List of covered bridges in Maine

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
Babb's Bridge 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 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 Image of the Lowes Covered Bridge from the south entrance. 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 Robyville Bridge Corinth 1876 73 feet (22 m) Long Only completely shingled covered bridge in the State.
Bennett Bridge Bennett Bridge Lincoln Plantation 1901 93 feet (28 m) Paddleford truss Spans the Magalloway River.
Lovejoy Bridge 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-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 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[1]

Former

Name Image Location (in Maine) Built Length Truss Notes
Union Falls Bridge 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.[2]
Watson Settlement Bridge Watson 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges". www.coveredbridgesociety.org. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  2. ^ "Union Falls, Old & New". BHHS Newsletter. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ^ "Updates to the 2009 World Guide to Covered Bridges" (PDF). National Society for Preservation of Covered Bridges. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Covered bridges in Maine.
  • National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
  • Maine Tourism article about the state's covered bridges
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