{"id":126,"date":"2006-04-25T13:08:34","date_gmt":"2006-04-25T17:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2009-02-25T18:57:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T22:57:49","slug":"ryefield-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Ryefield Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we drove to Norway (Maine!) with Anne and Matt two weeks ago, we came across a lovely little bridge, the <a target=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.com\/~mecotisf\/ryefieldbridge.htm\">Ryefield Bridge<\/a> over the Crooked River between Otisfield and Harrison. Charley wanted to find an offbeat backwoods used bookstore. Arlene remembered that there was a bookstore in Norway that might fill the bill. We set off to retrace our route past the Bell Hill Meeting House and over the Ryefield Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that there were only two turns to remember. With minimal reference to the road atlas we got to the bridge, and from there to Norway.<\/p>\n<p>This time I stopped and took pictures of the bridge. It&#8217;s not ancient, a little under a hundred years old. I&#8217;m not sure why it gets to be historic; to me, there should be something besides just being old to make something historic. Either something important happened there, or it&#8217;s the first or last remaining of its kind. I don&#8217;t know what the Ryefield Bridge&#8217;s claim to fame is, but I like it:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2006\/04\/ryefield_bridge_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think this bridge is really an example of the difference between just building something and engineering, that is, analyzing the problem to get a good solution with the least cost. The steelwork impresses me as being very light and graceful, built to last and hold the heaviest vehicle that&#8217;s likely to use it, with an adequate safety margin, but without any more material than it needs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2006\/04\/ryefield_bridge_2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe this gives you an idea of the lightness, as well as the nice stonework at the footings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2006\/04\/ryefield_bridge_3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The roadway is wood, one lane.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--86b975f871fcd0da115f9f3c7ab7f241-->\n<\/p>\n<p><!--86b975f871fcd0da115f9f3c7ab7f241-->\n<\/p>\n<p><!--e0bae09f468cb4d6d11a5da28bdd3fbd--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we drove to Norway (Maine!) with Anne and Matt two weeks ago, we came across a lovely little bridge, the Ryefield Bridge over the Crooked River between Otisfield and Harrison. Charley wanted to find an offbeat backwoods used bookstore. Arlene remembered that there was a bookstore in Norway that might fill the bill. We &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ryefield Bridge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}