Facts
- Overview
- Swing bridge over Townsend Gut on ME 27 in Southport
- Location
- Lincoln County, Maine
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1939; rehabilitated 1987
- Design
- Swing
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 88.9 ft.
Total length: 374.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.84250, -69.65417 (decimal degrees)
43°50'33" N, 69°39'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- ME 2789 (Maine bridge number)
BH 19872 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 44.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 2,606