West Peru Bridge

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Peru North Main Truss Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

BH Photo #148047

Overview: Through truss bridge over Androscoggin River on North Main in Peru
Location: Oxford County, Maine
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1930
Design: Three-span Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 186.0 ft.
Total length: 574.2 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
Also called: Androscoggin River Bridge
Dixfield Bridge
North Main Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.53000, -70.46417 (decimal degrees)
44°31'48" N, 70°27'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/383661/4931784 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Dixfield
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 5,270
Inventory numbers: ME 2019 (Maine bridge number)
BH 19882 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2015): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 6 (out of 100)
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West Peru Bridge

Posted April 27, 2017, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Imagine that... An historic bridge in Maine being replaced!

The news story here would be if they were actually saving one!

West Peru Bridge

Posted April 26, 2017, by Lawrence (Leslielawrence1212 [at] Gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is being replaced. New bridge will be just down steam of current one. Almost where the original bridge sat.

West Peru Bridge

Posted April 26, 2017, by Lawrence (Leslielawrence1212 [at] Gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is being replaced. New bridge will be just down steam of current one. Almost where the original bridge sat.