Augusta, Maine

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K&P - Kennebec River Bridge (1857) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1857; destroyed by flood February 1870
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Kennebec River on Kennebec & Portland Railroad in Augusta.
Destroyed by flooding

Kennebec Bridge (1797) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1797; collapsed June 23, 1816
Lost Bridge over Kennebec River on Bridge Street
Collapsed

Kennebec Bridge (1818) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1818 by Benjamin Brown and Ephraim Ballard Jr.; burned April 2, 1827
Lost Through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Bridge Street
Destroyed by fire

Kennebec Bridge (1827) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1827 by Ephraim Ballard Jr.; opened August 18, 1827, as a toll bridge; bought by city of Augusta in 1867; replaced 1890
Lost Through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Bridge Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Kennebec Bridge (1890) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1890 to replace a covered bridge; replaced 1972
Lost Through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Bridge Street in Augusta
Replaced by a new bridge

MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (1870) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1870
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Railroad in Augusta.
Removed but not replaced; Supports still stand

MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (Pre 1906) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Maine Central Railroad in Augusta.
Removed but not replaced

Memorial Bridge (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1949; rehabilitated 1984
Deck truss bridge over Kennebec River on ME 100/US 201/US 202 in Augusta
Open to traffic

MERR - Kennebec River Bridge (1913) (Kennebec County, Maine)
Built 1913
Warren deck truss bridge over Kennebec River on Maine Central Railroad in Augusta.
Intact but closed to all traffic

Water Street Bridge (Kennebec County, Maine)
Replaced 1939
Lost Pony truss bridge over Old Mcrr (Now Side Road) on Water Street
Replaced by new bridge