..........Bridges Around Baltimore
   
      Baltimore City has plenty of old bridges, many of which are still standing and still being used for  traffic.  Below,  the Mt Vernon Water Pumping station sits at the foot of the 29th Street bridge, a thruway that connects East and West Baltimore across the Jones Falls Valley.   Photo #2, to the right, shows that same scene in 2006. The Jones Falls Expressway, built in the 1960's, has really changed the view. While the 29th Street bridge is still clearly visible, you can hardly see the Mt Vernon Water pumping station , which peeks out from under the Expressway.

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............29th Street Baltimore Jones Falls Valley    
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  .............29th Street Bridge Baltimore


   Another bridge to cross the Jones Falls was the St Paul  Street Bridge. This view , below , is looking south on St Paul Street from Mount Royal Avenue, over the Jones Falls .

The building directly behind the bridge is the Mt Royal Hotel, on Mount Royal Avenue,  which is still standing . The ornate bridge has long since been replaced and redecked to a much plainer bridge for Calvert Street traffic. Below are two other postcard shots of the old bridge in different contrasts.
..............................St aul Bridge Monument Lady
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  .......................... St Paul Street Bridge lady
 


..................................Calvert Street Bridge Baltimore

........................Calvert Street Bridge Baltimore  
 





.....Looking northwest at Baltimore's St. Paul Street Bridge, with the old Union Train Station in the background. Over the years, reconstruction projects have created a less ornate bridge, and the ladies have been moved. The lady to the right currently resides just to the west of the Jones Falls Expressway, on Mt Royal Terrace, and just north of  North Avenue, only a few blocks from where she started from on St. Paul Street.

 
.......Jones Falls , St Paul , Calvert Street Bridges, Union Station Baltimore ............






.  One block to the West of the  St Paul Street Bridge  , was the Calvert Street Bridge . The ladies on this bridge are replaced by lions The bridge has long since been replaced and the lions, or atleast a few of them, currently reside in Cylburn Park, near the mansion building. .hich have
 ..................US Post Offcie Parcel Post Building Baltimore Maryland St Paul Street Jones Falls Valley

....Calvert Street Lion Bridge Baltimore Maryland


............Calvert Street Bridge Baltimore Lions




....................................................Calvert Street Lions today Baltimore
..........................Calvert Street Bridge Lions today


.............................Edmondson Avenue Bridge Baltimore Maryland  



Edmondson Avenue Bridge, crossing the Gwynns Falls in West Baltimore.



Postcard View



    The Cedar Avenue Bridge leading east out of Druid Hill Park. The Jones Falls Valley has more or less become the Jones Falls Expressway, and the old Cedar Avenue Bridge came down. Included here are four old postcard views of the old bridge.  

.....Cedar Avenue Bridge Baltimore  






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...........Cedar Avenue Brodge Baltimore Maryland  


  ...........Fallsway Bridge Baltimore Maryland
  A gloomy 1913 view of the Fallsway Viaduct. It appears to have been replaced by the bottom end of the Jones Falls Expressway. Check out the Kilduffs page on Monuments for more on the Fallsway Monument.







.Hanover Street Bridge, Baltimore


   One of my Favorite Baltimore bridges, the old Hanover Street bridge. The bridge looks very much like this old postcard view today.( The water isn't quite as clean though ).



...........................Hanover Street Bridge , Baltimore    



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..........................Hanover Street Bridge , Baltimore





..........................Hanover Street Bridge, Baltimore



.............Howard Street Bridge, Baltimore  
   Over the years, the old Howard Street bridge has carried a lot of traffic into the downtown area. Many of the bridges over the JFX ( Jones Falls Expressway ) have been replaced or repaired so that the old charm has been lost. Not so with the Howard Street Bridge . For years it was painted in some wild colors, and the Mayor of Baltimore even had a contest to pick a new paint scheme a few years back after the bridge completed a major overall.









 
St. Paul Street Bridge Lady

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.................................Orleans Street Viaduct , Baltimore  

....................Orleans Street Viaduct , Baltimore
 
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