Hemlock Bridge - Fryeburg, ME
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silverquill
N 44° 04.768 W 070° 54.185
19T E 347624 N 4882459
One of only nine surviving covered bridges in Maine, the 116-foot Hemlock Bridge in Freyburg, built in 1857, is considered one of the earliest examples of the Paddleford truss with arch type of consruction, spanning the old course of the Saco River.
Waymark Code: WM1G0E
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2007
Views: 35
Hemlock Bridge, built in 1857, is a 109 foot Paddleford truss strengthened with laminated wooden arches. The bridge was reinforced to carry local traffic in 1988. It is located three miles northwest of East Fryeburg over an old channel of the Saco River.
It is considered to be the oldest surviving example of the Paddleford Truss system used in a Maine covered bridges, and was designated as a Maine Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers on January 17, 2002.
Access to this bridge is over dirt roads that are not maintained in the winter.
There is also a very difficult traditional geocache at this site.
Street address:
three miles northwest of East Fryeburg
over an old channel of the Saco River
Fryeburg, ME United States
County / Borough / Parish: Oxford County
Year listed: 1970
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1850-1874
Historic function: Transportation
Current function: Transportation
Season start / Season finish: From: 05/01/2007 To: 09/30/2007
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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