KITTERY, Maine (AP) Politicians and the public are celebrating a new replacement bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine with a walk and a time capsule.

People were walking across the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge on Friday. It replaces a 76-year-old span from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, along the Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River.

Maine and New Hampshire officials donated items to a time capsule to be placed at the bridge, such as letters, articles, and pins. It will serve as reflection of life in northern New England in 2018 and will be opened in 125 years.