Stone Bridge (Manassas)
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Stone Bridge crosses Bull Run
at the eastern entrance of the Manassas National Battlefield Park
in Manassas, Virginia
. The original bridge was destroyed during the First Battle of Bull Run
(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. Modern day U.S. Route 29
crosses Bull Run on a bridge built in the late 1960s downstream of this one.
Bull Run (Occoquan River)
Bull Run is a free-flowing tributary stream of the Potomac River that originates from a spring in the Bull Run Mountains in Loudoun County, Virginia, and flows south to the Occoquan River...
at the eastern entrance of the Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park, located north of Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, and the Second Battle of Bull Run which was fought between August 28 and August 30, 1862...
in Manassas, Virginia
Manassas, Virginia
The City of Manassas is an independent city surrounded by Prince William County and the independent city of Manassas Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Its population was 37,821 as of 2010. Manassas also surrounds the county seat for Prince William County but that county...
. The original bridge was destroyed during the First Battle of Bull Run
First Battle of Bull Run
First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas , was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas...
(First Manassas) on July 21, 1861, the first major land battle of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. Some years later, a new bridge, apparently similar to the original design, was built on the site of the old bridge. Modern day U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a north–south United States highway that runs for from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida. This highway's northern terminus is at Maryland Route 99 in Ellicott City, Maryland...
crosses Bull Run on a bridge built in the late 1960s downstream of this one.