Historic Sunday River Covered Bridge — Attraction in Newry

-The bridge was nice looking, but I didn't have time to walk it before the friend I was meeting arrived. -It's fine that I didn't walk the bridge, because there were 2 people parked in front of the left entrance smoking copious amounts of marijuana and the whole area reeked of the smell. A few minutes later a group of small children ran through the right side entrance and directly into the smoke and stench. Now seems like as good of a time as any to remind everyone that; YOU are only supposed to use it in your home. Smoking and driving, smoking in public are the same as drinking and driving or drinking in public. There is no difference. -We ended up driving to a "mushroom honey-hole" that was on the river, but about 20 miles away, to mushroom hunt. Not a terribly productive hunt, but I was there to take pictures of mushrooms and there were a few inedible ones for me to get...

Sept. 29, 2021 - Take several minutes to walk into the PAST ! This is 1 of 9 covered bridges in Maine. Most of these old wooden covered bridges were constructed more than a century ago, prior to the use of steel. Sometimes the local town decides to protect and rehab the old covered bridge? This bridge is in reasonable shape, but there’s no historic plaque?

I rate this a solid 4.5 ! Most of the old covered bridges are isolated, and “not utilized“ anymore to carry vehicles. Most folks traveling west to east between ME & NH, stop to see local colorful foliage outside North Bethel & Newry . . . this is a picturesque spot of the Sunday River, complete with a postcard covered bridge !

This Paddleford Truss bridge is 87 feet long, built in 1872, and was closed to vehicular...

Another New England Historic bridge. Located off the main road there seems to be plenty of parking on both sides of the bridge for multiple cars. Is it accessible. Maybe the entrance is narrow for a wheelchair. And it is a dirt path leading from the parking lot the bridge. Walking across took me 20 seconds each way. There is no bathroom nearby. You’ll probably have to drive to the Sunday River resort nearby. You can walk down to the rivers edge to take pictures. Its technically open 24 hours, but its not lot so you wont see it at night off the main road. I did not see a plaque explaining the history of the bridge. But the sign does say Sunday...