MERR - Carlton Lift Bridge

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Carlton Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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BH Photo #147970

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Warren through/deck truss lift 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 by McClintic-Marshall Co. ; rehabilitated 1976; Bypassed by new highway bridge in 2000

Builders

- Hardesty & Hanover of New York, New York
- J.A.L. Waddell of Port Hope, Canada (Designer)
- McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Fabrication)

Railroads

- Maine Central Railroad (MEC)
- Maine Eastern Railroad (MERR)

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.

Also called

MERR - Kennebec River Bridge (Bath)

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)

Quadrangle map:

Bath

Inventory numbers

ME 3007 (Maine bridge number)
BH 43524 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• September 23, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• July 16, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• August 4, 2017: Updated by Michael Quiet: Noted fabricator and designer
• May 16, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• December 7, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• August 17, 2014: New photo from Brian bartlett
• June 26, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
• February 5, 2014: Photo imported by Brian bartlett
• January 28, 2014: Photo imported by Brian Bartlett
• January 23, 2014: Photo imported by Brian bartlett
• December 16, 2013: Photo imported by Brian bartlett
• December 3, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Rail-and-road"
• August 15, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
• 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

Related Bridges 

• MEC - Railroad Car Ferry (Predecessor)

Sources 

• C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Ian Ligget
• Nathan Holth
• Douglas Butler
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Brian Bartlett - worumbo54 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs

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