A carriage road leads across the top of a triple-arched granite bridge that spans Duck Brook. A stone marker at one end indicates the date of construction — 1929. From the bridge, visitors can view a series of waterfalls formed as the brook flows underneath. Views also span the forest surrounding the brook as it courses toward Bar Harbor and into the ocean.
Maps on display show the park's carriage roads and advise visitors on how to protect the park. A restroom facility is located in the parking lot nearby.
Nearby, a wayside exhibit features an informational panel angled atop two large stones. The exhibit's title, "Rockefeller's Bridges," appears over a black and white image of Cobblestone Bridge, an arched bridge made of smooth, oval cobblestones. In the stream, water cascades over boulders.
Introductory text reads: "Whether at the edges of the park motor roads or deep in the woods, John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s carriage road bridges appear as if nature put them there. Working closely with architects Welles Bosworth and Charles Stoughton, as well as local engineers Charles and Paul Simpson, Rockefeller designed and built bridges that both complement natural features on the landscape and provide access to exceptional vistas in the park's interior. Although all the bridges are faced with local stone, no two are architecturally alike."
A trio of small photographs highlights a few of the 16 Rockefeller bridges:
The first photograph features Waterfall Bridge. Buttress-like towers flank the skewed arch of this bridge to frame a view of a 40-foot waterfall.
The second photograph shows Hadlock Brook Bridge, which was "built to reflect nature's harmony, not to compete with it." In an open evergreen forest, the bridge gently rises over a brook.
The third photograph shows Hemlock Bridge. Its massive Gothic arch creates a backdrop for large hemlock trees that stand near the stream.
