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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut facts for kids

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This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

Name Image Built Listed Location County Type
Arrawanna Bridge Arrawanna Bridge 1918 2004-09-29 Middletown
41°33′46″N 72°40′0″W / 41.56278°N 72.66667°W / 41.56278; -72.66667 (Arrawanna Bridge)
Middlesex open-spandrel concrete arch
Ashland Mill Bridge Ashland Mill Bridge 1886 1999-04-01, delisted 2016-02-02 Griswold
41°31′31″N 71°58′28″W / 41.52528°N 71.97444°W / 41.52528; -71.97444 (Ashland Mill Bridge)
New London Lenticular pony truss; demolished
Blackledge River Railroad Bridge Blackledge River Railroad Bridge ca. 1912 1986-07-31 Colchester
41°35′2″N 72°25′21″W / 41.58389°N 72.42250°W / 41.58389; -72.42250 (Blackledge River Railroad Bridge)
New London
Boardman's Bridge Boardman's Bridge 1888 1976-05-13 New Milford
41°35′36″N 73°27′2″W / 41.59333°N 73.45056°W / 41.59333; -73.45056 (Boardman's Bridge)
Litchfield Lenticular truss
Bridge No. 1132 Bridge No. 1132 1934 2004-09-29 Killingworth and Madison
41°21′33″N 72°43′15″W / 41.35917°N 72.72083°W / 41.35917; -72.72083 (Bridge No. 1132)
Middlesex and New Haven open-spandrel concrete arch
Bridge No. 1603 name=Bridge No. 1603 1937 1993-07-29 East Haddam
41°29′1.5″N 72°20′32.5″W / 41.483750°N 72.342361°W / 41.483750; -72.342361 (Bridge No. 1603)
Middlesex Vernacular, rustic
Bridge No. 1604 name=Bridge No. 1604 1937 1993-07-29 East Haddam
41°28′38.7″N 72°20′31″W / 41.477417°N 72.34194°W / 41.477417; -72.34194 (Bridge No. 1604)
Middlesex Vernacular, rustic
Bridge No. 1605 name=Bridge No. 1605 1937 1993-07-29 East Haddam
41°28′32″N 72°20′30.88″W / 41.47556°N 72.3419111°W / 41.47556; -72.3419111 (Bridge No. 1605)
Middlesex Vernacular, rustic
Bridge No. 1860 Bridge No. 1860 1936 1993-07-29 Montville
41°28′48″N 72°05′12″W / 41.48°N 72.0867°W / 41.48; -72.0867 (Bridge No. 1860)
New London Vernacular, rustic
Bridge No. 2305 Bridge No. 2305 1873 2007-03-09 Salisbury
41°58′4″N 73°26′22″W / 41.96778°N 73.43944°W / 41.96778; -73.43944 (Bridge No. 2305)
Litchfield Stone arch
Bridge No. 455 1929 2004-09-29 Suffield
41°57′30″N 72°37′40″W / 41.95833°N 72.62778°W / 41.95833; -72.62778 (Bridge No. 455)
Hartford open-spandrel concrete arch
Bridge No. 560 Cornwall Bridge 1930l 2004-09-29 Cornwall
41°49′11″N 73°22′25″W / 41.81972°N 73.37361°W / 41.81972; -73.37361 (Bridge No. 560)
Litchfield open spandrel concrete arch
Bulkeley Bridge 215 17 Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge, middle arch.jpg 1908 1993-12-10 Hartford
41°46′9″N 72°39′58″W / 41.76917°N 72.66611°W / 41.76917; -72.66611 (Bulkeley Bridge)
Hartford stone arch bridge
Bull's Bridge Bull's Bridge ca. 1870 1972-04-26 Kent
41°40′32″N 73°30′35″W / 41.67556°N 73.50972°W / 41.67556; -73.50972 (Bull's Bridge)
Litchfield Town lattice truss
Butts Bridge Butts Bridge 2010-5-24 Canterbury
41°39′05″N 71°58′15″W / 41.65139°N 71.97083°W / 41.65139; -71.97083 (Butts Bridge)
Windham
Comstock's Bridge Comstock's Bridge 1840, 1868 1976-01-01 East Hampton
41°33′11″N 72°26′57″W / 41.55306°N 72.44917°W / 41.55306; -72.44917 (Comstock's Bridge)
Middlesex Howe-truss covered bridge
Depot Street Bridge Depot Street Bridge 1935 2007-03-09 Beacon Falls
41°26′31″N 73°3′48″W / 41.44194°N 73.06333°W / 41.44194; -73.06333 (Depot Street Bridge)
New Haven Parker through truss
Drake Hill Road Bridge Drake Hill Road Bridge 1892 1984-07-19 Simsbury
41°52′6″N 72°48′1″W / 41.86833°N 72.80028°W / 41.86833; -72.80028 (Drake Hill Road Bridge)
Hartford Parker truss
Farmington River Railroad Bridge Farmington River Railroad Bridge 1867 1972-08-25 Windsor
41°51′28″N 72°38′30″W / 41.85778°N 72.64167°W / 41.85778; -72.64167 (Farmington River Railroad Bridge)
Hartford
Glen Falls Bridge Glen Falls Bridge by 1886 1999-04-01 Plainfield
41°43′1″N 71°51′43″W / 41.71694°N 71.86194°W / 41.71694; -71.86194 (Glen Falls Bridge)
Windham Lenticular through Truss
Hamburg Bridge Historic District name=Hamburg Bridge 1983-03-10 Lyme New London Queen Anne
Housatonic River Railroad Bridge Housatonic River Railroad Bridge 1904 1987-06-12 Milford-Stratford
41°12′19″N 73°6′37″W / 41.20528°N 73.11028°W / 41.20528; -73.11028 (Housatonic River Railroad Bridge)
Fairfield Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascul
Lover's Leap Bridge Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge 1895 1976-05-13 New Milford
41°32′39″N 73°24′26″W / 41.54417°N 73.40722°W / 41.54417; -73.40722 (Lover's Leap Bridge)
Litchfield Lenticular Bridge
Lyman Viaduct Lyman Viaduct 1873 1986-08-21 Colchester
41°33′53″N 72°26′46″W / 41.56472°N 72.44611°W / 41.56472; -72.44611 (Lyman Viaduct)
New London
Main Street Bridge Main Street Bridge, Stamford, Connecticut 1888 1987-05-21 Stamford
41°3′14″N 73°32′44″W / 41.05389°N 73.54556°W / 41.05389; -73.54556 (Main Street Bridge)
Fairfield lenticular pony truss; closed to vehicular traffic
Melrose Road Bridge Melrose Road Bridge 1888 1999-08-05 East Windsor
41°56′18″N 72°32′51″W / 41.93833°N 72.54750°W / 41.93833; -72.54750 (Melrose Road Bridge)
Hartford Lenticular pony truss
Merritt Parkway Bridges James Farm Road Bridge 1930s 1991 Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull, Stratford Fairfield County Various (Contains 66 structures)
Mianus River Railroad Bridge Mianus River Railroad Bridge 1904 1987-06-12 Greenwich
41°1′51″N 73°35′41″W / 41.03083°N 73.59472°W / 41.03083; -73.59472 (Mianus River Railroad Bridge)
Fairfield Deck Girder,Bascule
Mill Brook Bridge name=Mill Brook Bridge 1997-01-02 Lisbon
41°33′30″N 72°2′25″W / 41.55833°N 72.04028°W / 41.55833; -72.04028 (Mill Brook Bridge)
New London masonry arch; apparently collapsed
Minortown Road Bridge MinortownBridge.png 1890 2001-08-17 Woodbury
41°34′36″N 73°10′34″W / 41.57667°N 73.17611°W / 41.57667; -73.17611 (Minortown Road Bridge)
Litchfield Lenticular pony truss
Mystic Bridge Historic District Mystic River Bascule Bridge in Mystic, Connecticut.JPG 1979-08-31 Mystic New London
Norwalk River Railroad Bridge NorwalkCTNorwalkRivRRBridge08122007.JPG 1896 1987-06-12 South Norwalk
41°6′2″N 73°24′57″W / 41.10056°N 73.41583°W / 41.10056; -73.41583 (Norwalk River Railroad Bridge)
Fairfield Rim Bearing,Swing
Packerville Bridge Packerville Bridge 1886 1992-11-27 Plainfield
41°40′1″N 71°56′56″W / 41.66694°N 71.94889°W / 41.66694; -71.94889 (Packerville Bridge)
Windham Masonry arch
Pequabuck Bridge Pequabuck Bridge 1832, 1833 1984-07-19 Farmington
41°42′59″N 72°50′25″W / 41.71639°N 72.84028°W / 41.71639; -72.84028 (Pequabuck Bridge)
Hartford
Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge 1902 1987-06-12 Bridgeport
41°10′59″N 73°11′11″W / 41.18306°N 73.18639°W / 41.18306; -73.18639 (Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge)
Fairfield Through Girder Bascule
Perry Avenue Bridge Perry Avenue Bridge 1899 2006-10-25 Norwalk
41°9′4″N 73°26′45″W / 41.15111°N 73.44583°W / 41.15111; -73.44583 (Perry Avenue Bridge)
Fairfield Single-span Arch-deck
Pine Creek Park Bridge name=Pine Creek Park Bridge 1872, 1890, 1979 1992-04-08 Fairfield
41°7′31″N 73°15′48″W / 41.12528°N 73.26333°W / 41.12528; -73.26333 (Pine Creek Park Bridge)
Fairfield Pratt pony truss bridge
Rapallo Viaduct Rapallo Viaduct 1873 1986-08-21 East Hampton
41°34′19″N 72°28′19″W / 41.57194°N 72.47194°W / 41.57194; -72.47194 (Rapallo Viaduct)
Middlesex Filled-over wrought iron railroad viaduct
Red Bridge Red Bridge 1891 1993-12-10 Meriden
41°31′20″N 72°50′20″W / 41.52222°N 72.83889°W / 41.52222; -72.83889 (Red Bridge)
New Haven
Reynolds Bridge Reynolds Bridge 1928 2004-09-29 Thomaston
41°39′11″N 73°4′39″W / 41.65306°N 73.07750°W / 41.65306; -73.07750 (Reynolds Bridge)
Litchfield open-spandrel concrete arch
River Road Stone Arch Railroad Bridge River Road Stone RR Bridge 1887 1986-08-21 Colchester
41°34′49″N 72°25′32″W / 41.58028°N 72.42556°W / 41.58028; -72.42556 (River Road Stone Arch Railroad Bridge)
New London
Riverside Avenue Bridge GreenwichCTRiversideAvRRbridgeSoEnd09092007.jpg 1871 1977-08-29 Greenwich
41°1′54″N 73°35′18″W / 41.03167°N 73.58833°W / 41.03167; -73.58833 (Riverside Avenue Bridge)
Fairfield Pratt truss
Saugatuck River Bridge Saugatuck River Bridge 1884 1987-02-12 Westport
41°7′22″N 73°22′10″W / 41.12278°N 73.36944°W / 41.12278; -73.36944 (Saugatuck River Bridge)
Fairfield Pin-connected swing bridge
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge 1905 1987-06-12 Westport
41°7′10″N 73°22′8″W / 41.11944°N 73.36889°W / 41.11944; -73.36889 (Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge)
Fairfield Deck Girder,Bascule
Sheffield Street Bridge Sheffield Street Bridge 1884 2001-04-12 Waterbury
41°35′50″N 73°2′52″W / 41.59722°N 73.04778°W / 41.59722; -73.04778 (Sheffield Street Bridge)
New Haven Lenticular pony truss
Skilton Road Bridge SkiltonRoadBridge.jpg ca. 1865 1991-12-10 Watertown
41°37′45″N 73°9′33″W / 41.62917°N 73.15917°W / 41.62917; -73.15917 (Skilton Road Bridge)
Litchfield Masonry-arch bridge
Starr Mill Road Bridge StarrMill05.JPG 1927 1993-12-10 Middletown
41°32′56″N 72°40′38″W / 41.54889°N 72.67722°W / 41.54889; -72.67722 (Starr Mill Road Bridge)
Middlesex
Stone Bridge Stone Bridge, Hartford CT.jpg 1833 1985-03-28 Hartford
41°45′44″N 72°40′36″W / 41.76222°N 72.67667°W / 41.76222; -72.67667 (Stone Bridge)
Hartford
Town Bridge Town Bridge 1895 1999-08-05 Canton
41°49′28″N 72°55′43″W / 41.82444°N 72.92861°W / 41.82444; -72.92861 (Town Bridge)
Hartford Parker through truss
Turn-of-River Bridge Turn-of-River Bridge 1892, 1893 1987-07-31 Stamford
41°6′54″N 73°32′42″W / 41.11500°N 73.54500°W / 41.11500; -73.54500 (Turn-of-River Bridge)
Fairfield Lenticular pony truss; foot traffic only
Washington Avenue Bridge Washington Avenue Bridge 1881 2001-04-12 Waterbury
41°32′38″N 73°2′18″W / 41.54389°N 73.03833°W / 41.54389; -73.03833 (Washington Avenue Bridge)
New Haven Lenticular pony truss
Washington Bridge Washington Bridge 1921 2004-09-29 Milford & Stratford
41°12′1″N 73°6′39″W / 41.20028°N 73.11083°W / 41.20028; -73.11083 (Washington Bridge)
Fairfield & New Haven open-spandrel concrete arch (bascule bridge)
West Cornwall Covered Bridge Cornwallbridge.jpg 1864 1975-12-30 West Cornwall
41°52′18″N 73°21′52″W / 41.87167°N 73.36444°W / 41.87167; -73.36444 (West Cornwall Covered Bridge)
Litchfield Town lattice truss
Willimantic Footbridge name=Willimantic Footbridge 1906 1979-04-19 Willimantic
41°42′36″N 72°12′53″W / 41.71000°N 72.21472°W / 41.71000; -72.21472 (Willimantic Footbridge)
Windham Steel truss footbridge
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