19-09 OXFORD
county/comté/grafschaft一廊桥
7 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken
South Andover
The Lovejoy Bridge
19-09-01
At the east edge of
South-Andover off ME 5,
Ellis River, Lovejoy Bridge.
3.2 miles south of the jct of ME 120
at Andover on ME 5, then left 0.3 miles
to the bridge, 180' built in 1867,
Paddleford truss.
Fryeburg
The Hemlock Bridge
19-09-02
NNW of east Fryeburg on
Hemlock Bridge Road,
Old Channel of the Saco River,
Hemlock Bridge.
6 miles east of jct of ME 5 at Fryeburg
on US 302 then left 3 miles
to the bridge, 1 span 116',
built-in 1857,
Paddleford truss with arch.
Wilsons Mills
The Bennett Bridge
19-09-03
South of Wilsons Mills off ME 16,
Magalloway River,
Bennett Bridge, Closed to motor traffic.
1.5 miles south of Wilsons Mills
on ME 16 then right 0.4 mile
to the bridge,
1 span 100', built in 1901,
Paddleford truss.
North Bethel
The Sunday River or Artist Bridge
19-09-04
NW of North-Bethel off Sunday River Road,
Sunday River, Sunday River or Artist Bridge,
closed to motor traffic,
2.7 miles north of jct of ME 5 and ME 26
at Bethel on US 2/ME 5 & 26 then left 3.7 to the bridge, 1 span 100', built in 1870,
Paddleford truss.
Porter
The Porter Parsonfield Bridge
19-09-05
South of Porter, just off ME 160, Ossipee River, Porter Parsonfield Bridge, closed to motor traffic. 0.3 mile south of jct ME 25 at Porter on ME 160 on east side of the road, 2 spans 160'. Built in 1858, Paddleford truss with arch.
Bethel
The Big Adventure Bridge
19-09-06
Built in 1999, a single-span Paddleford truss 49' 11" over an unnamed stream. Located: On the north edge of the locality of Bethel, Maine, within the Bethel, Maine, town line on the 12th hole at The Big Adventure Center miniature golf course. Directions: In Bethel, Maine, at the jct. of US 2, SR 4, SR 26 and Parkway, go north on US 2, SR 4 and SR 26 for 0.4 mile crossing a steel-and-concrete bridge to North Road on the left (West); turn left onto North Road to the Big Adventure Center parking area. In preparing a focal point for the 18 hole miniature golf course at Big Adventure Center, its builder, as well as owner of the center, went to one of his favorite historic covered bridges in the area - the Sunday River Covered Bridge (WGN 19-09-04). He took measurements of all the essential elements of the bridge and personally erected an exact 50% replica of the bridge in every detail, from the scaled-down trunnels, which are used to provide the essential joinery, to the scaled-down cedar shakes on its roof. The structure provides the fairway entrance to the 12th hole of the Big Adventure miniature golf course layout.
Bethel
The Davis Park Bridge
19-09-07
Built in 2001, asingle-span Paddleford truss 50' 1" over a swamp area in Davis park. Located on the walking path leaving the northwest corner of Davis Park in Bethel, Maine. Directions: Davis Park is located at the northeast corner of SR 26 (entering Bethel from the east) and Parkway. Or entering Bethel from the west on US 2, at the jct. of US 2, SR 5, SR 26 and Parkway, turn right (east) onto Parkway and go 0.4 mile to Davis Park on the left (east). In 2001, when the Town of Bethel was looking for a way to bridge a swampy area along its recently created footpath, a local bridge builder volunteered to build a covered bridge. The structure is very similar to the Sunday River Covered Bridge replica at Big Adventure Center (WGN 19-09-06). It is an authentic Paddleford truss span built in true nineteenth-century fashion with hand-turned hardwood trunnels for the essential joinery.