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Morehouse Drive Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

Morehouse Drive Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Fairfield: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 85 ft. Main Span: 36 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1940 By: Edward E. Bray Construction Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Sport Hill Road Bridge
Easton Turnpike Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.8 Miles (1.2 Kilometers)

Sport Hill Road (Easton Turnpike, CT-59) Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Plattsville: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 81 ft. Main Span: 78 ft. Roadway: 48 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1936 By: Unknown

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Park Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.5 Miles (2.4 Kilometers)

Park Avenue Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Fairfield: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 90 ft. Main Span: 90 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1940 By: Mariani Construction Company of New Haven, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Burr Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.8 Miles (2.9 Kilometers)

Burr Street Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Murray: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 82 ft. Main Span: 72 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1939 By: Daniel Deering Construction Company of Norwalk, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Plattsville Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.9 Miles (3 Kilometers)

Plattsville Road Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Trumbull: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 76 ft. Main Span: 75 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1939 By: Mariani Construction Company of New Haven, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Madison Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.3 Miles (3.7 Kilometers)

Madison Avenue Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Bridgeport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 81 ft. Main Span: 80 ft. Roadway: 30.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1939 By: Mariani Construction Company of New Haven, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Congress Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.7 Miles (4.3 Kilometers)

Congress Street Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Fairfield: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 72 ft. Main Span: 63 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1938 By: Edward E. Bray Construction Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Redding Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.2 Miles (5.2 Kilometers)

Redding Road Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Fairfield: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 72 ft. Main Span: 72 ft. Roadway: 26.9 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1939 By: Peter Mitchell Construction Company of Greenwich, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Merwins Lane Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.7 Miles (5.9 Kilometers)

Merwins Lane Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Fairfield: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 155 ft. Main Span: 34 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1940 By: Peter Mitchell Construction Company of Greenwich, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Pine Creek Park Bridge
Mill Hill Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.3 Miles (8.5 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Pine Creek in Fairfield: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 54 ft. Main Span: 54 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1872 By: Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This is an exceedingly rare Keystone column pony truss bridge, and it has been preserved on a trail.

North Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.6 Miles (9.1 Kilometers)

North Avenue Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 67 ft. Main Span: 64 ft. Roadway: 26.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1939 By: Peter Mitchell Construction Company of Greenwich, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Clinton Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.9 Miles (11.2 Kilometers)

Clinton Avenue Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 93 ft. Main Span: 88 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1940 By: Mariani Construction Company of New Haven, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

Newtown Turnpike Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.1 Miles (13 Kilometers)

Newtown Turnpike Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 115 ft. Main Span: 45 ft. Roadway: 41 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1939 By: Louis J. Bacco Construction Company of Stamford, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

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Saugatuck River Bridge
William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.6 Miles (13.9 Kilometers)

CT-136 (Bridge Street) Over Saugatuck River in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 287 ft. Main Span: 144 ft. Roadway: 19.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1884 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

Although steel stringers today carry the load of traffic, this bridge retains its extremely early surviving highway swing truss superstructure.

Westport Railroad Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.7 Miles (14 Kilometers)

Railroad (Amtrak Northeast Corridor and Metro North) Over Saugatuck River in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal Deck Girder, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 459 ft. Main Span: 98 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

This railroad bridge contains a small plate girder bascule span that is among the oldest surviving Scherzer rolling lift bascules in the country.

Washington Bridge
Devon Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.4 Miles (15.2 Kilometers)

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.

Devon Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.5 Miles (15.2 Kilometers)

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..

Grumman Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.5 Miles (15.3 Kilometers)

Grumman Avenue Over Merritt Parkway (CT-15) in Norwalk: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 69 ft. Main Span: 63 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1938 By: New Haven Construction Company of New Haven, Connecticut

One of the individually unique and beautiful bridges crossing one of the most important historic highways in the country.

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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