Stone bridge with a narrow opening in a forested area

Carriage Road Bridges Tour

Acadia National Park

  • 2 - 4 hours
  • 5 tour stops

This self-guided tour takes visitors by a number of historic carriage road bridges. It starts from Jordan Pond House and goes along carriage roads to create a five mile loop. Duration will vary whether visitors are on foot or bicycle. John D. Rockefeller financed 16 of 17 stone-faced bridges, each unique in design, to span streams, waterfalls, roads, and cliffsides. The bridges are steel-reinforced concrete, but the use of native stone for the facing gives them a natural appearance.

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