired the masonry and installed a reinforced concrete deck. It remains in daily use.","period_of_significance":"1829-1869","architect_builder":"Uriel Glasscock","architectural_style":"OTHER: Stone-arch bridge","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Open to vehicular traffic and owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation; rehabilitated in 2007-2008 and reopened in 2008.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.846006-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6816/41681663/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000067.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000067/bc5353cb8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000067/bc5353cb8f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HibbsBridge_LoudounCounty.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HibbsBridge_LoudounCounty.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681663","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115287933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/hibbs-bridge-11000067/"}