Davey Bridge

Davey Bridge (also known as the Wiscasset Bridge), in Wiscasset, Maine, United States, spans the Sheepscot River. It carries the traffic of U.S. Route 1 between Wiscasset and Edgecomb.^[1][2] It was completed in 1983, after a two-year construction, at a cost of over $8.5 million.^[3] The bridge was designed by FIGG Bridge Group, of Tallahassee, Florida, who also designed the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. Shoals Construction, of Eliot, Maine, constructed it.^[4]

Davey Bridge
Viewed from the south
Coordinates	44.000942°N 69.658331°W / 44.000942; -69.658331
Carries	U.S. Route 1
Crosses	Sheepscot River
Locale	Wiscasset, Maine, U.S.
Other name(s)	Wiscasset Bridge
Named for	Donald E. Davey
Characteristics
Design	Concrete
Total length	2,719 feet (829 m)
Width	44.7 feet (14 m)
Height	20 feet (6 m)
No. of spans	23
History
Architect	FIGG Bridge Group
Constructed by	Shoals Construction
Opened	June 15, 1983 (42 years ago) (1983-06-15)
Location

The bridge, the first of its kind in New England, is 2,719 feet (829 m) long, 44.7 feet (13.6 m) wide^[5] and constructed of 318 steel-reinforced concrete segments joined by steel cables. The bridge opened on June 15, 1983,^[4] was dedicated on September 28, 1986, and is named for Donald E. Davey, a detective sergeant in the Lincoln County Sheriff department who was killed, aged 37,^[4] in the line of duty two years prior.^[3]

The bridge is located around 1.2 miles (1.9 km) downstream of the Wiscasset Railway Bridge, which was built in 1916.^[6]