Hemlock Bridge

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Hemlock Bridge, South View Facing North By 340 Degrees

Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #224764

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Description

One of only two Gothic-arched bridges on the Rockefeller carriage road system, Hemlock Bridge is one of eight major stone bridges on the "Around-the-Mountain" carriage road loop. The pointed arch design was chosen for its harmony with the pointed hemlock trees which surround the site. Like several of the other spans, Hemlock Bridge serves as a viewing platform, offering a splendid vista of Somes Sound and the Western Mountain mass.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Brick arch bridge over Maple Spring Brook on Jordan-Sargent Mountain Carriage Road
Location: Hancock County, Maine
History: Built 1924
Builders: - B.W. Candage & Sons of Seal Harbor, Maine
- Paul D. Simpson of Seal Harbor, Maine
- William Welles Bosworth of Marietta, Ohio
Design: Brick arch
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.33203, -68.28204 (decimal degrees)
44°19'55" N, 68°16'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/557239/4909002 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Southwest Harbor
Inventory number: BH 51203 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 1, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builders
October 4, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Acadia National Park"
February 6, 2012: Added by Jason Smith

Sources

Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
HAER ME-34 - Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Maple Spring Brook on West Sargent Mountain Carriage Road, Northeast Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Luke