The Bennett Bean Covered Bridge, built in 1898, is one of Maine's Paddleford truss bridges found near the New Hampshire border. Just a mile and a half south of Wilsons Mills in Oxford County, the 92-foot Bennett-Bean Bridge spans the Magalloway River. With funds from the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, the 200-year-old bridge received a complete overhaul in 2004.

Building a bridge in this remote section of the country in 1898 was quite an undertaking. Historic records indicate that a small percentage of the $780 price tag involved transportation costs. A six-day rafting trip ferried building materials for 26 miles to the bridge site. Utilized for the next 60 years, the Bennett Bridge saw its last automobile crossing in 1958. Currently, the bridge is open to pedestrians only.

Bennett Beam Bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1970.

Located at:  N44 55.148   W71 02.300        -        WGCB #19-09-03

Photographed in June of 2022

Photos by Millard Farmer