Townsend Gut Bridge

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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")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/447414/4854587 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Boothbay Harbor
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 3,430
Inventory numbers: ME 2789 (Maine bridge number)
BH 19872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.7 (out of 100)
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