Structures 2008: Crossing Borders
2008 ASCE
New Innovative Features of Maine
’s First Cable Stay Bridge
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The steel suspension Waldo-Hancock Bridge carried U.S. Route 1 travelers over the Penobscot
River, near the town of Bucksport, Maine for 74 years. This vitally important transportation link
provided safe passage for carloads of tourists through the years, in addition to significant
commercial traffic related to regional paper-making, granite-quarrying, boat building,manufactured housi ...