OLD TOWN TOLL BRIDGE
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:12 am
About the Toll Bridge
To cross through from each town of Oldtown, MD and Green Spring, WV there is a small, unique, historic bridge called the Oldtown Toll Bridge. The bridge was originally built by act of Congress, and a tie inspector named Melvin R. Carpenter in December of 1938. Carpenter had a great idea, instead of traveling through Cumberland to venture through Fort Ashby, Springfield, just to be in Green Spring why not build a bridge to go across the Potomac river.
Not quite 100 years later the Oldtown Toll Bridge is still standing 200 foot-long and 10 foot-wide. One of few remaining privately owned bridges in the United States, but only one in Maryland.
Us at the Oldtown Toll Bridge encourages travelers, hikers, fisherman, kayakers, and anyone that floats on the Potomac river to stop and give the beautiful historic bridge a look.
You can send any pictures that you would want posted to our Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/oldtownbridge
(There is a fee to drive across from the states of West Virginia and Maryland.)
- John and Corine joined us on 4 wheels
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7HkXKRY3VjV1oA559
Ed and Ralph put this ride together and we had a fun time. On a previous ride Ed had told us about this landmark bridge and Ralph said we need to go see it. Ed is very familiar with the area and led us on some roads that were new to us and they were really good. I have attached a Rever link to the track as well as the picture. You might want to make this ride.
It was nice to have Corine join us. She doesn't enjoy riding on a motorcycle, so John joined us on four wheels. It was also nice to have Cherrie and Red come along on their beautiful custom Harley Trike.
We enjoyed lunch at the Canary Grill in Berkeley Springs and the view was spectacular.
Thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did.
https://go.rever.co/167mZhrL24b