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Carlton Bridge

Sagadahoc County, Maine
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Carlton Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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Overview
Bridge over Kennebec River on Maine Eastern Railroad and former US 1 in Bath
Location
Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine
Status
Open to railroad traffic only
History
Built 1927; rehabilitated 1976; Bypassed by new highway bridge in 2000
Design
Railroad/Highway Lift Bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 330.1 ft.
Total length: 3,093.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.91130, -69.80936   (decimal degrees)
43°54'41" N, 69°48'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/435013/4862339 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bath
Inventory numbers
ME 3007 (Maine bridge number)
BH 43524 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/1999)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 39.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
25,774

Categories 

Bath, Maine (1)
Built 1927 (533)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Kennebec River (4)
Maine (187)
Maine Eastern Railroad (2)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 Open (28,314)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Sagadahoc County, Maine (12)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
Truss (23,574)
US 1 (60)
Vertical lift (275)

Update Log 

  • July 30, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged More Recent NBI Data
  • April 19, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Kennebec River", "Maine Eastern Railroad"
  • August 5, 2010: New photo from Ian Ligget
  • October 20, 2009: Added by C Hanchey

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Carlton Bridge
Posted April 19, 2012, by dave jordan (patriot [dot] dave [at] yahoo [dot] com)

did two die building that bridge some one told me to people die