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Toll, Somerset County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-13-08x
County: Somerset County
Township: Anson - Madison
Town/Village: Anson - Madison
Bridge Name: Toll
Crosses: Kennebec River
Truss type:
Spans: 2
Length: c400'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1829
Builder: Nathan (or Nathaniel) Houghton
When Lost: 15 Dec 1901
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N44 47.91
Longitude: W069 53.33
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Toll Bridge, Anson-Madison, Somerset County, ME Built 1829 Lost in flood of 15 Dec 1901
Richard E. Roy Collection

Toll Bridge, Anson-Madison, Somerset County, ME Built 1829 Lost in flood of 15 Dec 1901
Bill Caswell Collection

Comments:
Originally built as a boxed pony truss, it was fully roofed around 1878. It was partly destroyed by floods and rebuilt in 1832 and 1843. A sidewalk was added to the downstream side. This area was once known as Norridgewock Falls. Destruction of the bridge was due to a freshet December 15, 1901.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXI, No. 3, Summer 2003, page 7
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 123