[2] The town of Harpswell, Maine, which encompasses both islands, turned down the request.

A contract was signed in 1926, with construction beginning on the Bailey Island Bridge in 1927 and finishing in 1928.

It was decided to build a cobwork bridge, using granite slabs as cribstones, acquired from local quarries in nearby Yarmouth, Maine.

The slabs allowed the tide to ebb and flow freely without increasing tidal current to any great degree.

On November 20, 2010, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and parade took place to celebrate the reopening of the bridge.