List of covered bridges in Maine
This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Maine.
Bridges
Extant
| 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[1] | 
Former
| 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.[2] | 
| 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.[3] | 
See also
References
- ^ "National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges". www.coveredbridgesociety.org. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
 - ^ "Union Falls, Old & New". BHHS Newsletter. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
 - ^ "Updates to the 2009 World Guide to Covered Bridges" (PDF). National Society for Preservation of Covered Bridges. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
 
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
 - Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. pp. 35–37. ISBN 978-0-578-30263-8.
 
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Covered bridges in Maine.
- National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
 - Maine Tourism article about the state's covered bridges
 









