This is a partial list of wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Maine.
Bridges Extant NameImageLocation (in Maine)BuiltLengthTrussNotesBabb's BridgeSouth Windham1864, 1976QueenOriginal bridge was burned by vandals in 1973. An exact replica was constructed and opened to traffic in 1976.Hemlock BridgeFryeburg1857Paddleford truss with archIs remote, far down on Hemlock Bridge Road at the end of Frog Alley Road (a seasonal road gated in winter), off Route 5 North. Car and foot traffic.Lowes BridgeGuilford-Sangerville1857, 1990LongWashed away by the flood of April 1, 1987. A modern covered bridge, patterned after the original, was built on the original abutments in 1990.Robyville BridgeCorinth1876LongOnly completely shingled covered bridge in the State.Bennett BridgeLincoln Plantation 1901Paddleford trussSpans the Magalloway River. Lovejoy BridgeAndover1868Paddleford trussSpans the Ellis River and is Maine's shortest covered bridge. Porter-Parsonfield BridgePorter1859Paddleford trussBuilt by the towns of Porter and Parsonfield as a joint project over the Ossipee River and was refurbished in 1999. It runs parallel to Route 160 just below Porter. Foot traffic only.Sunday River BridgeNewry1872Paddleford trussNamed the Artist's Bridge because of its reputation as being the most photographed and painted of the venerable covered bridges in Maine.Trout Brook BridgeAlna2018Boxed pony HoweAfter a New Hampshire covered bridge was burned by vandals, a covered bridge preservation group acquired the remains of the bridge and used them to erect the Trout Brook Bridge
Former
NameImageLocation (in Maine)BuiltLengthTrussNotesUnion Falls BridgeDayton1860112 feet (34 m)UnknownA covered bridge built at Union Falls, a village that used to be in Dayton. It was blown up in 1921.Watson Settlement BridgeLittleton 1911HoweFarthest north and the youngest of Maine's original covered bridges. Destroyed by fire on July 19, 2021.
See also
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine World Guide to Covered Bridges
References
External links
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges Maine Tourism article about the state's covered bridges