Penobscot River Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name= Penobscot River Bridge


caption= Penobscot Bridge on left, railroad bridge on right
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carries= Motor vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians
crosses= Penobscot River
locale= Bangor/Brewer, Maine
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design= truss
mainspan=convert|218|ft|m|0
length=convert|657|ft|m|0
width=convert|32|ft|m|0
height=
load=15 tons - 3 tons
clearance=
below=
traffic=
begin=1902
complete=1911
open=1902
closed=1997
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coordinates= coord|44.799899|-68.764361
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long=The Penobscot River Bridge was a truss bridge between Bangor and Brewer, Maine. It was constructed by the American Bridge Company in 1902, with further construction in 1911 by the Boston Bridge Works. According to the Historic American Engineering Record, it was the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in Mainecite web
url= http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/hh:@field(SUBJ+@od1(MAINE--Penobscot+County--Bangor))
accessdate= 2007-07-16
title= Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
publisher= Library of Congress
work= American Memory:Built in America] . While it was designed for loads of up to 15 tons, it was reduced to 3 tons shortly before its replacement in 1997 by the "New Penobscot Bridge"Structurae|id=s0017475|title=New Penobscot Bridge (1997). Retrieved on 2007-07-16.]

It carried U.S. Route 1A and Route 15 across the Penobscot River. While 1A still crosses the New Penobscot Bridge, SR-15 was redirected over I-395's Veterans Remembrance Bridge after its completion in 1986.

See also

* List of bridges in the United States

References

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External links

*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|44.799899|-68.764361|Penobscot Bridge