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Kennebec
County, Maine
(WGN
19-06-A) (WGCB ME-06-A): (1967)
(Private) A two-span non authentic Stringer truss 31' 4" over Mill
Stream. Located: In Albion Minor Civil Division in Albion,
Maine at 100 Benton Road. Directions: From Waterville, Maine,
take SR 137 east to China, Maine, to the jct. with US 202/SR 9. Go
left 5.4 miles on US 202/SR 9 to Benton Road on the left (At Winslow Road
also on the left). Follow 0.5 mile to No. 100 on the left. On private
property so request permission to visit. When the bridge was built
in 1967, it was Originally built at the Albion Chalmers Lumber Company site,
now a private residence. After it was built it was modified to allow
a forklift carrying wide loads to cross through the structure by removing
the upstream wall, and extending the roof and floor to a new upstream wall.
This added approximately 7 feet to its width and gave the bridge its lean-to
appearance to the upstream side of the roof. The former Sawmill still
stands a short distance upstream. The bridge is the oldest non authentic
motor vehicle covered bridge in Maine. It is supported by twelve
timber stringers, set on poured concrete abutments and one pier. Transverse planks
form the flooring and vertical tongue and groove boarding covers the sides
and the gables. Six timber posts support the corrugated galvanized
steel, low pitched roof and a vertical, tongue and groove boarded, hinged
door that swings out from the center of the bridge on the downstream side.
The original red paint on the sides and the gables and the white paint
on the roof end support posts has faded in the sun. It is currently
being used for storage. (May 2006) |
