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Riverton or Lambert, Cumberland County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-03-08x
County: Cumberland County
Township: Falmouth
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Riverton or Lambert
Crosses: Presumpscot River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 96'
Roadway Width:
Built: unknown
Builder:
When Lost: 1915
Cause: Burned
Latitude: N43 43.46
Longitude: W070 18.17
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Directions: On Blackstrap Road.

Riverton or Lambert Bridge, Falmouth, Cumberland County, ME Built unknown Burned 1915
Bill Caswell Collection

Comments:
The bridge was below Riverton Park, a popular trolley car destination upstream in Portland. It was replaced with a steel pony truss.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LVIII, No. 2, Spring 2000, page 10
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 30

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