Sunday River Bridge, Spanning Sunday River, Newry, Oxford County, ME

Significance: Sunday River Bridge is a very well executed speciment of the bridge truss designed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. This truss became the dominant style in covered bridge construction throughout much of New England, but has received little attention from historians, perhaps because it was never patented. The bridge is also notable as an example of sympathetic restoration.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1000
Survey number: HAER ME-69
Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1923-1924 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1958-1959 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000059