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Bethel Toll, Oxford County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-09-08x
County: Oxford County
Township: Bethel
Town/Village: Mayville
Bridge Name: Bethel Toll
Crosses: Androscoggin River
Truss type: Paddleford
Spans: 3
Length: c400'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1868-69
Builder:
When Lost: 1927
Cause: Removed
Latitude: N44 25.00
Longitude: W070 47.80
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: On US2.

Bethel Toll Bridge, Bethel, Oxford County, ME Built 1868-69 Removed 1927
Maine DOT Photo, December 16, 1925

Bethel Toll Bridge, Bethel, Oxford County, ME Built 1868-69 Removed 1927
Richard E. Roy Collection

Bethel Toll Bridge, Bethel, Oxford County, ME Built 1868-69 Removed 1927
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Bethel Toll Bridge, Bethel, Oxford County, ME Built 1868-69 Removed 1927
Richard E. Roy Collection

Bethel Toll Bridge, Bethel, Oxford County, ME Built 1868-69 Removed 1927
Maine DOT Photo, January 14, 1926

Comments:
19, 19 and 9 panel trusses. It is now called the Androscoggin River Bridge, Maine DOT #6149. The north approach was on an uphill grade with a wide single entrance and 76' clear span. The south side had two double barrel spans of 145' and 150' clear. The twin roadways through this section were each about 12' wide.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXXII, No. 3, Summer 2014, page 12
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LIX, No. 4, Fall 2001, page 6
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, pages 76 & 77