Sunday River Bridge - Newry ME - Truss Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Sunday River Bridge is a Paddleford truss bridge spanning the Sunday River in western Newry, Maine, a small town in western Oxford County. It is 100 feet (30 m) long and 20 feet (6.1 m) wide, with a total height of 22 feet (6.7 m), and rests on cut granite abutments. Its internal clearance is 14 feet (4.3 m) in height and 17 feet (5.2 m) in width. The trusses consist of a series of crossed braces between King posts. It has an extended gable roof clad in wood shingles. The sides are finished in vertical boarding for about half their height, and the ends are boarded from the gable down to the tops of the portals.

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Date Built: 01/01/1872 Length of Span: 100 feet (30 m) long www: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_River_Bridge Parking Coordinates:: Not Listed

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