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The 193' (59m) long span is 10.5' (3.2m) wide and has a vertical clearance of 12.5' (3.8m). [BridgeHunter]
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HAER ME,13-NEWPO,1--15 (CT)
GENERAL ELEVATION VIEW - New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portland, Somerset County, ME |
"Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early
American suspension bridge that remains basically
unaltered." [
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The cable anchorages are a key aspect of the design of a suspension bridge.
Peter Cosgrove
posted five photos with the comment:
The Wire Suspension Bridge's cedar-shingled towers of timber framing are constructed of 12” beams. Protecting the towers from the natural and adverse effects of the elements of nature is the same consideration we give to protecting the trusses of covered bridges. The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, in its World Guide to Covered Bridges, includes Maine's Wire Bridge.
It spans the Carrabassett River in New Portland, Maine, constructed in 1866 with the towers 198 ft. apart and, while there were four originally built, this is the only survivor and probably the only such bridge standing in the US. According to Maine's Department of Transportation, two men, David Elder and Captain Charles B. Clark, were responsible for the bridge design and construction which began in 1864.
Mike Reynolds
posted three photos with the comment: "New Portland Wire Bridge in Maine."
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