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North Fork, Somerset County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-13-16x
County: Somerset County
Township: Skowhegan
Town/Village: Skowhegan
Bridge Name: North Fork
Crosses: North Fork Kennebec River
Truss type: Pratt
Spans: 1
Length: 123'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1855
Builder: Enoch L. Childs
When Lost: 1903
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 45.88
Longitude: W069 43.19
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Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME Built 1855 Replaced 1903
Richard E. Roy Collection

North Fork Bridge, Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME Built 1855 Replaced 1903
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
12-panel truss. There was a sidewalk on the downstream side. It appears that multiple kingpost style bracing was added at some time and laminated arches were eventually added. Tolls were collected until 1884. The bridges were repaired in 1883 and 1892. Trolley tracks were added in 1894.

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, pages 125 & 126