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Lansdowne is a census-designated place and planned community located near Leesburg, Virginia in Loudoun County, Virginia. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 11,253. [2] It is north of State Route 7 and south of the Potomac River. Before the Revolutionary War, the Lee family established Coton Manor here.
I-81 Potomac River Bridge I-81: Falling Waters / Williamsport Railroad Bridge Berkeley County / Williamsport James Rumsey Bridge WV 480 MD 34: Shepherdstown / Washington County: Shepherdstown Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern: Shepherdstown / Washington County Old B&O Mainline Bridge: CSX Cumberland Subdivision: Harper's Ferry / Washington County
Travel between Virginia and Maryland necessitated crossing the Potomac River, the fourth largest east coast river, which has always been an obstacle for travel over land. Several ferries were established to serve that area and Noland's Ferry ran from Leesburg to Maryland for over 150 years. Noland's Ferry Road leads to a boat ramp on the C&O ...
White's Ferry on the Potomac River in 2007. White's Ferry, originally Conrad's Ferry, is an inactive cable ferry service that carried cars, bicycles, and pedestrians across the Potomac River between Loudoun County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland, and is the last one of its kind to cross the Potomac. [1]
Built in 1836–1837, the B&O's first crossing over the Potomac was an 830-foot (250 m) covered wood truss. [2] It was the only rail crossing of the Potomac River until after the American Civil War. The single-track bridge, composed of six river spans plus a span over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II.
This list includes bridge and ferry crossings of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia The main article for this category is List of crossings of the Potomac River .
River Creek is a planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia, located 40 miles (64 km) west of Washington, D.C., and 4 miles (6 km) east of Leesburg at the confluence of the Potomac River and Goose Creek. It was the first gated country club community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
It was a cable-guided car and passenger ferry. A ferry had plied the river from this site since 1828. According to WTOP, a Loudoun County businessman purchased White's Ferry in February 2021 with the express purpose of reviving the historic Potomac River crossing. [22] At least sixty-three historic markers are located in and near Leesburg. [23]