On the carriage roads in Acadia National Park, you will see hikers, bikers, horseback riders, and even horse-drawn carriages. No cars are allowed on these roads. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. had these roads built so people could escape the noise of cars. Click here to see a photograph of Mr. Rockefeller.

There are 17 bridges that pass over streams along the carriage roads. The teams that worked on these bridges had difficult and sometimes dangerous jobs. It took the stonecutters an entire day to cut and shape each stone and they worked through all of the seasons. How long do you think it took to build one bridge? To see the answer and to view the first carriage road bridge built, click here.

There were two houses built to welcome people to the carriage roads. What do you think these houses looked like? Gather an image in your mind, and then click here to see a photograph of one of them.