MERR - River Road Overpass

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• View #1

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Overview

Pony/through plate girder bridge over ME 24 (River Road) on Maine Eastern Railroad

Location

Richmond, Sagadahoc County, Maine

Status

Removed but not replaced

History

Built 1903; Removed 2016

Railroads

- Maine Coast Railroad (MC)
- Maine Eastern Railroad (MERR)

Design

Pony plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 36.1 ft.
Total length: 42.0 ft.

Also called

MC - River Road Overpass

Approximate latitude, longitude

+44.09232, -69.79158   (decimal degrees)
44°05'32" N, 69°47'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

19/436634/4882431 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Richmond

Inventory numbers

ME 5394 (Maine bridge number)
BH 50679 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• October 18, 2017: Updated by David Backlin: Updated Lost
• November 27, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed owenrship to "state" as SMO = "State (of) Maine Owned"
• November 27, 2013: Photo imported by Brian bartlett
• December 22, 2011: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
• Luke

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