The Waldo–Hancock Bridge was the first long-span suspension bridge erected in Maine, as well as the first permanent bridge across the Penobscot River downstream...
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replacing the Waldo–Hancock Bridge, built in 1931. The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is one of three bridges in the US (the others being the Zakim Bridge in Boston...
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Waldo Bridge may refer to: Waldo Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Alabama, United States Waldo-Hancock Bridge, a suspension bridge in Maine, United...
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Bucksport, Maine (redirect from Bucksport (town), Hancock County, ME)
River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge. The first inhabitants of Bucksport were a 5,000-year-old...
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opening of the Pulaski Skyway, and a bypass of Bangor involving the Waldo–Hancock Bridge, opened in 1931. The Overseas Highway from Miami to Key West was...
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U.S. in 1931 on Steinman and Robinson's Waldo-Hancock Bridge near Bucksport, Maine, and their St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon. A new connection method...
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Verona Island, Maine (category Islands of Hancock County, Maine)
North Pole. The Waldo–Hancock Bridge (carrying U.S. 1), which opened November 16, 1931, to connect Verona Island and Prospect in Waldo County, is on the...
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Creek Bridge Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge Swann Covered Bridge Tallahatchee Covered Bridge Waldo Covered Bridge Woolsey Finnell Bridge List of bridges documented...
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Penobscot River (category Rivers of Hancock County, Maine)
markets. In 1931 the Waldo-Hancock Bridge was opened to carry US Route 1 across the river at the Penobscot Narrows between Prospect, in Waldo County, and Verona...
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Winterport, Maine (redirect from Winterport (town), Waldo County, Maine)
the Penobscot River to the east which prior to the opening of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge in 1931 was reached from Winterport by way of the Winterport Ferry...
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David B. Steinman (category American bridge engineers)
in the US), the Mount Hope Bridge and Grand Mère Suspension Bridge (both 1929), the St. Johns Bridge and Waldo-Hancock Bridge (both 1931), the Sky Ride...
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U.S. Route 1 in Maine (category Transportation in Waldo County, Maine)
shortcut—now generally followed by I-95—became part of US 2. The Waldo–Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, allowing US 1 to bypass Bangor; the old route became...
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Merritt-Chapman & Scott (section Mackinac Bridge)
construction, and diving expertise. These projects included the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, 1931, Bucksport, Maine, the Marquette Ore Docks, 1931, Marquette...
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alignment of US 1, prior to US 1's relocation after construction of the Waldo–Hancock Bridge. US 1A signage on this portion lacks directional indicators. U.S...
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Maine State Route 174 (category Transportation in Waldo County, Maine)
to the Waldo–Hancock Bridge, SR 174 ends at a signalized intersection with US 1/SR 3 at the western approach of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. The entire...
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Hancock County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County...
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This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Maine. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap...
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in Waldo County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Waldo County...
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This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Maine. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download...
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Bucksport (CDP), Maine (redirect from Bucksport (CDP), Hancock County, ME)
The western border of the CDP follows the Bucksport town line (and Hancock–Waldo County line) down the middle of the Penobscot River. The southern border...
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Battles of Lexington and Concord (section North Bridge)
starting the siege of Boston. Ralph Waldo Emerson describes the first shot fired by the Patriots at the North Bridge in his "Concord Hymn" as the "shot...
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second day of the Battle of Gettysburg when Major General Winfield Scott Hancock ordered the 1st Minnesota to charge into a brigade of 1200 Confederate...
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Thomas Lennon (redirect from Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles)
Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2019. Petski, Denise (April 26, 2019). "'Where's Waldo?': Joshua Rush, Haley Tju, Eva Carlton & Thomas Lennon Lead Voice Cast For...
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List of lakes of Maine (section Waldo County)
Pughole Pond 62 681 T41 MD Little Rocky Pond 62 608 Dedham, Ellsworth Hancock Pond 62 868 Bucksport Green Lake #2 61 469 T35 MD Upper Morrison Pond 60...
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Maine State Route 3 (category Transportation in Waldo County, Maine)
(63 km) from Belfast through Bucksport, crossing the Penobscot Narrows Bridge over the Penobscot River. SR 15 joins US 1 and SR 3 in downtown Bucksport...
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Fort Knox (Maine) (category Museums in Waldo County, Maine)
of $1,000,000. Granite was quarried five miles (8 km) upriver from Mount Waldo in Frankfort. The fort's overall design was by Joseph G. Totten, the foremost...
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Armour Dunham was born in Wichita, Kansas, the younger of two sons to Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham, Sr. (December 25, 1894, Sumner County, Kansas – October...
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and evolutionary (19 April 1882) "O, that beautiful boy!": 54–55 — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American author, philosopher and transcendentalist (27 April 1882)...
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statue is inscribed the first stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Concord Hymn written in 1836: By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's...
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its remaining interests sold to Hubbell in 1991. Bryant was founded by Waldo Calvin Bryant in 1888 (incorporated 1889) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with...
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