List of covered bridges in Maine explained

This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Maine.

Bridges

Extant

Name	class=unsortable	Image	Location (in Maine)	Built	Length	Truss	Notes
Babb's Bridge		South Windham	1864, 1976	79feet	Queen	Original bridge was burned by vandals in 1973. An exact replica was constructed and opened to traffic in 1976.
Hemlock Bridge		Fryeburg	1857	109feet	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	146feet	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	73feet	Long	Only completely shingled covered bridge in the State.
Bennett Bridge			1901	93feet	Paddleford truss	Spans the Magalloway River.
Lovejoy Bridge		Andover	1868	70feet	Paddleford truss	Spans the Ellis River and is Maine's shortest covered bridge.
Porter-Parsonfield Bridge		Porter	1859	160feet	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	99feet	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	47feet	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	class=unsortable	Image	Location (in Maine)	Built	Length	Truss	Notes
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			1911	170feet	Howe	Farthest north and the youngest of Maine's original covered bridges. Destroyed by fire on July 19, 2021.^[3]

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
• World Guide to Covered Bridges

References

• • Book: Caswell . William S. . World Guide to Covered Bridges . National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges . Concord, New Hampshire . 978-0-578-30263-8 . 2021 . 35–37.

External links

• National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
• Maine Tourism article about the state's covered bridges

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges . 2024-01-31 . www.coveredbridgesociety.org.
2. Web site: Union Falls, Old & New . 2023-08-25 . BHHS Newsletter . en.
3. Web site: Updates to the 2009 World Guide to Covered Bridges . National Society for Preservation of Covered Bridges . 21 July 2021 . 20 July 2021.