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Covered Bridges
Grist Mill Bridge
Lebanon, Maine
The Grist Mill Bridge spans the Little River and is located about
3 miles south of East Lebanon on the Little River Road. The Grist
Mill Bridge is a stone and timber structure which spans the Little
River, just east of the 1774 Old Grist Mill. It is composed of
laid rubblestone, rising approximately thirteen feet above normal
stream water levels. The bridge deck is fifty-four feet long and
twenty-four feet wide. Its existing configuration dates from the
early 1950's, when the present design replaced a simpler structure
utilizing round logs for stringers, a plank deck, and guardrails
of triangular supports linked by a wooden rail. The southeast abutment
continues for some fifty feet, acting as a base and retaining wall
for the road surface. In 1993, a major renovation project replaced
the timber superstructure in-kind and restored the stone pier and
abutments. This bridge was entered in the National Register of
Historic Places on December 27, 1990.
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