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The entire project resulted in the construction of more than 50 miles (80 km) of roads, sixteen bridges, and two Tudor Revival gatehouses at the points where the system intersected the public roads. The present bounds of Acadia National Park include 47 miles (76 km) of these roads, thirteen of its bridges, and both gatehouses. [3]
Park Loop Road is a scenic road through part of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. 27 miles (43 km) long, [1] it traverses the eastern side of Mount Desert Island in a (mostly) one-way, clockwise direction, from Bar Harbor to Seal Harbor.
There are 45 miles of carriage roads across Acadia National Park. According to its website, philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr., who helped establish the national park, ...
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island , part of the Isle au Haut , the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula , and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands.
Stanley Brook Bridge is a bridge in Acadia National Park, Maine.Spanning Stanley Brook carriage trail and Stanley Brook itself in Seal Harbor, it was built in 1933.It was the last bridge designed and constructed in the park under the guidance of John D. Rockefeller Jr. [1] [2]
November 14, 1979 (Acadia National Park and vicinity: Acadia National Park: Network of scenic carriage roads with 13 bridges and two gatehouse complexes, established 1919–1931 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. for automobile-free recreation by high-society vacationers.
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Bar Harbor is also home to the largest parts of Acadia National Park, including Cadillac Mountain, the highest point within 25 miles (40 km) of the coastline of the Eastern United States. [4] From the mainland, Bar Harbor is accessible by road via Maine State Route 3.