Rating:
1 vote
Saco River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Saco River on SA 1 in Buxton
- Location
- York County, Maine
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1936
- Builder
- - Harris Structural Steel Co. of South Plainfield, New Jersey
- Design
- Four span continuous polygonal Warren through truss with riveted connections.
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 233.9 ft.
Total length: 607.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.66622, -70.60314 (decimal degrees)
43°39'58" N, 70°36'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/370750/4836050 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Standish
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 4,526
- Inventory numbers
- ME 3340 (Maine bridge number)
BH 19939 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 3, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- September 19, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr
- April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- January 18, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated design type.
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Doug Kerr
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
© Copyright 2021, Historic Bridge Foundation and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/me/york/3340/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/me/york/3340/
Photo #15 is not the West Buxton Bridge, it is the old Bar Mills bridge before it was rebuilt in 2016