Maine Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Maine bridges: 185
  • Bridges with photos: 73 (39.5%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 83 (44.9%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 181 (97.8%)

  • Total photos: 432

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 142 (76.8% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 51 (35.9% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 72 (50.7% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 139 (97.9% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 37 (20.0% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 18 (48.6% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 37 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Babb's Bridge (Cumberland County, built 1843, replaced by new bridge)
  2. Stackpole Creek Bridge (York County, built 1848, open to traffic)
  3. Water Street Bridge (Kennebec County, built 1854, open to traffic)
  4. Hemlock Covered Bridge (Oxford County, built 1857, open to traffic)
  5. Porter-Parsonfield Bridge (Oxford County, built 1859, open to pedestrians)
  6. Lovejoy Covered Bridge (Oxford County, built 1868, open to traffic)
  7. Old Saint Croix-Vanceboro Railroad Bridge (Washington County, built 1871, replaced by new bridge)
  8. Artist's Bridge (Oxford County, built 1872, open to pedestrians)
  9. Robyville Covered Bridge (Penobscot County, built 1876, open to traffic)
  10. Androscoggin Swinging Bridge (Cumberland County, built 1892, open to pedestrians)

By Design

  • Arch: 43 (23.2%)
    • Deck arch: 39 (21.1%)
      • Brick arch: 1 (0.5%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 7 (3.8%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 2 (1.1%)
      • Steel arch: 2 (1.1%)
      • Stone arch: 12 (6.5%)
    • Through arch: 4 (2.2%)
      • Concrete through arch: 3 (1.6%)
      • Steel through arch: 1 (0.5%)

  • Beam: 17 (9.2%)
    • Stringer: 12 (6.5%)
      • Concrete stringer: 1 (0.5%)
      • Steel stringer: 4 (2.2%)
      • Timber stringer: 7 (3.8%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 5 (2.7%)

  • Culvert: 1 (0.5%)

  • Rigid frame: 3 (1.6%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 3 (1.6%)

  • Girder: 8 (4.3%)
    • Pony/through girder: 7 (3.8%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 7 (3.8%)

  • Other: 10 (5.4%)

  • Suspension: 6 (3.2%)
    • Cable-stayed: 1 (0.5%)
    • Wire suspension: 4 (2.2%)

  • Truss: 96 (51.9%)
    • Deck truss: 10 (5.4%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Warren deck truss: 3 (1.6%)
    • Pony truss: 15 (8.1%)
      • Howe pony truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Lenticular pony truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 3 (1.6%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Warren pony truss: 3 (1.6%)
    • Through truss: 66 (35.7%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 2 (1.1%)
      • Double-intersection Warren through truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Howe through truss: 3 (1.6%)
      • Paddleford through truss: 4 (2.2%)
      • Parker through truss: 5 (2.7%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 6 (3.2%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 15 (8.1%)
      • Pratt through truss: 3 (1.6%)
      • Warren through truss: 6 (3.2%)
      • Whipple through truss: 1 (0.5%)

  • Unknown: 1 (0.5%)