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MERR - Carlton Lift Bridge

Sagadahoc County, Maine

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Carlton Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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BH Photo #147970

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

Categories 

Bath, Maine (6)
Built 1927 (764)
Built during 1920s (9,018)
Functionally obsolete (8,003)
Have street view (23,388)
J.A.L. Waddell (19)
Kennebec River (12)
Maine (609)
Maine Eastern Railroad (23)
McClintic-Marshall Co. (65)
Movable (2,765)
Navigable waterway (2,047)
Open (37,482)
 Owned by railroad (10,241)
Rail-and-Road (334)
Railroad (13,555)
Sagadahoc County, Maine (47)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,141)
Through truss (13,162)
Total length over 2500 feet (868)
Truss (29,910)
US 1 (104)
Vertical lift (415)
Warren through truss (1,493)
Warren truss (5,927)

Update Log 

  • 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

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
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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