Chart of the southern portion of South Bristol and surrounding watersItem 81726 info
South Bristol Historical Society
The geography of South Bristol dictates that a bridge will always be vital to the community.
A significant number of the area's citizens have always lived on Rutherford Island, separated from mainland South Bristol by a narrow passage known as the "Gut."
In the early days of settlement, the connection was made by boat, a sort of ferry that made the crossing once the tide was too high to allow it to be forded.