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Maine has six bridges of the same “deck truss” construction style used on the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed:

n Augusta, Memorial Bridge over the Kennebec River, recently rehabilitated

n Arrowsic, crosses Back River, due for replacement in 2008

n Caribou, crosses the Aroostook River, recently rehabilitated

n Falmouth, crosses railroad, under evaluation for capital improvement

n Kittery, Sarah Mildred Long Bridge (Route 1); owned and supported by Maine and New Hampshire

n Medford, crosses the Piscataquis River, old railroad bridge converted to a one-lane bridge

Source: Maine Department of Transportation.

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