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Deer Isle Bridge

Completed in:	1939
Location:	Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Crosses:	Eggemoggin Reach

Deer Isle Bridge<br>(HAER, ME,5-SEDG.V,1-5)

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Structural Type:

Suspension bridge

Function / usage:

Motorway bridge / freeway bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Designer	Holton Duncan Robinson
	David Bernard Steinman

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Role	Name	Part of structure

Design	Robinson & Steinman

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
cables	steel
pylons	steel
deck truss	steel
Dimensions

	main span	329.4 m
pylon	pylon height	64 m

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	A Span for All Seasons: Deer Isle Bridge
	HAER: Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge, Spanning Eggemoggin Reach between Sedgwick & Deer, Sedgwick vicinity, Hancock County, ME

Relevant Literature
	Billington, David P. History and Esthetics in Suspension Bridges, in "Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE)", August 1977 v. 103 .
	Skerrett, Robert G. Le pont suspendu entre l'île Deer et Sedgwick (Etats-Unis, Maine), in "La Technique des Travaux", December 1939, n. 12 v. 15 .

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