List of movable bridges in Connecticut

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)LocationImageCompleted/ReplacedNRHP[1]:78HAER[1]:79
Congress Street BridgeBridgeport1909-1911;[1]:22 Removed in 2010[3]
East Washington Avenue BridgeBridgeportOriginal: 1836[4]
Second: Unknown[4]
Third: 1925[4]
Fourth: 1998[1]:24		CT-154
(third bridge)
Grand Street BridgeBridgeport1916-1919;[1]:26 Removed in 1999[5]CT-148
Pequonnock River Railroad BridgeBridgeport1902; Replaced in 1996[1]:50YES
Pleasure Beach BridgeBridgeport1927[1]:20
Yellow Mill BridgeBridgeport1927-1929[1]:28CT-146
East Haddam Swing BridgeEast Haddam-Haddam1913[1]:30
Niantic River Swing BridgeEast Lyme-Waterford1921; Replaced in 1991[1]:32CT-22
Niantic River Railroad BridgeEast Lyme-Waterford1907;[1]:52 Replaced 2010-2013[6]CT-27
Mianus River Railroad BridgeGreenwich1904[1]:54YES
Thames River Railroad BridgeGroton-New London1919[note 1] Replaced 2008[8]CT-25
Mystic River BridgeGroton-Stonington1922[1]:34CT-174
Mystic River Railroad BridgeGroton-Stonington1919; Replaced 1984[1]:58CT-26
Middletown Railroad BridgeMiddletown-Portland1911[1]:60
Housatonic River Railroad BridgeMilford-Stratford1905[1]:62YES
Washington BridgeMilford-Stratford1921[1]:36
Chapel Street Swing BridgeNew Haven1899; Replaced 1992[1]:38CT-42
Ferry Street BridgeNew Haven1940[1]:40
Grand Avenue Swing BridgeNew Haven1896; Replaced 1984[1]:44
Tomlinson BridgeNew Haven1924; Replaced 1994-2002[1]:42CT-61
Shaw's Cove Railroad BridgeNew London1891; Replaced 1984[1]:64CT-24
Norwalk River Railroad BridgeNorwalk1896[1]:66YES
Connecticut River Railroad Bridge
(Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge)		Old Saybrook-Old Lyme1907[1]:68
Saugatuck River BridgeWestport1884[1]:46YESCT-46
Saugatuck River Railroad BridgeWestport1905[1]:70YES

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. 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. 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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