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Maine Central Railroad, Somerset County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-13-17x
County: Somerset County
Township: Skowhegan
Town/Village: Skowhegan
Bridge Name: Maine Central Railroad
Crosses: Kennebec River
Truss type: Deck truss
Spans: 2
Length: c350'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1857
Builder:
When Lost: 1880
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 45.89
Longitude: W069 43.00
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Directions: Maine Central Railroad just downstream from the 2 highway bridges.

Railroad Bridge, Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME Built 1857 Replaced 1880
Richard E. Roy Collection

Comments:
The Somerset & Kennebec Railroad reached Skowhegan in 1856 and built the railroad bridge. They later became the Maine Central Railroad. The bridge was replaced by a steel deck truss.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXI, No. 4, Fall 2003, pages 5 & 6
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 127