Alloway Creek (Monocacy River tributary)
River in Maryland, United States
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Alloway Creek is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km)[1] tributary of the Monocacy River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.[citation needed] Via the Monocacy River, it forms part of the Potomac River watershed.[2]
| Alloway Creek | |
|---|---|
Monocacy River watershed | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania, Maryland |
| Counties | Adams, Carroll |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Monocacy River |
• coordinates | 39.6989428°N 77.2152458°W |
Flow
The creek rises in Pennsylvania and flows in the northwest corner of Carroll County, Maryland and southeast of Adams County, Pennsylvania. The creek mouths at Palmer and empties into the Monocacy River and Piney Creek.[3]
Starners Dam Bridge
The Starners Dam Bridge is a steel stringer bridge over the creek on Baptist Road in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. It is also called Alloway Creek Bridge.[4]