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Stanley Brook Bridge

Coordinates: 44°18′37″N 68°14′49″W / 44.3104°N 68.2469°W / 44.3104; -68.2469
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Stanley Brook Bridge
The bridge in 2019, looking north along Stanley Brook Road, with Stanley Brook on the left
Coordinates44°18′37″N 68°14′49″W / 44.3104°N 68.2469°W / 44.3104; -68.2469
CarriesStanley Brook carriage trail
CrossesStanley Brook Road
Stanley Brook
LocaleSeal Harbor, Maine
Characteristics
Total length180 feet (55 m)
Height23 feet (7 m)
History
ArchitectCharles Stoughton
Opened1933 (91 years ago) (1933)
Statistics
TollNo
Location
Map

Stanley Brook Bridge is a bridge in Acadia National Park, Maine. Spanning Stanley Brook carriage trail and Stanley Brook itself in Seal Harbor, it was built in 1933. It was the last bridge designed and constructed in the park under the guidance of John D. Rockefeller Jr.[1][2]

The bridge, which is constructed of ashlar stone, was designed by Charles Stoughton and built by S. F. Ralston, superintendent of Rockefeller's Seal Harbor estate. Landscape architect Beatrix Ferrand planted fauna around the bridge.[3] At 180 feet (55 m) in the length, the bridge has three spans: the western one passes over Stanley Brook; the central one crosses Stanley Brook Road; and the eastern span is over a footpath.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stanley Brook Bridge (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Stanley Brook Bridge, Spanning Stanley Brook, Stanley Brook Motor Road, & Seaside Trail on Barr Hill-Day Mountain Carriage Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Stanley Brook Bridge, Spanning Stanley Brook, Stanley Brook Motor Road, & Seaside Trail on Barr Hill-Day Mountain Carriage Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved December 6, 2023.