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Oxford County, Maine
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Sunday River Covered Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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Overview
Covered bridge over Sunday River on a pedestrian trail
Location
Oxford County, Maine
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1872, bypassed in 1958
Design
Covered Paddleford through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 87.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1970
Also called
Sunday River Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.49231, -70.84341   (decimal degrees)
44°29'32" N, 70°50'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/353433/4928208 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bethel
Inventory numbers
NRHP 70000059 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 43534 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Built 1872 (42)
Built during 1870s (547)
Covered (927)
Maine (188)
NR-listed (2,355)
 Open to pedestrians (1,959)
Oxford County, Maine (20)
Paddleford truss (19)
Through truss (9,250)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,812)
Truss (23,609)

Update Log 

  • December 30, 2012: New photo from Bill Culp
  • October 26, 2011: Photos imported by Jason Smith
  • June 14, 2011: New photos from Will
  • October 24, 2009: Added by C Hanchey

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Will Truax - Bridgewright [at] gmail [dot] com
  • HAER ME-69 - Sunday River Bridge, Spanning Sunday River, Newry vicinity, Oxford, ME
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Bill Culp
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Sunday River Covered Bridge
Posted December 15, 2009, by Harold Scudder (hlscudder [at] cablespeed [dot] com)

Visited this bridge and others in NE states in Sept, 2009. This is a very beautiful covered bridge. We spent quite some time at this location before reluctantly moving on.