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 NRHP[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  87000843
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  87000845
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  87000842
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  87000844
Connecticut River Railroad Bridge
(Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge)		 Old Saybrook-Old Lyme 1907[1]: 68 
Saugatuck River Bridge Westport 1884[1]: 46  87000846 CT-46
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge Westport 1905[1]: 70  87000126

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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Clouette, Bruce (2004). Where Water Meets Land: Historic Movable Bridges of Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Transportation.
  2. ^ Clouette, Bruce; Roth, Matthew; Herzan, John (February 4, 1986). "Movable Railroad Bridges on the NE Corridor in Connecticut TR". National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form.
  3. ^ John Burgeson and Keila Torres (10 March 2010). "Congress Street bridge demolition starts, but replacement uncertain". CT Post. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Stewart, Robert C. (1995). "East Washington Avenue Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Bridgeport Firefighters Historical Society (2000). Bridgeport Firefighters. Arcadia Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9780738504926.
  6. ^ "Niantic River Bridge Replacement Project". Amtrak. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Delayed Dividends Cut Net Income of N.Y.,N.H.&H.CO". 7 April 1919. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  8. ^ 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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