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Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Grapeshot ()
Date: August 21, 2011 07:38PM

Anyone know if Lee Prescott Drive ever crossed Pohick Creek? Found what looks like the remains of a bridge near Pohick Creek on a trail off Hatches Court.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Burkian ()
Date: September 23, 2011 11:53PM

Im pretty sure it did back in the day. I remember when i was a kid there was a broken cement bridge and there was abandoned cars around the creek.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Panjot ey ()
Date: September 24, 2011 11:09AM

Burkian Wrote:
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> Im pretty sure it did back in the day. I remember
> when i was a kid there was a broken cement bridge
> and there was abandoned cars around the creek.

Yea it connected the townhouses from Liberty Bell to the new houses on Hatches, it was a great short cut to go play some hoops at white oaks and dunk on those 6 ft rims.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: TomMcf ()
Date: November 26, 2011 08:54PM

Grapeshot, there was a bridge over Pohick at that location. In fact that was the original road for Silas Burke's Mill (the mill is nearby) and functioned as a road from the 1820's to the 1950's. The trail at the end of Hatches Ct follows the old road route and the old concrete bridge abutments are still there. The Park Authority is currently working on a project to build a new bridge crossing and complete the connection to Burke Road with a second trail to Burke Lake Road. Work should begin on it within the next 2 to 3 years.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: LT ()
Date: July 06, 2012 12:02AM

I remember when I was about 3 or 4 there used to be a barn and a farmhouse back there on hatches; before the townhouses went up. Late 80s.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Mow The Laundry ()
Date: March 27, 2014 03:33PM

After viewing the area, is that the mill next to where Lake Hatch used to be?

And a URL for a better view - http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=1.6E-05&lat=38.784552554995&lon=-77.2651790000002&year=1949
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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Poo Poo and Pee Pee ()
Date: September 03, 2014 12:55AM

Mow The Laundry Wrote:
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> After viewing the area, is that the mill next to
> where Lake Hatch used to be?
>
> And a URL for a better view -
> http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=1
> .6E-05&lat=38.784552554995&lon=-77.2651790000002&y
> ear=1949


How do you post images on the forum?

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Joke Insurance ()
Date: December 30, 2015 07:36AM

That was the former driveway for that house (built in the 1920's) on Hatches Court.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: January 03, 2016 12:28AM

I thought it was the bridge to the German Farm? I know the Bamboo at deadmans curve is the old driveway.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Joke Insurance ()
Date: January 03, 2016 02:49AM

Burke Brat Wrote:
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> I thought it was the bridge to the German Farm? I
> know the Bamboo at deadmans curve is the old
> driveway.

Same place.

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Re: Bridge across Pohick Creek
Posted by: Joke Insurance ()
Date: June 22, 2017 10:37AM

The remnants of that bridge are now gone because the bridge that carries the Liberty Bell Trail goes right over it.

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