Legore Bridge
The first time I ever saw the Legore Bridge, I was startled. Driving along a county road, I had just crested a hill and suddenly, there it was, this massive stone bridge across the Monocacy, 340 feet long and over 60 feet high. I crossed the long span and parked carefully in the little turnaround spot, which, judging by the cans and bottles strewn about, served as a popular party spot. On the northern side of the road, a bit of gravel road leads down to the river. And from that angle, the sheer size of the bridge is more than a little intimidating. And, as it turns out, there is at least one reason to be a bit wary of the Legore Bridge. It claimed the life of the son of its builder.
George Legore was about 20 years old when his father’s bridge was opened to the public in 1905. James Legore built the bridge to allow transport of goods from the lime quarries owned and operated by the Legore family. It was later sold to the county and is still in use today.
George R. Legore Ends Life By Leap In Monocacy River
Well Known Frederick County Man Was Despondent Because of Health.
Body Found In Stream; Left Note In His Auto
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon at Four O’Clock
Tortured by pain due to a serious illness, George Randolph Legore, of Legore, ended his life by jumping, it is believed, from the Legore Bridge, near the LeGore Lime Company plant, either Friday afternoon or early this morning. His body was found about 8:30 o’clock today in the Monocacy River about 700 feet south of the bridge, by a searching party sent out after his absence from home since Friday morning. Mr. LeGore, who was well known in Frederick city and county and had many friends, left a note in his car, the contents of this message stating that he “had only a few more days to live” and that he “Could not stand the pain”.1Frederick News, 4/13/1930