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    Sunrise Trail Crossing on Route 86 in Edmunds, Maine

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    Signage on the Sunrise Trail as it crosses Route 86 from the old Washington County Railroad trestle over the Dennys River into Edmunds, Maine.

    When the Washington County Railroad opened in 1899, it crossed Route 86 at this point, until it was taken up and converted in the Sunrise Trail in the 1990's, for use by ATV's and other recreational travellers.

    Washington County Railroad and the Dennysville, Station
    Railroad Trestle over the Dennys River

    Sunrise Trail Crossing on Route 86, Edmunds, Maine; A recreational trail follows the route of the former Washington County Railroad, seen here crossing Route 86, near the Dennys River ATV Club.
    The Sunrise Trail crossing the Dennys River on the old railway trestle, seen from Route 86 in Edmunds, Maine Looking towards the Sunrise Trail from the Route 86 bridge over the Dennys River, into Edmunds, Maine. Dennysville Station, U.S.G.S. Topographical map, 1908; The Sunrise Trail follows the line of the old Washington County Railroad, later acquireded by the Maine Central Railroad.