Low's Covered Bridge

It is located on Route 15 over the Piscataquis River between Guilford and Sangerville, ME.

Picnic by the Piscataquis River, and travel back in time on the beautiful covered bridge by car or driving ATV. Winter or Summer you can always enjoy the view. The Covered Bridge was built for the first time in 1830. The man who built the bridge was one of the first settlers. His name was Robert Low.

The Covered Bridge was first washed away by the spring flood of 1843. Many years later in 1857, due to Mother Nature, the bridge had been destroyed again. On April 11, 1987 it was washed away for the third time. This time it had been snapped into two large sections. One section rested in a place down stream. The second section kept on going and went down over the dam in Dover-Foxcroft.

In 1858, the townspeople of Guilford decided to contract Isaac F. Wharff to do the foundation work on the bridge with granite. The cost to the towns was $750, $500 for abutments underneath the bridge, and $250.00 for lumber and labor. Guilford and Sangerville split the expense.

Low's Bridge is also known as The Guilford Covered Bridge, a national historic landmark. This bridge was dedicated in 1970. This was due to the hard work of the Guilford and Sangerville citizens.

After the flood of 1987, Dwinal Hall and William Hume of Guilford organized the effort to rebuild the bridge once again. A modern covered bridge, patterned after the original, was built on the original abutments in 1990. The bridge has a clear span of 120 feet over the Piscataquis River. It is located just off State Route 15 south of Guilford Village.