Eagle Lake Bridge, Spanning Carriage Road on Eagle Lake Road (Route 2, Bar Harbor vicinity, Hancock County, ME

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4 b&w photos
12 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Eagle Lake Bridge, Spanning Carriage Road on Eagle Lake Road (Route 2, Bar Harbor vicinity, Hancock County, ME

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ME,5-BAHA.V,10-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 4 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER ME-55

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N356).

Building/structure dates: 1928 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1974 subsequent work

Significance: The Eagle Lake Road Bridge provides a grade separation between its namesake road (now Maine Route 3) and a carriage road connector. Such structures help ensure traffic efficiency while eliminating the dangers of a grade level crossing. The Gothic or pointed arch bridge is one of only two such structures on the system. The widening of the bridge in 1974-75 won two national awards for the technological feat which preserved the historic appearance of the bridge. The bridge is one of the most visible of the eighteen stone-faced bridges on the Rockefeller carriage road system, and is probably viewed by more Acadia park visitors than any other structure, due to its location just off the popular Eagle Lake Loop carriage road.

SUBJECTS:
MAINE--Hancock County--Bar Harbor vicinity
concrete arch bridges
transportation
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
Eagle Lake Road Bridge
Acadia National Park

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.me0296

CONTROL #:
ME0296

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