View of Upper Bridge

View of Upper Bridge

View of the Upper Bridge looking toward outer High Street on the Belfast side The Upper Bridge was located off Upper High Street and connected Belfast with the east side. It was a wooden drawbridge. In 1876, the draw tender, Hollis Smart was paid $140.00. The bridge was almost entirely rebuilt in 1895 by Bancroft Huzzy Conant & Sanford Hills Mathews as contractors at a cost of $972.50. It was destroyed by the freshet of 1896 (river flooding from heavy rains or snow melt) and was, again, rebuilt. The upper bridge was closed in 1959. In the foreground one can see the tracks of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad and the crossing at Robbins Road.