MADAWASKA, Maine — The U.S. General Services Administration announced Monday that the site of Madawaska’s former land port of entry will go up for auction on Wednesday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officially closed the old facility last year to make way for a new land port of entry and international bridge.

Officials on both sides of the border held a grand opening for the facilities one year ago. The old bridge was over a century old and was posted at 5 tons in 2017 due to its condition.

Parts of the old bridge, however, were saved by the town. A local artist recently pitched a plan to create a 20-foot sculpture of an Acadian star out of materials from the bridge to celebrate the town’s heritage and the connection between the two countries that the old bridge created.

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