Penobscot River Bridge
Penobscot River Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Penobscot Bridge on left, railroad bridge on right | |
| Coordinates | 44°47′56″N 68°45′51″W / 44.79889°N 68.76417°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians |
| Crosses | Penobscot River |
| Locale | Bangor/Brewer, Maine |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | truss |
| Total length | 657 feet (200 m) |
| Width | 32 feet (10 m) |
| Longest span | 218 feet (66 m) |
| Load limit | 15 tons - 3 tons |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1902 |
| Construction end | 1911 |
| Opened | 1902 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Location | |
 | |
The Penobscot River Bridge was a
Historic American Engineering Record, it was the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in Maine.[1] While it was designed for loads of up to 15 tons, it was reduced to 3 tons shortly before its replacement in 1997 by the "New Penobscot Bridge."[2]
The bridge carried
Veterans Remembrance Bridge
after its completion in 1986.
See also
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maine
- List of bridges in the United States
References
- ^
Carson, Eric W. "Penobscot Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ New Penobscot Bridge (1997) at Structurae. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
Gallery
-
Last remaining piece of the bridge, installed near its original location
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. ME-52, "Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME", 19 photos, 20 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
|---|
 | This article about a bridge in Maine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |