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Sieur de Monts Spring Bridge

Hancock County, Maine

Photo 

Se Elevation, Facing Nw

Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #310316

Map 

Street View 

Description 

The Sieur de Monts Spring Bridge provided a separated grade crossing between the Bar Harbor-Seal Harbor highway and the Park Loop Road. Boggy soil conditions at the site forced the contractor to employ a reinforced concrete "raft" to support the footings, so in effect the bridge "floats" on its foundations.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Stone faced reinforced concrete segmental arch bridge over Park Loop Road on Acadia All-American Road (Route 3)
Location
Hancock County, Maine
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1940
Builders
- Bridge Construction Corporation of Augusta, Maine
- J.R. Partridge of Augusta, Maine
Design
Concrete rigid frame
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.36120, -68.20327   (decimal degrees)
44°21'40" N, 68°12'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/563488/4912300 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Seal Harbor
Inventory number
BH 65021 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bridge Construction Corporation (1)
Built 1940 (1,074)
Built during 1940s (4,093)
HAER documented (1,106)
Hancock County, Maine (55)
Have street view (26,947)
 J.R. Partridge (1)
Maine (699)
Open (39,881)
Owned by National Park Service (467)
Owned by federal government (1,219)
Rigid frame (717)

Update Log 

  • November 5, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • December 25, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER ME-14 - Sieur de Monts Spring Bridge, Spanning Park Loop Road at Route 3 near Sieur de Monts Spring, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
  • Dana and Kay Klein

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