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PENOBSCOT NARROWS: having some at the Penobscot Bridge and Fort Knox area. The bridge towers have observation towers but unfortunately, we didn't have time to go up. The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is a 2,120 feet long cable-stayed bridge that carries US 1/SR 3 over the Penobscot River. It connects Verona Island to Prospect. maine.gov/mdot/pnbo/
The Penobscot Bridge site also is home to the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, the first bridge observation tower in the United States and the tallest public bridge observatory in the world. The tower reaches 420 feet into the air and allows visitors to view the bridge, the nearby Fort Knox State Historic Site, the Penobscot River, and Bay. Sad to say they have had to deal with four suicides from the bridge.
Height: 446′
Construction started: 2004
Opened: December 30, 2006
The Penobscot Bridge site also is home to the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, the first bridge observation tower in the United States and the tallest public bridge observatory in the world. The tower reaches 420 feet into the air and allows visitors to view the bridge, the nearby Fort Knox State Historic Site, the Penobscot River, and Bay. Sad to say they have had to deal with four suicides from the bridge.
Height: 446′
Construction started: 2004
Opened: December 30, 2006