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Low's, Piscataquis County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-11-01x
County: Piscataquis County
Township: Guilford - Sangerville
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Low's
Crosses: Piscataquis River
Truss type: Long
Spans: 1
Length: 125', 144'
Roadway Width: 17'
Built: 1857
Builder: Leonard Knowlton
When Lost: 01 Apr 1987
Cause: Freshet
Latitude: N45 10.50
Longitude: W069 18.87
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Directions: 2.3 miles right jct ME23 on ME6/15/16 then 0.1 miles right on unnamed road. East-northeast of Sangerville.

Low's Bridge, Guilford-Sangerville, Piscataquis County, ME Built 1857 Freshet 1 Apr 1987
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Low's Bridge, Guilford-Sangerville, Piscataquis County, ME Built 1857 Freshet 1 Apr 1987
Richard E. Roy Collection

Low's Bridge, Guilford-Sangerville, Piscataquis County, ME Built 1857 Freshet 1 Apr 1987
Maine Department of Transportation Files, Roy Wentzel Photo, April 3, 1941

Low's Bridge, Guilford-Sangerville, Piscataquis County, ME Built 1857 Freshet 1 Apr 1987
Maine Department of Transportation Files, April 3, 1941

Low's Bridge, Guilford-Sangerville, Piscataquis County, ME Built 1857 Freshet 1 Apr 1987
Maine Department of Transportation Files, August 20, 1924

Comments:
The stone abutments were built by Isaac Wharff and still support the current covered bridge. The freshet of 1987 floated the bridge off it's abutments. Part landed in a nearby field and the rest went downstream and over the falls in Dover-Foxcroft.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXI, No. 1, Winter 2003, page 10
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 113

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