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Acadia Roads and Bridges
Acadia National Park, Maine
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Acadia National Parks carriage and motor roads were documented in 1994-95 by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a division of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The project was sponsored by the NPS Park Roads and Parkways Program and Acadia National Park. Funding was provided through the Federal Lands Highway Program, U.S. Department of Transportation.

This leaflet was produced in 1996 by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service in cooperation with the HABS/HAER Foundation. Photo credits: Jet Lowe-HAER Collection (JTL), Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC), Dumbarton Oakes Research Library (DORL), Bar Harbor Historical Society (BHHS).

Text by Cornelius Maher
Design by Todd Croteau
Web Edition by RD Payne


A 1940s postcard view of Ocean Drive at Otter Cliffs promotes the drama of touring Acadia's scenic roads (Curt Teich postcard courtesy of Richard H. Quin)

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