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This is a partial list of wooden
covered bridges in the
U.S. state of
Maine .
Name
Image
Location (in
Maine )
Built
Length
Truss
Notes
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
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Name
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.
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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.
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