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Allagash, Aroostook County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-02-U02x
County: Aroostook County
Township: Allagash Plantation
Town/Village: Allagash
Bridge Name: Allagash
Crosses: Allagash River
Truss type: Uncovered Through Howe (2) & Parker (1)
Spans: 3
Length: c400'
Roadway Width: c14'
Built: 1944
Builder: Walter V. Mitton
When Lost: 1955
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N47 05.00
Longitude: W069 02.75
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Directions: Route 161 in Allagash Village, about 30 miles west of Fort Kent.

Allagash Bridge, Allagash Plantation, Aroostook County, ME Built 1944 Replaced 1955
November 1944 Photo, Maine Department of Transportation Archives

Allagash Bridge, Allagash Plantation, Aroostook County, ME Built 1944 Replaced 1955
Roy Wentzel Photo, June 23, 1954, Maine Department of Transportation Archives

Allagash Bridge, Allagash Plantation, Aroostook County, ME Built 1944 Replaced 1955
G.L. Johnson Photo, 1945, Maine Department of Transportation Archives

Allagash Bridge, Allagash Plantation, Aroostook County, ME Built 1944 Replaced 1955
November 1944 Photo, Maine Department of Transportation Archives

Comments:
This bridge was built to replace a ferry. Due to the wartime steel shortage, it was built of wood fastened with steel plates. It was supported by high wood-crib piers. The timber bridge had two spans of 120' and one of 160'. The 1956 replacement was a 3 span steel girder, 360' long with 14' roadway. The current bridge was built in 1992 with 3 welded steel spans 400' long and 28' roadway. MDOT Bridge #2014.

Source:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LVIII, No. 2, Spring 2000, page 3 & 5