List of covered bridges in Maine facts for kids
This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Maine.
Bridges
Extant
Name | Image | Location (in Maine) | Built | Length | Truss | Notes |
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Babb's Bridge | South Windham | 1864, 1976 | 79 feet (24 m) | Queen | Original bridge was burned by vandals in 1973. An exact replica was constructed and opened to traffic in 1976. | |
Hemlock Bridge | Fryeburg | 1857 | 109 feet (33 m) | Paddleford truss with arch | Is remote, far down on Hemlock Bridge Road at the end of Frog Alley Road (a seasonal road gated in winter), off Route 5 North. Car and foot traffic. | |
Lowes Bridge | Guilford-Sangerville | 1857, 1990 | 146 feet (45 m) | Long | Washed away by the flood of April 1, 1987. A modern covered bridge, patterned after the original, was built on the original abutments in 1990. | |
Robyville Bridge | Corinth | 1876 | 73 feet (22 m) | Long | Only completely shingled covered bridge in the State. | |
Bennett Bridge | Lincoln Plantation | 1901 | 93 feet (28 m) | Paddleford truss | Spans the Magalloway River. | |
Lovejoy Bridge | Andover | 1868 | 70 feet (21 m) | Paddleford truss | Spans the Ellis River and is Maine's shortest covered bridge. | |
Porter-Parsonfield Bridge | Porter | 1859 | 160 feet (49 m) | Paddleford truss | Built by the towns of Porter and Parsonfield as a joint project over the Ossipee River and was refurbished in 1999. It runs parallel to Route 160 just below Porter. Foot traffic only. | |
Sunday River Bridge | Newry | 1872 | 99 feet (30 m) | Paddleford truss | Named the Artist's Bridge because of its reputation as being the most photographed and painted of the venerable covered bridges in Maine. | |
Trout Brook Bridge | Alna | 2018 | 47 feet (14 m) | Boxed pony Howe | After a New Hampshire covered bridge was burned by vandals, a covered bridge preservation group acquired the remains of the bridge and used them to erect the Trout Brook Bridge |
Former
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Name | Image | Location (in Maine) | Built | Length | Truss | Notes |
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Union Falls Bridge | Dayton | 1860 | 112 feet
(34 m) |
Unknown | A covered bridge built at Union Falls, a village that used to be in Dayton. It was blown up in 1921. | |
Watson Settlement Bridge | Littleton | 1911 | 170 feet (52 m) | Howe | Farthest north and the youngest of Maine's original covered bridges. Destroyed by fire on July 19, 2021. |
See also
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
- World Guide to Covered Bridges
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