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New Sharon Bridge

Franklin County, Maine
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New Sharon Truss Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Sandy River on Town Way in New Sharon
Location
New Sharon, Franklin County, Maine
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1916 by the Groton Bridge Co.
Builder
- Groton Bridge Co. of Groton, New York
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 263.1 ft.
Total length: 268.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 1999
Also called
Sandy River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.63806, -70.01500   (decimal degrees)
44°38'17" N, 70°00'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/419500/4943245 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
New Sharon
Inventory numbers
ME 2608 (Maine bridge number)
NRHP 99001189 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 19839 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2007)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
152

Categories 

Built 1916 (465)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Closed (2,071)
Franklin County, Maine (9)
Groton Bridge Co. (33)
Have street view (9,883)
Maine (187)
NR-listed (2,353)
New Sharon, Maine (1)
 Owned by township (1,813)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Steel grate deck (381)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Through truss (9,202)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,562)

Update Log 

  • April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • October 23, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is on the National Register; Added bridge builder

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New Sharon Bridge
Posted July 19, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Yes, I was surprised to learn this as well. The fact is documented in the state context portion of the state historic bridge inventory. The irony is that right next to Maine in New Hampshire one can find a cast iron 1880s bridge, and an 1880s pin-connected lenticular truss, as a couple examples.

New Sharon Bridge
Posted July 19, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

That is a stunning statistic! You would think that Maine would have a large collection of pin-connected trusses as it is on the East Coast (ie large population in the mid-late 19th century), and has lots of rivers and coastal inlets.

New Sharon Bridge
Posted July 17, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

To clarify the significance of this bridge this is listed as the only remaining pin-connected thru truss highway bridge in the entire state!