List of movable bridges in Connecticut

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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 150px 1916-1919;[1]:26 Removed in 1999[5] CT-148
Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge Bridgeport 150px 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 150px 1907;[1]:52 Replaced 2010-2013[6] CT-27
Mianus River Railroad Bridge Greenwich 150px 1904[1]:54 YES
Thames River Railroad Bridge Groton-New London 150px 1919[note 1] Replaced 2008[8] CT-25
Mystic River Bridge Groton-Stonington 150px 1922[1]:34 CT-174
Mystic River Railroad Bridge Groton-Stonington 150px 1919; Replaced 1984[1]:58 CT-26
Middletown Railroad Bridge Middletown-Portland 1911[1]:60
Housatonic River Railroad Bridge Milford-Stratford Housatonic River Bridge, Stratford, -Fairfield County, Connecticut).jpg 1905[1]:62 YES
Washington Bridge Milford-Stratford Washington Bridge CT as Seen from Stratford.jpg 1921[1]:36
Chapel Street Swing Bridge New Haven 150px 1899; Replaced 1992[1]:38 CT-42
Ferry Street Bridge New Haven 150px 1940[1]:40
Grand Avenue Swing Bridge New Haven 150px 1896; Replaced 1984[1]:44
Tomlinson Bridge New Haven 150px 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 150px 1896[1]:66 YES
Connecticut River Railroad Bridge
(Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge)		 Old Saybrook-Old Lyme 150px 1907[1]:68
Saugatuck River Bridge Westport 150px 1884[1]:46 YES CT-46
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge Westport Saugatuck River Bridge, Saugatuck (Fairfield County, Connecticut).jpg 1905[1]:70 YES

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The book Where Water Meets Land: Historic Movable Bridges of Connecticut states it was built in 1918.[1]:56 A contemporary report from the New York Tribune says the bridge opened in January 1919.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form.
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