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Historic Bridges: Housatonic River

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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Total Bridges Found: 6

Boardman's Bridge
HSR

Boardman Road Over Housatonic River in New Milford: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal 13 Panel Pin-Connected Lenticular Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 188 ft. Main Span: 188 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1888 By: Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut

This beautiful and large span lenticular truss bridge has been bypassed.

Butler Bridge
Lester Bridge
HSR

Butler Road (Formerly North Glendale Road) Over Housatonic River in Stockbridge: Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 92 ft. Main Span: 88 ft. Roadway: 15.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1882 By: Morison, Field and Company of Buffalo and New York, New York and George Shattuck Morison

This unique bridge, an unusual example of a tiny bridge designed by a famous engineer, has stone posts allowing for the bridge to bear at the level of the top chord, and a bottom chord that runs up to the top chord.

Devon Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Amtrak Northeast Corridor and Metro North) Over Housatonic River in Stratford and Milford: New Haven County, Connecticut and Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 14 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 1,052 ft. Main Span: 110 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

This bridge is configured as a pair of bridges, each containing noteworthy approach spans and bascule main spans that are among the oldest of their kind in the entire country..

Lovers Leap Bridge
Falls Bridge
HSR

Pumpkin Hill Road / Grove Street (Old Alignment) Over Housatonic River in Rural: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Lenticular Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 173 ft. Main Span: 173 ft. Roadway: 19 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1895 By: Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut

This large lenticular truss bridge span is located in a stunningly beautiful setting.

New Milford Bridge
Veterans Bridge
HSR

US-202 Over Housatonic River in New Milford: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal 13 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 332 ft. Main Span: 325 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1953 By: Unknown

This attractive bridge is noted for a relatively large simple span and also for its unusually extensive use of built-up beams.

Washington Bridge
Devon Bridge
HSR

US-1 Over Housatonic River in Milford: New Haven County, Connecticut and Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 877 ft. Main Span: 183 ft. Roadway: 48 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1921 By: Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and T. Stuart and Sons of Watertown, Massachusetts and J. A. L. Waddell

This magnificent bridge features an impressive deck truss bascule flanked by graceful concrete arch approach spans.

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