Rating:
5 votes
Back River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Swing bridge over Back River on SA 5 in Boothbay
- Location
- Lincoln County, Maine
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Slated for demolition and replacement.
- History
- Built 1931; rehabilitated 1983
- Design
- Swing
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 55.1 ft.
Total length: 288.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.88139, -69.67167 (decimal degrees)
43°52'53" N, 69°40'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/446042/4858918 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Westport
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 1,370
- Inventory numbers
- ME 2039 (Maine bridge number)
BH 19867 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of January 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 7 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- July 7, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
- January 4, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- July 1, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- November 27, 2013: Photo imported by Brian bartlett
- August 18, 2011: New photo from Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Douglas Butler
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Comments
Back River Bridge
MaineDOT is "deciding" whether to repair or replace this bridge while also claimed (which is a pile of nonsense) that "The truss is well past its design life and needs replacing"
http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/mdot-receives-public...
Given that MaineDOT treats metal truss bridges like disease infested cockroaches... it isn't too hard to imagine an outcome here.
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This one MAY be hand operated............