List of covered bridges in Connecticut

Below is a list of covered bridges in Connecticut. As of 2003, there were six authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Connecticut of which three are historic.[1]:20 A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.

List
Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Blackwell Brook Bridge[2] Windham Brooklyn
41°47′53″N 71°58′55″W		 2010 35 feet (11 m) Blackwell Brook Howe
Bull's Bridge[3] Litchfield Kent
41°40′32″N 73°30′35″W		 ca. 1870 109 feet (33 m) Housatonic River Town of Kent Town
Comstock's Bridge[3] Middlesex East Hampton
41°33′11″N 72°26′57″W		 1840, 1868, rebuilt 2011[2] 95 feet (29 m) Salmon River State of Connecticut Howe Has an adjacent 36 feet (11 m) pony queen truss bridge[4]
Gold Mine Bridge[2] New London Norwich
41°31′9″N 72°7′38″W		 2015 60 feet (18 m) stream Private Town
Huckleberry Hill Bridge[1]:21–22 Hartford Avon
41°47′10″N 72°54′31″W		 1968 36 feet (11 m) Pond outlet Town of Avon Pratt variant
Johnsonville Village Bridge[1]:26–27 Middlesex Johnsonville Village
41°29′45″N 72°27′59″W		 1976[4] 60 feet (18 m) Moodus River Private Multiple king with arch Also called Bicentennial Bridge[4]
West Cornwall Covered Bridge[3] Litchfield West Cornwall
41°52′18″N 73°21′52″W		 1864 173 feet (53 m) Housatonic River Town of Cornwall Town Also called Hart Covered Bridge
Worthington Pond Farm Bridge[1]:28–29 Tolland Somers
42°1′1″N 72°24′49″W		 2002 62 feet (19 m) Pond outlet Private Town with arch

See also

References
  1. Evans, Benjamin D. and June R. (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. pp. 17-30. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.
  2. "Updates to the 2009 World Guide to Covered Bridges" (PDF). National Society for Preservation of Covered Bridges. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Wright, David W. (2009). World Guide to Covered Bridges (2009 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for Preservation of Covered Bridges. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-692-00617-7.

Further reading

Caswell, William S., Jr. (2011). Connecticut and Rhode Island Covered Bridges. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-73857540-7.

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