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Low's, Piscataquis County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-11-01
County: Piscataquis County
Township: Guilford - Sangerville
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Low's
Crosses: Piscataquis River
Truss type: Long
Spans: 1
Length: 146' floor, 125' span
Roadway Width: 14'
Built: 1990
Builder: Jan Lewandoski / Chesterfield Associates
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N45 10.512
Longitude: W069 18.905
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Directions: 2.3 miles right jct ME23 (Bridge Rd.) on ME6/15/16 then 100' right on Low's Bridge Rd. East-northeast of Sangerville.

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Comments:
The bridge was named for an adjacent landowner, Robert Low. The spelling "Lowe" is incorrect. The bridge has a small park on one end. Per the New England Farmer, April 18, 1857, the Low's covered bridge at Guildford was either damaged or swept away (not specific) in a flood. The stone abutments were built by Isaac Wharff and still support the current covered bridge. The freshet of April 1, 1987 floated the bridge off its abutments. Part landed in a nearby field and the rest went downstream and over the falls in Dover-Foxcroft. It was replaced be a new covered bridge.

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