Wire Bridge Rd., over the Carrabasssett River, New Portland, Maine. County/parish: Somerset.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 12, 1970. NRIS 70000065.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The New Portland Wire Bridge is a historic suspension bridge in New Portland, Maine, United States. The bridge carries Wire Bridge Road across the Carrabassett River a short way north of the village center. Built in the mid-19th century, it is one of four 19th-century suspension bridges in the state. It is one lane wide, and has a weight limit of 3 tons. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and was designated as a Maine Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88687300