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Taken a few days ago when there was ice coming over the dam (out of the picture to the right) and the water level was high and the current swift. This is taken from the Topsham side of the river looking toward Brunswick. It is commonly called the "Green Bridge" but its official name is the Frank J. Wood Bridge. It is in need of repairs and the powers that be are trying to decide to repair it or replace it. Both are expensive. There is a vocal group who wish to repair and retain this bridge for its historical interest. This is a three-image HDR merged in Lightroom and edited with Silver Efex Pro.

In general, this bridge is an example of a traditionally composed state-designed 1930s truss bridge in Maine. It has a large central through truss span with a single shorter through truss spans at each end. The bridge has considerable historic and technological significance. This bridge is among the larger of Maine's surviving metal truss bridges both in terms of its 310 foot central span and an overall 815 foot length. Additionally, it has the unusual design detail in that the southernmost bridge pier is skewed, however the other pier and both abutments are not skewed. As such, the only evidence of skew in the superstructure is that the southern end of the central span and the northern end of the southern span displays offset end posts. The skew is not carried through the rest of the truss like in a traditional skewed bridge. It is not known why the one pier is skewed except that is may be so that it lines up with the flow of the water in the river, to reduce pressure on the pier from flowing water. The northern pier rests on exposed rock and does not appear to be in the water normally, so this would explain why it is not skewed.