Androscoggin Pedestrian Swinging Bridge
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The Swinging Bridge was originally built in 1892 for workers walking from the Topsham Heights neighborhood to Cabot Mill in Brunswick, over the Androscoggin River. The bridge was constructed in 1892 by John A. Roebling's Sons Company, the engineering firm that designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and other bridges around the world. The bridge's history is closely tied to the French Canadian heritage of Topsham and Brunswick.
In the early 1900s the present steel towers replaced the original timber-framed towers. A flood destroyed the superstructure of the bridge in 1936 and was rebuilt in 1938 by the WPA. The current cables date all the way back to 1892 when the bridge was first built.
The Towns of Brunswick and Topsham created a joint committee to repair the bridge in 2000. The bridge renovation was completed in early 2007.
