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Somerset Railroad, Somerset County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-13-13x
County: Somerset County
Township: Norridgewock
Town/Village: Norridgewock
Bridge Name: Somerset Railroad
Crosses: Kennebec River
Truss type: Town Lattice plus Arches Deck
Spans: 4
Length: c575'
Roadway Width:
Built: between 1872 & 1875
Builder:
When Lost: c1921
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 43.01
Longitude: W069 47.98
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Somerset Railroad Bridge, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME Built between 1872 & 1875 Replaced c1921
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Somerset Railroad Bridge, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME Built between 1872 & 1875 Replaced c1921
Richard Roy Collection

Somerset Railroad Bridge with the highway bridge in the background, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
This bridge was near a highway covered bridge. Two of the spans may have been replaced at some time.

Source:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXI, No. 3, Summer 2003, page 10