List of movable bridges in Connecticut
This is a list of movable bridges in Connecticut within the State of Connecticut's borders.[1] Eight of the movable bridges are on the Amtrak route through Connecticut. These bridges are the Mianus River Railroad Bridge, the Norwalk River Railroad Bridge, the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, the Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge, the Housatonic River Railroad Bridge, the Connecticut River Railroad Bridge, the Old Saybrook-Old Lyme, the Niantic River Bridge, the East Lyme-Waterford, Thames River Bridge.[2]
Bridges
Name (Alternate name) | Location | Image | Completed/Replaced | NHRP[1]:78 | HAER[1]:79 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Congress Street Bridge | Bridgeport | 1909-1911;[1]:22 Removed in 2010[3] | |||
East Washington Avenue Bridge | Bridgeport | Original: 1836[4] Second: Unknown[4] Third: 1925[4] Fourth: 1998[1]:24 | CT-154 (third bridge) | ||
Grand Street Bridge | Bridgeport | 1916-1919;[1]:26 Removed in 1999[5] | CT-148 | ||
Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge | Bridgeport | 1902; Replaced in 1996[1]:50 | YES | ||
Pleasure Beach Bridge | Bridgeport | 1927[1]:20 | |||
Yellow Mill Bridge | Bridgeport | 1927-1929[1]:28 | CT-146 | ||
East Haddam Swing Bridge | East Haddam-Haddam | 1913[1]:30 | |||
Niantic River Swing Bridge | East Lyme-Waterford | 1921; Replaced in 1991[1]:32 | CT-22 | ||
Niantic River Railroad Bridge | East Lyme-Waterford | 1907;[1]:52 Replaced 2010-2013[6] | CT-27 | ||
Mianus River Railroad Bridge | Greenwich | 1904[1]:54 | YES | ||
Thames River Railroad Bridge | Groton-New London | 1919[note 1] Replaced 2008[8] | CT-25 | ||
Mystic River Bridge | Groton-Stonington | 1922[1]:34 | CT-174 | ||
Mystic River Railroad Bridge | Groton-Stonington | 1919; Replaced 1984[1]:58 | CT-26 | ||
Middletown Railroad Bridge | Middletown-Portland | 1911[1]:60 | |||
Housatonic River Railroad Bridge | Milford-Stratford | 1905[1]:62 | YES | ||
Washington Bridge | Milford-Stratford | 1921[1]:36 | |||
Chapel Street Swing Bridge | New Haven | 1899; Replaced 1992[1]:38 | CT-42 | ||
Ferry Street Bridge | New Haven | 1940[1]:40 | |||
Grand Avenue Swing Bridge | New Haven | 1896; Replaced 1984[1]:44 | |||
Tomlinson Bridge | New Haven | 1924; Replaced 1994-2002[1]:42 | CT-61 | ||
Shaw's Cove Railroad Bridge | New London | 1891; Replaced 1984[1]:64 | CT-24 | ||
Norwalk River Railroad Bridge | Norwalk | 1896[1]:66 | YES | ||
Connecticut River Railroad Bridge (Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge) | Old Saybrook-Old Lyme | 1907[1]:68 | |||
Saugatuck River Bridge | Westport | 1884[1]:46 | YES | CT-46 | |
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge | Westport | 1905[1]:70 | YES | ||
- NRHP - National Register of Historic Places listed
- HAER - Historic American Engineering Record listed
See also
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Clouette, Bruce (2004). Where Water Meets Land: Historic Movable Bridges of Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Transportation.
- ↑ Clouette, Bruce; Roth, Matthew; Herzan, John (February 4, 1986). "Movable Railroad Bridges on the NE Corridor in Connecticut TR" (PDF). National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form.
- ↑ John Burgeson and Keila Torres (10 March 2010). "Congress Street bridge demolition starts, but replacement uncertain". CT Post. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 Stewart, Robert C. (1995). "East Washington Avenue Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Bridgeport Firefighters Historical Society (2000). Bridgeport Firefighters. Arcadia Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9780738504926.
- ↑ "Niantic River Bridge Replacement Project". Amtrak. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ "Delayed Dividends Cut Net Income of N.Y.,N.H.&H.CO.". 7 April 1919. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ Richter, James (October 2010). "Amtrak's Thames River Movable Bridge Replacement" (PDF). Heavy Movable Structures, Inc. Thirteenth Biennial Symposium. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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