AUGUSTA (AP) – Wanted: workers who helped build Maine’s Waldo-Hancock Bridge in the early 1930s.

The state Transportation Department wants to interview people who were involved in the construction of the bridge between Prospect and Verona. Their memories of the project are important to officials who are documenting information about the bridge in eastern Maine.

At 2,040 feet, the central span was 2.5 times the length of any highway bridge in the United States at the time. It was built in record time, for $1.2 million and opened on Nov. 16, 1931.

A replacement bridge, budgeted at $75 million, is under construction and scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006.

Anyone interested in sharing stories may contact either Carol Morris (207) 772-3119 x21 or Carly Dinwiddie (207) 469-0532.