Rating:
2 votes
South Bristol Bridge (Old)
Facts
- Overview
- Swing bridge over The Gut on 129 in South Bristol
- Location
- South Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1933; rehabilitated 1984
- Design
- Swing
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 78.1 ft.
Total length: 78.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Also called
- The Gut Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.86194, -69.55833 (decimal degrees)
43°51'43" N, 69°33'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/455132/4856690 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Pemaquid Point
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 1,219
- Inventory numbers
- ME 2339 (Maine bridge number)
BH 19871 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of January 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- July 27, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- July 26, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished and replaced.
- December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- January 4, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- December 23, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 26, 2013: New photo from Brian Bartlett
- April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Related Bridges
- South Bristol Bridge (New) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Brian Bartlett - worumbo54 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dana and Kay Klein
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The swing bridge was replaced between 2014 to 2016 with a cable-stayed bascule bridge. Key design innovations included abutments and bascule piers founded on bedrock constructed without de-watered cofferdams, a cable-stayed bascule bridge superstructure, an orthotropic deck to minimize structure depth/weight, and flood resistant machinery enclosures. The end product was an aesthetic bascule bridge that met the communities desire for a small scaled bridge that fit within the area, and which provides reliable bridge operation with easy maintenance and is a durable structure to last 70 years in a harsh marine environment with extreme tidal shifts.
MaineDOT - Owner
Cianbro Corporation, Pittsfield, Maine - Contractor
Hardesty & Hanover, New York, New York - Designer/EOR.
The Gut Bridge received 5 awards for design and construction:
1. 2017 ENR Regional Merit Project of the Year,
2. 2017 ACEC Maine Grand Conceptor Award,
3. 2017 Road & Bridges Top Ten Bridges of the Year,
4. 2017 NASHTO America’s Transportation Award, and
5. 2018 NSBA award winning bridge (Prize bridge) in the movable span category.