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  • Maine Caches Near Interesting Bridges

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    Published on 03-31-2011 08:12 AM
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    Below is a list of interesting Maine bridges along with any caches within .5 miles of those bridges.

    I do not update this article on a regular basis, so if you have placed a bridge cache and would like it added to the list or just think it's time to be updated, or if you know of an interesting bridge not listed, let me know.

    Distances specified are from the approximate center of the bridge.

    Androscoggin Swinging Bridge (Brunswick; Delorme Map #3):

    337 feet - Smoke Break (GC2KTJN) by Team Kraneguy (1.5/1)
    197 feet - The Mills of Yesterday and Today (GC9D82) by Team Teebow (adopted Cache 02/16/2004) (2/2.5)
    0.17 miles - 101 Dalmations #36 (GUARD DOG) (GCW2AF) by Team Teebow (1/1)
    0.11 miles - Milling around in Brunswick (GC1JHFJ) by Doolittles (2/3)
    0.23 miles - River Run (GC220XJ) by bake65 and wudboter (2.5/3.5)
    383 feet - You should be dancin'. Yeah (GC2FZ6B) by Doolittles (1.5/1.5)
    0.48 miles - ECG - Boat Launch (GC2BPH4) by Trick or Treat (1.5/1.5)

    Arch Bridge (Bristol; Delorme Map #7):
    0.42 miles - Fishermans Find (GC12XKE) by Charmed_1 & Migrating_butterflies (2/5)

    Babbs Bridge (South Windham; Delorme Map #5):

    42 feet - PICTURE THIS # 5 "BABB'S BRIDGE" (GC16HZZ) by hoamdezinahs (1.5/2)

    Bailey Island Cobwork Bridge (Harpswell; Delorme Map #6):

    153 feet - Captain Charles York (GC1NQM1) by Team Idiot (1.5/1.5)

    Bennett Bridge (Wilson Mills; Delorme Map #27):

    105 feet - Bennet/Wilson (GC1XX37) by PM28570 (2/2)

    Blue Hill Falls Bridge (Blue Hill; Delorme Map #15):
    53 feet - Blue Hill Tidal Falls (GC17X1E) by Northwoods Explorer (1.5/1.5)
    0.3 miles - blue hill falls - Maine Rose Series (GC10CJ5) by becket (1.5/1.5)

    Brooklyn Bridge (Frankfort; Delorme Map #23):
    0 foot - The Brooklyn Bridge (GC2RT31) by dufzor (2.5/2)
    0.36 miles - Maine's World Tour, Cities, Frankfort (GC23YAD) by pm28570 (1/1)

    Carlton Bridge (Bath-Woolwich; Delorme Map #6):

    0.18 miles - 18392 (GCR6KN) by Circles Assisted by FunnyNose (3/1.5)
    0.11 miles - K.E.L.T. Challenge (GC27KP3) by Circles (3/1.5)
    0.36 miles - above the triangle (GC155XE) by don zebulun (2.5/1.5)

    Churchill Bridge (Buckfield; Delorme Map #11):
    There are currently no available caches placed at this location. The closest cache is 1.4 miles away.

    Cole Land Transportation Museum Bridge (23; Delorme Map #Bangor):
    422 feet - Math Challenge #1 (GC21FKA) by mainehockeyfan (2/1.5)
    475 feet - Geo Post Office and Travel Bug Hotel, Bangor (GCWEN7) by We3Beans (1/1.5)
    0.47 miles - Ball and Chain (GC1RXHD) by Bell Ringer (2/1.5)

    Deer Isle Bridge (Brooklyn-Little Deer Isle; Delorme Map #15):

    There are currently no available caches placed at this location. The closest cache is 0.9 miles away.

    FDR Memorial Bridge (27; Delorme Map #Lubec):
    434 feet - Narrow's Horseshoe Pit (GC1J44C) by Lupine58 (1/1)
    0.21 miles - Marking Lubec's Birthday (GC1QZN4) by Mouse179 (1/2)
    0.29 miles - View of Sparkplug (GC28MP6) by TS_HamRad (1.5/1.5)

    Graham Lake Dam Bridge (Ellsworth; Delorme Map #23):
    158 feet - Not-So-Temporary Bridge (GC1PMGQ) by EMSDanel (2/1.5)

    Grist Mill Bridge (Lebanon; Delorme Map #2):
    26 feet - The Olde Grist Mill (GC106T3) by mscrep (1.5/1)

    Hemlock Bridge (Fryeburg Center; Delorme Map #4):

    11 feet - Hemlock (GC2533) by Rixport (1.5/1)

    Lenonard's Mill Covered Bridge (Bradley; Delorme Map #23):
    0.15 miles - Remember the River Drivers II - Leonards Mills (GC1D4XW) by EvilHomer (1.5/2)
    0.46 miles - Put Some Spice Into Your Life (GC1YDFW) by Hondohawk & SCDAKOTA (2/1.5)

    Lovejoy Bridge (South Andover; Delorme Map #18):

    33 feet - Lovejoy Bridge Cache (GC1XC8B) by Queen Bee Me (2/2.5)

    Morse Bridge (Bangor-has been replaced; Delorme Map #23):

    299 feet - Intown, Downtown (GC1BF7Q) by litlmoto23 (2/1)
    122 feet - Coe Park (QCP) (GC24T07) by euicho (1.5/2)
    0.11 miles - Missouri State Nickname (GC20Z1D) by SuitedPair (2/1)
    207 feet - "Where The Rubber Meets The Road" (GC229E4) by hollora (1.5/1.5)
    0.22 miles - Peirce Memorial (GC1FB2Y) by Mainehockeyfan (1.5/1.5)
    0.17 miles - Bricklayers' Playpen (GC21D52) by mainehockeyfan (2/1.5)
    0.29 miles - Thomas Hill Cache (GCXY61) by woodfam (1.5/1.5)
    0.33 miles - The Great Fire of 1911 (QCP) (GC24KZA) by euicho (2.5/1.5)
    0.11 miles - Get to the bottom of the top (GC2CJ12) by ribnag (2/1.5)
    0.27 miles - Jackson Street? (GC2TX7R) by King Reggie (1/1.5)
    0.14 miles - Hayford Park (QCP) (GC24TNN) by euicho (1.5/3)
    0.47 miles - WWFM VIII- Let's get noticed! (GC2TRFZ) by mainiac1957 (1/1)

    New Portland Wire Bridge (New Portland; Delorme Map #20):

    476 feet - Really Wired (GCGCK2) by Stosh n Glo (1.5/1)

    New Sharon Bridge (New Sharon; Delorme Map #20):
    36 feet - Route 2 Tour-The Old Bridge (GCYGH4) by mainiac1957 and Quilting Mom (1.5/1.5)
    0.19 miles - LT Snowmobile Cache #5 (GC1M0MV) by LaughingTerry (2/2.5)

    Penobscot Narrows Bridge (Prospect-Verona; Delorme Map #23):
    465 feet - Ordovician Penobscot Formation (GC16WTN) by hollora (1/1)
    0.24 miles - Fort Knox 1 (GC1CBH5) by parmachenee (2/3)
    0.22 miles - The Narrows 2 (GC1CBGY) by parmachenee (2/2.5)
    0.3 miles - Penobscot Narrows Bridge View - Maine Rose Series (GC10HQ0) by hollora (1.5/1.5)
    120 feet - ISLAND CACHE (GCPRZ3) by coastal&denight - Adopted by Hollora (1/1.5)

    Porter-Parsonfield Bridge (Porter; Delorme Map #4):
    10 feet - PICTURE THIS # 2 "BRIDGE TO NOWHERE" (GC16EN7) by hoamdezinahs (3.5/2)

    Robyville Bridge (Robyville; Delorme Map #32):

    5 feet - Robyville Bridge (GC1P43J) by Moonsouth (2/2)

    Ryefield Bridge (Stuarts Corner; Delorme Map #10):

    19 feet - In the Ryefield (GC28JGH) by Beanis1 (2/1.5)

    Skowhegan walking bridge (Skowhegan; Delorme Map #21):

    256 feet - Right in Plain Sight II (The Big Indian Revisited) (GCTQF7) by LaughingTerry (2/1)
    0.41 miles - Bonsai (GC2759J) by tandemstoker (2.5/2.5)
    0.47 miles - The Puzzle of Bens Bum (GCTQHD) by LaughingTerry (1.5/1.5)

    Smith Bridge (Houlton; Delorme Map #53):
    There are currently no available caches placed at this location. The closest cache is 3.1 miles away.

    Sunday River Bridge (Newry; Delorme Map #18):

    38 feet - covered history (GC17A4N) by Patriotsgame (1.5/1.5)

    The Big Bridge (Paris; Delorme Map #11):
    106 feet - THE BOUNCING BRIDGE (GC2A75J) by DudeKeith (5/2)
    0.1 miles - MEDIC.TREE DOWN (GC2A75V) by DudeKeith (2/3)
    0.11 miles - IT SURE LOOKED OLD (GC2A760) by DudeKeith (1.5/2)
    0.15 miles - ERNIES BATH BUDDY (GC29F1P) by DudeKeith (1/2)
    0.19 miles - LIFE'S A BEACH (GC2A761) by DudeKeith (3/3)
    0.22 miles - CRACK OPEN A COLD ONE HERE (GC2C4X0) by DudeKeith (2.5/2)
    0.34 miles - FEEL THE BURN (GC29XBC) by DudeKeith (4/2)

    Thompson's Bridge (Allen's Mills; Delorme Map #20):
    There are currently no available caches placed at this location. The closest cache is 5 miles away.

    Two Cent Bridge (Waterville-Winslow; Delorme Map #21):

    1 foot - Right in Plain Sight (GCTHQ7) by LaughingTerry (4/1.5)
    115 feet - Xactly What is Art? (GC1RB49) by tandemstoker (4/1)
    0.21 miles - Troop 436 Cache to Eagle #1 Lombard Micro (GCXJ3B) by Troop436 WTVL (3/1.5)
    0.13 miles - 2nd Place Street (GC1E5H4) by iownavw (3/1)
    197 feet - Exploring the Elm City (GC2X2DN) by tandemstoker (1/1)
    0.27 miles - A Pomme for Dan (GC1MXNA) by Mapachi (1/1)
    0.37 miles - Hathaway Revisited (GC1XGYB) by shapoopok (1/1)

    Waldo-Hancock Bridge (Closed) (Prospect-Verona; Delorme Map #23):
    204 feet - Ordovician Penobscot Formation (GC16WTN) by hollora (1/1)
    0.28 miles - Fort Knox 1 (GC1CBH5) by parmachenee (2/3)
    0.26 miles - The Narrows 2 (GC1CBGY) by parmachenee (2/2.5)
    0.26 miles - Penobscot Narrows Bridge View - Maine Rose Series (GC10HQ0) by hollora (1.5/1.5)
    81 feet - ISLAND CACHE (GCPRZ3) by coastal&denight - Adopted by Hollora (1/1.5)

    Watson Settlement Bridge (Littleton; Delorme Map #59):

    43 feet - Covered Bridge to No Where (GCGT83) by Hiker Twins (1/1.5)

    Low's Bridge (Sangerville; Delorme Map #31):

    2 feet - Low's Bridge (GCP2PE) by FFFarmer (2/3)
    Comments 13 Comments
    1. brdad's Avatar
      brdad - 05-19-2011, 02:48 PM
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      Added Cole Land Transportation bridge to the list & updated.
    1. Ekidokai's Avatar
      Ekidokai - 05-19-2011, 08:49 PM
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      Decorative bridges now too.
    1. brdad's Avatar
      brdad - 05-19-2011, 08:52 PM
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      Decorative can be interesting!
    1. brdad's Avatar
      brdad - 05-26-2011, 08:47 PM
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      Added The Big Bridge (Paris; Delorme Map #11) after yet another tip from inhumaine!

      Looks like a neat one...
    1. UMainah's Avatar
      UMainah - 05-27-2011, 10:30 PM
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      I've got a thing for bridges, being a civil engineer and all.
    1. UMainah's Avatar
      UMainah - 06-05-2011, 11:08 AM
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      Here's another http://coord.info/GC2RT31
    1. brdad's Avatar
      brdad - 06-05-2011, 08:32 PM
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      Updated!
      Added Brooklyn Bridge (Frankfort; Delorme Map #23)
    1. UMainah's Avatar
      UMainah - 06-05-2011, 08:44 PM
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      Leonards Mills has a cool bridge
    1. brdad's Avatar
      brdad - 06-05-2011, 09:12 PM
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      Updated again
      Added Lenonard's Mill Covered Bridge (Bradley; Delorme Map #23)
    1. UMainah's Avatar
      UMainah - 06-05-2011, 09:47 PM
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      http://coord.info/GC1PMGQ Here we have a bridge AND a dam! two of favorite things!
    1. brdad's Avatar
      brdad - 06-05-2011, 09:51 PM
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      I will add this tomorrow.
    1. UMainah's Avatar
      UMainah - 06-05-2011, 10:06 PM
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      http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.a...2-82f36e75e23c Here we have another candidate courtesy of Guns and Hoses
    1. UMainah's Avatar
      UMainah - 06-05-2011, 10:13 PM
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      http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.a...e-843e5d74f3fe An International bridge!

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