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Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, Prospect, ME

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Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

Ride an elevator up a bridge tower to a glass-walled observatory 447 feet above the Penobscot River.

711 Fort Knox Rd · Prospect, ME

About Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

The Penobscot Narrows Observatory sits atop the west tower of a cable-stayed bridge that opened in 2006, the first bridge observation tower in the United States. An elevator, billed as the tallest and fastest in Maine, lifts you to enclosed decks 447 feet above the river. On clear days you can see more than 40 miles over Penobscot Bay, and admission pairs with neighboring Fort Knox State Historic Site.

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