Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 44°51′33.8″N 66°58′48.8″W / 44.859389°N 66.980222°W |
| Carries |  Route 774 and  SR 189 |
| Crosses | Lubec Channel |
| Locale | Lubec, Maine and Campobello, New Brunswick |
| Official name | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Roosevelt International Bridge |
| Named for | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Steel |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1958 |
| Opened | 1962 |
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The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge is an international bridge which connects the community of Lubec, Maine[1] in the United States with Campobello Island in the Canadian province of New Brunswick across the Lubec Narrows. The decked steel beam bridge is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, who maintained a summer retreat on Campobello Island (now preserved as Roosevelt Campobello International Park). A plaque in the middle of the bridge is the easternmost physical marker of the Canada–United States border.[2]
The bridge, connecting New Brunswick Route 774 to Maine State Route 189, is Campobello Island's only fixed connection to the mainland of North America; all of the island's transportation connections to the rest of New Brunswick are by seasonal ferry.[3]
- ^ "Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello". Lubec.mainememory.net. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ "Chapter 1: Eastern Maine". United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border. The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Winter 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ Cuprisin, Tim (June 14, 2008). "Tranquil Campobello Island honors FDR". The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.