Waldo-Hancock Bridge
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Overview Photos taken 1994 by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over Penobscot River on US 1 in Prospect
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for demolition
- History
- Built 1931; replaced by new bridge 2006-07
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 799.9 ft.
Total length: 2,042.1 ft.
Deck width: 23.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.2 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.56033, -68.80167 (decimal degrees)
44°33'37" N, 68°48'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/515750/4934129 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Bucksport
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 85001267 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 19922 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 7,926
Sources
- HAER ME-65 - Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at U.S. Route 1, Bucksport vicinity, Hancock County, ME
- Wikipedia
Comments
Waldo-Hancock Bridge
Attached are two photos I took in Feb 2008.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge
I just looked at the pictures of the new bridge and it sticks out like a sore thumb. We have to start maintaining these old bridges BEFORE they need torn down.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge
Too bad they have to demolish such a magnificent bridge. I would think that they would make something of a park out of it for pedestrians.