Last updated: June 6, 2025
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West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge (J)
Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Kate E. Curtis, 1994
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West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge (1931) is one of 17 bridges constructed along 57 miles of carriage road on Mount Desert Island between 1917 and 1940. It carries the Amphitheatre Road (Asticou-Jordan Pond Road) over the west branch of Jordan Stream.
The curved-plan reinforced-concrete structure, 115-feet long and 22-feet 3-inches at its highest point, is clad with quarry-faced ashlar granite in a semi-coursed pattern of large and small stones.
The design was inspired by a small footbridge in the ramble at Central Park that features a narrow Roman arch. West Branch has a Roman arch, six feet wide, with slender radiating voussoirs and a prominent keystone. The parapet walls have alternating square and rectangular capstones and rectangular endposts.
Its final cost was $16,889.29.