Over time, ice, fires and flooding, coupled with numerous acts of vandalism, have left Maine with only eight of the 120 historic covered bridges it saw at its peak. Now, many modern covered ...

As one of Maine’s oldest and few remaining covered bridges, Babb’s Bridge has seen a lot—though likely not quite as much as it did that day. More: Man Damages 2,500-Year-Old Tree By Driving ...

A hole is seen after a loaded dump truck plummeted through the planks of the covered Babb's Bridge into the Presumpscot River in Gorham, Maine, on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Gorham Police Department ...

The deck repair of a covered bridge between the Cumberland County towns of Gorham and Windham is expected to take several months. After Maine Department of Transportation bridge engineers ...

GORHAM, Maine (AP) — A dump truck driver in Maine has learned the hard way not to tempt fate on a covered bridge originally built before the Civil War. The vehicle was loaded with crushed stone ...