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Inventory Number: ME/19-13-14x
County: Somerset County
Township: Norridgewock
Town/Village: Norridgewock
Bridge Name: Covered
Crosses: Kennebec River
Truss type: Lattice with Arch
Spans: 3
Length: 538'
Roadway Width: 18'-6"
Built: 1870
Builder: Mr. Pierce
When Lost: 29 Dec 1929
Cause: Removed
Latitude: N44 43.02
Longitude: W069 47.84
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Covered Bridge, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME Built 1870 Removed 29 Dec 1929
Richard E. Roy Collection

Covered Bridge, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME Built 1870 Removed 29 Dec 1929
June 25, 1927 Photo, Maine Department of Transportation Archives

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

Covered Bridge, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME Built 1870 Removed 29 Dec 1929
October 8, 1923 Photo, Maine Department of Transportation Archives

Covered Bridge, Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME Built 1870 Removed 29 Dec 1929
Maine Department of Transportation Archives

Comments:
This bridge was near a railroad covered bridge. It was built at a cost of $14,000. It is one of only two in New England that were covered with a gambrel roof, the other one being the Republican Bridge in Franklin, NH. It had a sidewalk on the upstream side. The laminated arch was probably added after the original construction, as they do not appear to be present in early stereoview images. It was a toll bridge until 1909. The previous bridge at this site may have been covered. The previous one was destroyed by an ice jam on February 19, 1870.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXI, No. 4, Fall 2003, page 4
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 124