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Bennett-Bean Covered Bridge

Lincoln, Oxford County, Maine

Last checked 2026-11-01 · Sources · More Maine bridges

Bennett-Bean Covered Bridge, Lincoln, Maine
Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized from the original.

At a glance

Status
Surviving (MaineDOT historic covered bridge)[1]
Year built
1901[1]
Truss type
Paddleford truss[2]
Length
93 ft[1]
Vehicle access
No. Closed to traffic in 1985[1]
Parking
Not verified

Directions to mapped location

Directions go to the bridge's mapped point, not a confirmed parking area.

About this bridge

Bennett-Bean Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Lincoln, Oxford County, Maine. It appears in the MaineDOT Historic Covered Bridges. The state record gives its construction date as 1901. Its structure is recorded as paddleford truss. Wikidata records it as crossing Magalloway River. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference 70000055).

Bridge details

Town
Lincoln[3]
Location / road
1.5 miles south of Wilson Mills[1]
Year built
1901[1]
Truss type
Paddleford truss[2]
Length
93 ft[1]
Crosses
Magalloway River[1]
National Register ref.
70000055[4]
Coordinates
44.91914, -71.03839[5]

Visiting

We have no official parking, accessibility or opening information for this bridge. Many covered bridges sit on working town roads. Park only where it is legal and safe, respect private property and posted signs, and check town or state notices for closures.

Not verified

We have not found an official source for: Maintained by, Parking, Accessibility, Opening hours or seasonal closures. We leave these blank rather than guess. Never assume a road means you can drive, park or walk here.

Map

Red dot: this bridge. Green dots: nearest bridges in our list. Distances are straight-line, not driving.

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Sources

  1. MaineDOT: Bennett Bridge: checked 2026-11-01
  2. MaineDOT Historic Covered Bridges: checked 2026-11-01
  3. U.S. Census Bureau geocoder (county subdivision = town): checked 2026-11-01
  4. National Register of Historic Places (NPS), via Wikidata reference number: checked 2026-11-01
  5. Wikidata: checked 2026-11-01

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