 The Point of Rocks Bridge became the first of the three crossings to be started when construction began March 25, 1937; the bridge's concrete piers were completed and the piers of the old bridge were removed from the river by September of that year.The new bridge and its approaches, which crossed over the B&O Railroad on the Maryland side, opened December 26, 1937.The camelback truss bridge spans and has a roadway and a pair of sidewalks.