Celebrating 100 Years
As we celebrate the incredible milestone of 100 years in business as one of Maine's oldest, most respected Heavy-Highway General Contractors we will be showcasing historic photos, newspaper articles, and more showing our diversification of projects throughout the decades.
Check back each month for the next decade.
The 1930s
1930
In 1930 Wyman and Simpson completed the reconstruction of a piece of the Bangor-Hermon Highway in Hermon including extensive excavation to straighten a dangerous section of the road as well as concrete paving.
1931
In 1931 Wyman and Simpson built the Maine Central Railroad Bridge in Woolwich.
1932
In 1932, John D Rockefeller hired Wyman and Simpson to build the Seal Harbor Bridge in Acadia National Park.
1932
In 1932 Wyman and Simpson constructed this bridge in Newcastle for the State of Maine.
1936
The Ticonic bridge is a 575-foot concrete and steel I beam structure that carries route 201 over the Kennebec River and connects Waterville and Winslow. The bridge was one of 26 bridges that were badly damaged or destroyed by a 500 year flood in March 1936. A large piece of ice hit one of the stone piers causing two of the bridge spans to crash into the river. A state highway commission report notes that the reconstruction of these bridges were U.S. Works Program Flood Relief projects and were handled under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads, U.S. Department of Agriculture. As part of the repairs, the bridge was widened. The widened structure consisted of the addition of three river piers and three riveted steel girders in a fourspan configuration. This widening created the firstsizable roadway.
1938
In 1938 Wyman and Simpson constructed the Veazie Powerstation for Bangor-Hydro.
1939
In 1939, Wyman and Simpson constructed all of the in water work for the Boothbay-Southport swing span bridge over Townsend Gut. Work included construction of 2 abutments and three piers, including the center pier for the swing span turntable as outlined in this article by New England Construction.
The 1920s
1926
In 1926 Wyman and Simpson constructed the Public Water Reservoir for the City of Augusta, Maine
1928
In 1928 Wyman and Simpson constructed the Bridge over the Wild River in Gilead, Maine for the State of Maine.
In 1928 Wyman and Simpson constructed a Railroad Siding and Bridge as well as other major infrastructure for S.D. Warrren at their Cumberland Mills facility in Westbrook, Maine.
1929
in 1929 Wyman and Simpson provided a Timber Harvesting Operation for Parker Young Company at their Waterville Valley, New Hampshire property.
1930s
1936
Ticonic Bridge in Waterville
1937
The Augusta-Manchester Highway
1938
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company
1940s
1940s
Acadia National Park Arched Bridges
1941
Martin's Point Drawbridge, Portland
1942-1945
Shipbuilding facilities, military bases & war-related manufacturing plants
1949
Dead River Dam near Flagstaff Lake
1950s
1951
Construction of Augusta storm sewers
1980s
1980
Repairs to Portland Pier
1981
Wilsons Mill Bridge, Lincoln PLT
1985
Construction of Augusta Waterfront
1990-2020
1991
Doug Hermann purchased business
2009
Open Road Toll Project-New Gloucester 1st one in the state
2010
Wyman & Simpson wins AGC Maine's Builc Maine Award for Greenville Wharf
2011
Knickerbocker Bridge 1st multi-span hybrid composite Bridge-Boothbay Harbor
2013
Kim Suhr & Brent Chesley purchased company
2014
Rt 1 Bypass in Kittery-Demolition & reconstruction Completed in 29 days
2014
Naples Causeway and Bridge Received Award of Excellence from Portland Cement Assoc.-Featured in Aspire Magazine
2016
Hollis-Bars Mills Bridge over Saco River
2018
Replace 57yr old Songo Locks Gates 2018-Peru-Mexico Bridge-Dedicated to US Army PFC Buddy McLain of Mexico. A cavalry scout w/ 101st Airborne Div, who was KIA Afghanistan 11-29-2010
2018
Anchor Road Bridge-Part of the new Morse High School Construction Project.
2019
Emergency Replacement of Ramp F 1-95 Augusta
2019
Megunticook Woodside Bridge for private homeowner -Camden. 2021-Rehab of Coast Guard Pier-Portland 2021-Prout's Neck Seawall-Scarborough
2021
2021
Gooch's Beach Seawall-Kennebunk
2021
Wilson/1-395 Overpass Bridge Replacement For New 1-395 Corridor - Brewer
2021
Replacement of Spurwink Fish Pier-Wells