Tukey's Bridge is a

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connecting the neighborhoods of

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and East Deering in

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. It is part of Interstate 295,

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, and

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( State Route 26).

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– City of Portland

crosses the bridge on its western side.

History

Several bridges by the same name have existed connecting the areas. The current bridge was completed in 1960 and named for Lemuel Tukey, a tavern owner and tax collector from the Back Cove area of Portland in the late 18th century. It replaced a bridge completed around 1898, and which carried the Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway.

References

* Bridges in Portland, Maine Road bridges in Maine Munjoy Hill Bridges on the Interstate Highway System Interstate 95 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System U.S. Route 1 {{Maine-bridge-struct-stub

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