The Goose Creek Stone Bridge crosses Goose Creek in

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. The long stone

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spans the creek in four arches. Built about 1810, it is the largest stone turnpike bridge in northern Virginia, designed to carry the Ashby's Gap Turnpike across the creek. The turnpike was replaced by

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, which crosses the creek a short distance to the south. The bridge is no longer used for vehicular traffic. The bridge was a center of fighting in the

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on June 21, 1863, during the

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. The Goose Creek Bridge was placed on the

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on October 9, 1974.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Bridges completed in 1810 National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia Pedestrian bridges in Virginia Former road bridges in the United States Stone arch bridges in the United States Buildings and structures in Loudoun County, Virginia {{Virginia-bridge-struct-stub

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