Dirigo Bridge Co.A Division of Dirigo TimberlandsDirigo Bridge Co. is the one stop shop for all your stream crossing needs from structures to installation. Committed to constructing precast culverts and bridges that maintain fish and wildlife habitats while protecting roads and public safety.
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Our Products
Bridge Kits Dirigo Bridge Co manufactures Bridge kits including all components to install a Bridge. In addition to this we install our structures for many customers as well. Combined, this allows one stop shopping for all stream crossing needs.
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Box CulvertsOur Box Culverts are open bottom and are environmental and road friendly to replace traditional culverts. Our Box width sizes are Small (6 Ft), Medium (9 Ft), Large (12 Ft), XLarge (15/17 1/2 Ft) and XXL (20 Ft). Can be as long as required due to our boxes come in sections.
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Arch CulvertsJust like our Box Culverts we make Arch Culverts that make an excellent choice for being structural efficient and cost effective. Our Arch width sizes are Small, (4 Ft), Large (8 Ft), and and Extra Large (12 Ft) and can be long as required due to our arches come in sections.
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About us:
From the Ground Up we have the products and services to meet your Stream Crossing Needs
Dirigo Bridge Co. is dedicated to helping contractors, rural landowners, and the state by providing the highest quality precast concrete bridges, and culverts. As a Maine based company specializing in the construction and installation of prefabricated concrete stream crossings, Dirigo Bridge Co. has been the go to for the state as well as landowners throughout our area and beyond. As with anything that is meant to last for a long time, our precast bridges and culverts are designed to handle everything the elements can throw at them. Dirigo Bridge Co. also ensures that our precast systems meet all budgetary concerns of municipal and county level needs, as well as those of land developing companies.
Dirigo Bridge Co. specializes in open bottom precast arches, box culverts and bridges. We are happy to help our customers with designs for their needs on projects large and small. We also prefabricate steel bridges to go along our abutment sets and decking. In addition to this we install our structures for many customers as well. Combined, this allows our customers one stop shopping for all their stream crossing needs.
For more information on what we offer, please click to learn more!
Dirigo Bridge Co. specializes in open bottom precast arches, box culverts and bridges. We are happy to help our customers with designs for their needs on projects large and small. We also prefabricate steel bridges to go along our abutment sets and decking. In addition to this we install our structures for many customers as well. Combined, this allows our customers one stop shopping for all their stream crossing needs.
For more information on what we offer, please click to learn more!
Before Construction
Traditional Culverts in Charleston
Undersized crossings restrict natural stream flow, causing severe problems including scouring and erosion, high flow velocity, clogging, and ponding
Usually causing road washouts. |
Clogging and barriers have further long-lasting effects on natural resources by:
-degrading stream water quality -isolating large portions of habitat -alters natural dispersal patterns of fish & wildlife |
This road in Charleston would wash out at least once a year. 5 Stream crossings were restored in Charleston in Summer of 2020 with our Box Culvert and Bridge kits.
During / After Construction
Box Culvert in Charleston
Our Box Culvert was designed to
-Span the stream -Set at the correct elevation -Slope matching the stream -Stream bottom made up of natural stream bed materials |
Our Stream crossings benefit:
Fish & Wildlife: Allows ease of movement through their natural habitat People: Roads are safe from washout and reduces maintenance costs. |
New Developing Recreation Products
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Made for AdventurersAfter developing stream crossings the last couple of years for the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center (Cross Country Skiing and Mountain Biking Trails) we are looking to expand in the Recreation Trail Market for our Stream Crossings. Our latest order just got shipped out on the trails. More pictures to follow later this spring after the installation of more stream crossings. |
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Recreation Trails are being developed all across New England and we would like make these trails safe and last a lifetime with our durable and low maintenance stream crossings. More pictures of our products and projects will be posted later this spring.
Dirigo Bridge Co. in the News
WABI Reports: Oil Spill Settlement Funds Stream Crossing UpgradesCHARLESTON, Maine (WABI) - ”The value of each of these crossings is astronomical for a small town.” said Terri-Lynn Hall, chair of the selectboard for the town of Charleston....
Dirigo Timberlands Company, based in Madison, was hired to construct and install the crossings, providing work to more than 20 people. Blaine Miller was on site coordinating the work. "Our company builds approximately seventy or eighty of these types of structures a year." Work started last week and is on track to wrap up next week. The structures are expected to last up to 100 years. “Not only do you get an infrastructure upgrade you get an ecological upgrade along with it.” he said. |
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