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Walker's or Walker's Hill, Oxford County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-09-17x
County: Oxford County
Township: Fryeburg
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Walker's or Walker's Hill
Crosses: Saco River
Truss type: Paddleford
Spans: 2
Length: 164' floor
Roadway Width: 18'
Built: 1848
Builder: Peter Paddleford
When Lost: 1931
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 01.74
Longitude: W070 55.23
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: On US302 east of Fryeburg village.

Walker's Bridge, Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME Built 1848 Replaced 1931
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Walker's Bridge, Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME Built 1848 Replaced 1931
Maine Department of Transportation Archives, April 26, 1931

Walker's Bridge, Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME Built 1848 Replaced 1931
Maine Department of Transportation Archives, September 26, 1924

Walker's Bridge, Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME Built 1848 Replaced 1931
Maine Department of Transportation Archives, April 26, 1931

Comments:
6 and 12 panel trusses. This bridge crossed the Saco River below the point where the Old Course rejoins the canal. It had clear spans of 94' and 42'. The removal date is sometimes mis-stated as 1935-36.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LX, No. 1, Volume LX, No. 1, Winter 2002), page 7
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 86

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