List of crossings of the Connecticut River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Connecticut River from its mouth at Long Island Sound upstream to its source at the Connecticut Lakes. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as ferries carrying a state highway across the river. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Crossings
Crossing | Carries | Location | Built | Coordinates | Image |
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Connecticut | |||||
Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | Old Saybrook and Old Lyme | 1907 | 41°18′39″N 72°20′57″W / 41.31083°N 72.34917°W / 41.31083; -72.34917 (Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge) | |
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge | I-95 / US 1 | 1948, 1993 | 41°19′09″N 72°20′51″W / 41.31917°N 72.34750°W / 41.31917; -72.34750 (Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge) | ||
Chester–Hadlyme Ferry | Route 148 | Chester and Lyme | 1769 | 41°25′11″N 72°25′50″W / 41.41972°N 72.43056°W / 41.41972; -72.43056 (Chester-Hadlyme Ferry) | |
East Haddam Bridge | Route 82 | Haddam and East Haddam | 1913 | 41°27′05″N 72°27′52″W / 41.45139°N 72.46444°W / 41.45139; -72.46444 (East Haddam Bridge) | |
Providence and Worcester railroad bridge | Middletown and Portland | 41°34′00″N 72°38′52″W / 41.56667°N 72.64778°W / 41.56667; -72.64778 (Providence and Worcester railroad bridge) | |||
Arrigoni Bridge | Route 17 / Route 66 | 1938 | 41°34′09″N 72°38′55″W / 41.56917°N 72.64861°W / 41.56917; -72.64861 (Arrigoni Bridge) | ||
Rocky Hill – Glastonbury Ferry | Route 160 | Rocky Hill and Glastonbury | 1655 | 41°39′57″N 72°37′40″W / 41.66583°N 72.62778°W / 41.66583; -72.62778 (Rocky Hill - Glastonbury Ferry) | |
William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge | Route 3 | Wethersfield and Glastonbury | 1959 | 41°42′51″N 72°38′27″W / 41.71417°N 72.64083°W / 41.71417; -72.64083 (William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge) | |
Charter Oak Bridge | US 5 / Route 15 | Hartford and East Hartford | 1942, 1991 | 41°45′11″N 72°39′18″W / 41.75306°N 72.65500°W / 41.75306; -72.65500 (Charter Oak Bridge) | |
Founders Bridge | Route 2 | 1958 | 41°45′56″N 72°39′55″W / 41.76556°N 72.66528°W / 41.76556; -72.66528 (Founders Bridge) | ||
Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge | I-84 / US 6 / US 44 | 1908 (widened 1964) | 41°46′09″N 72°39′54″W / 41.76917°N 72.66500°W / 41.76917; -72.66500 (Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge) | ||
Connecticut Southern railroad bridge | c. 1873 | 41°46′35″N 72°39′27″W / 41.77639°N 72.65750°W / 41.77639; -72.65750 (Connecticut Southern railroad bridge) | |||
Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge | I-291 and pedestrian/bike path | Windsor and South Windsor | 1957 | 41°48′47″N 72°38′40″W / 41.81306°N 72.64444°W / 41.81306; -72.64444 (Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge) | |
Dexter Coffin Bridge | I-91 | Windsor Locks and East Windsor | 1959 | 41°55′00″N 72°37′22″W / 41.91667°N 72.62278°W / 41.91667; -72.62278 (Dexter Coffin Bridge) | |
Bridge Street Bridge | Route 140 | 1992 | 41°55′45″N 72°37′27″W / 41.92917°N 72.62417°W / 41.92917; -72.62417 (Bridge Street (Windsor Locks, CT)) | ||
Warehouse Point railroad bridge | Amtrak New Haven – Springfield Line | Suffield and Enfield | 1903 | 41°56′36″N 72°36′50″W / 41.94333°N 72.61389°W / 41.94333; -72.61389 (Amtrak/Springfield Terminal Railroad Bridge) | |
Enfield–Suffield Covered Bridge (destroyed 1900) | 1832 | 41°58′30.34″N 72°36′22.31″W / 41.9750944°N 72.6061972°W / 41.9750944; -72.6061972 (Enfield–Suffield Covered Bridge) | |||
Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge | Route 190 | 1966 | 41°59′23″N 72°36′13″W / 41.98972°N 72.60361°W / 41.98972; -72.60361 (Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge) | ||
Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge (demolished 1971) | 1893 | 41°59′57″N 72°36′25.56″W / 41.99917°N 72.6071000°W / 41.99917; -72.6071000 (Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge) | |||
Massachusetts | |||||
Julia B. Buxton Bridge (South End Bridge) | US 5 | Agawam and Springfield | 1954 | 42°04′53″N 72°34′58″W / 42.08139°N 72.58278°W / 42.08139; -72.58278 (Springfield South End Bridge) | |
Memorial Bridge | Route 147 | West Springfield and Springfield | 1922 | 42°05′56″N 72°35′42″W / 42.09889°N 72.59500°W / 42.09889; -72.59500 (Springfield Memorial Bridge) | |
Old Toll Bridge (demolished) | 1816 | 42°5′59.68″N 72°35′46.47″W / 42.0999111°N 72.5962417°W / 42.0999111; -72.5962417 (Old Toll Bridge (removed)) | |||
CSX Berkshire rail bridge | CSX Berkshire Subdivision | 1873 | 42°06′05″N 72°35′57″W / 42.10139°N 72.59917°W / 42.10139; -72.59917 (CSX Berkshire rail bridge) | ||
Arthur J. McKenna Bridge (North End Bridge) | US 20 | 1924 | 42°06′31″N 72°36′51″W / 42.10861°N 72.61417°W / 42.10861; -72.61417 (Springfield North End Bridge) | ||
I-91 bridge | I-91 | West Springfield and Chicopee | 1966 | 42°08′07″N 72°36′55″W / 42.13528°N 72.61528°W / 42.13528; -72.61528 (Interstate 91 Bridge) | |
Chicopee – West Springfield Bridge (demolished 1987) | 42°8′38.39″N 72°37′7.11″W / 42.1439972°N 72.6186417°W / 42.1439972; -72.6186417 (Chicopee – West Springfield Bridge) | ||||
Massachusetts Turnpike bridge | I-90 | 1957 | 42°09′14″N 72°37′40″W / 42.15389°N 72.62778°W / 42.15389; -72.62778 (Interstate 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) bridge) | ||
Jones Ferry | Holyoke and Chicopee | 42°10′18″N 72°37′43″W / 42.17167°N 72.62861°W / 42.17167; -72.62861 (Jones Ferry) | |||
I-391 bridge | I-391 | 1979 | 42°11′24″N 72°36′36″W / 42.19000°N 72.61000°W / 42.19000; -72.61000 (Interstate 391 bridge) | ||
Willimansett Bridge | Route 116 / Route 141 | 1891, 2015 | 42°11′42″N 72°36′05″W / 42.19500°N 72.60139°W / 42.19500; -72.60139 (Willimansett Bridge) | ||
Springfield Terminal railroad bridge | 42°11′43″N 72°36′02″W / 42.19528°N 72.60056°W / 42.19528; -72.60056 (Springfield Terminal railroad bridge) | ||||
Vietnam Memorial Bridge | Route 116 | Holyoke and South Hadley | 1990 | 42°12′42″N 72°35′46″W / 42.21167°N 72.59611°W / 42.21167; -72.59611 (Vietnam Memorial Bridge) | |
Joseph E. Muller Bridge | US 202 | 1958 | 42°12′58″N 72°36′28″W / 42.21611°N 72.60778°W / 42.21611; -72.60778 (Joseph E. Muller Bridge) | ||
Northampton Toll Bridge | Northampton and Hadley | 1808 | 42°20′11″N 72°37′04″W / 42.33639°N 72.61778°W / 42.33639; -72.61778 (Northampton Toll Bridge) | ||
Calvin Coolidge Bridge | Route 9 | 1937 | 42°20′11″N 72°37′04″W / 42.33639°N 72.61778°W / 42.33639; -72.61778 (Calvin Coolidge Bridge) | ||
Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge | Norwottuck Rail Trail | 1887 | 42°20′14″N 72°37′07″W / 42.33722°N 72.61861°W / 42.33722; -72.61861 (Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge) | ||
Hatfield Bridge (dismantled 1823) | Toll Bridge passed by state legislature March 8, 1803 without funding. Town purchase it by lottery, was completed October 20, 1807 and dismantled on July 7, 1823. Bridge was located on Bridge Lane, Hatfield, MA | Hatfield and Hadley | 1807 | 42°21′55.44″N 72°35′21.65″W / 42.3654000°N 72.5893472°W / 42.3654000; -72.5893472 (Hatfield Bridge, Bridge Lane, Hatfield, MA) | |
Sunderland Bridge | Route 116 | Deerfield and Sunderland | 1937 | 42°28′03″N 72°35′06″W / 42.46750°N 72.58500°W / 42.46750; -72.58500 (Sunderland Bridge) | |
Springfield Terminal railroad bridge | Deerfield and Montague | 42°33′44″N 72°33′22″W / 42.56222°N 72.55611°W / 42.56222; -72.55611 (Springfield Terminal railroad bridge) | |||
Canalside Rail Trail Bridge | Deerfield and Montague | c. 1880, 1936 | 42°34′45.30″N 72°34′29.53″W / 42.5792500°N 72.5748694°W / 42.5792500; -72.5748694 (Canalside Rail Trail Bridge) | ||
Montague City Covered Bridge (destroyed 1936) | Greenfield and Montague | 42°34′49.1″N 72°34′44.9″W / 42.580306°N 72.579139°W / 42.580306; -72.579139 (Montague City Covered Bridge) (approx.) | |||
Montague trolley bridge (destroyed 1936) | 42°34′49.1″N 72°34′45.9″W / 42.580306°N 72.579417°W / 42.580306; -72.579417 (Montague trolley bridge) (approx.) | ||||
General Pierce Bridge | 1947 | 42°34′49″N 72°34′47″W / 42.58028°N 72.57972°W / 42.58028; -72.57972 (General Pierce Bridge) | |||
Turners Falls Road Bridge | 1936 | 42°36′33″N 72°33′41″W / 42.60917°N 72.56139°W / 42.60917; -72.56139 (Turner Falls Road Bridge) | |||
Gill–Montague Bridge | Gill and Montague | 1937 | 42°36′40″N 72°33′11″W / 42.61111°N 72.55306°W / 42.61111; -72.55306 (Gill–Montague Bridge) | ||
French King Bridge | Route 2 | Gill and Erving | 1931 | 42°35′52″N 72°29′48″W / 42.59778°N 72.49667°W / 42.59778; -72.49667 (French King Bridge) | |
Bennett's Meadow Bridge | Route 10 | Northfield | 1969 | 42°41′00″N 72°28′18″W / 42.68333°N 72.47167°W / 42.68333; -72.47167 (Route 10 bridge) | |
Rail bridge | New England Central Railroad | 1903 | 42°42′22.40″N 72°27′33″W / 42.7062222°N 72.45917°W / 42.7062222; -72.45917 (Rail bridge, Northfield, MA) | ||
Schell Bridge (closed) | 1903 | 42°42′44″N 72°27′12″W / 42.71222°N 72.45333°W / 42.71222; -72.45333 (Schell Bridge (closed)) | |||
Vermont – New Hampshire | |||||
Rail bridge (demolished) | Boston and Maine Railroad Fort Hill Branch (former) | Vernon and Hinsdale | 1913 | 42°44′14″N 72°27′45″W / 42.737098°N 72.462587°W / 42.737098; -72.462587 (Fort Hill Branch bridge) | |
Rail bridge (partially demolished) | Boston and Maine Railroad Cheshire Branch (former) | Brattleboro and Hinsdale | 42°50′16.38″N 72°32′46.21″W / 42.8378833°N 72.5461694°W / 42.8378833; -72.5461694 (Cheshire Branch bridge) | ||
VT/NH Route 119 bridge | VT 119 NH 119 | 1920 | 42°51′05″N 72°33′10″W / 42.85139°N 72.55278°W / 42.85139; -72.55278 (Route 119 bridge) | ||
United States Navy Seabees Bridge | VT 9 NH 9 | Brattleboro and Chesterfield | 2003 | 42°53′02″N 72°33′07″W / 42.88389°N 72.55194°W / 42.88389; -72.55194 (United States Navy Seabees Bridge) | |
Route 123 bridge | VT 123 NH 123 | Westminster and Walpole | 1910 | 43°05′04″N 72°26′00″W / 43.08444°N 72.43333°W / 43.08444; -72.43333 (Route 123 bridge) | |
Vilas Bridge (closed) | Bellows Falls and North Walpole | 1930 | 43°08′07″N 72°26′25″W / 43.13528°N 72.44028°W / 43.13528; -72.44028 (Vilas Bridge) | ||
Stone Arch Bridge | Vermont Rail (Green Mountain) | 43°08′09″N 72°26′25″W / 43.13583°N 72.44028°W / 43.13583; -72.44028 (Stone Arch Bridge) | |||
New England Central railroad bridge | 43°08′17″N 72°26′48″W / 43.13806°N 72.44667°W / 43.13806; -72.44667 (New England Central railroad bridge) | ||||
Arch Bridge | 1984 | 43°08′17″N 72°26′54″W / 43.13806°N 72.44833°W / 43.13806; -72.44833 (Arch Bridge) | |||
Cheshire Bridge | VT 11 NH 11 | Springfield and Charlestown | 1806,1906,1930 | 43°15′37″N 72°25′38″W / 43.26028°N 72.42722°W / 43.26028; -72.42722 (Cheshire Bridge) | |
Route 12 bridge | VT 12 NH 12 | Ascutney and Claremont | 1969 | 43°24′11″N 72°24′01″W / 43.40306°N 72.40028°W / 43.40306; -72.40028 (Route 12 bridge) | |
New England Central railroad bridge | Windsor and Cornish | 43°28′11″N 72°23′19″W / 43.46972°N 72.38861°W / 43.46972; -72.38861 (New England Central railroad bridge) | |||
Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge | 1866 | 43°28′25″N 72°23′01″W / 43.47361°N 72.38361°W / 43.47361; -72.38361 (Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge) | |||
I-89 bridge | I-89 | Hartford and Lebanon | 1966 | 43°38′03″N 72°19′43″W / 43.63417°N 72.32861°W / 43.63417; -72.32861 (Interstate 89 bridge) | |
Railroad bridge | White River Junction and West Lebanon | 43°38′49″N 72°18′48″W / 43.64694°N 72.31333°W / 43.64694; -72.31333 (rail bridge (abandoned)) | |||
Lyman Bridge | US 4 | 1936, 2015 | 43°39′02″N 72°18′51″W / 43.65056°N 72.31417°W / 43.65056; -72.31417 (US Route 4 bridge) | ||
Ledyard Bridge | VT 10A NH 10A | Norwich and Hanover | 1998 | 43°42′13″N 72°17′59″W / 43.70361°N 72.29972°W / 43.70361; -72.29972 (Ledyard Bridge) | |
Lyme–East Thetford Bridge | VT 113 East Thetford Road | East Thetford and Lyme | 1937 | 43°48′43″N 72°10′59″W / 43.81194°N 72.18306°W / 43.81194; -72.18306 (Route 113 bridge) | |
Morey Memorial Bridge | VT 25A NH 25A | Fairlee and Orford | 1937 | 43°54′25″N 72°08′22″W / 43.90694°N 72.13944°W / 43.90694; -72.13944 (Morey Memorial Bridge) | |
Piermont Bridge | VT 25 NH 25 | Bradford and Piermont | 1929 | 43°58′40″N 72°06′43″W / 43.97778°N 72.11194°W / 43.97778; -72.11194 (Piermont Bridge) | |
Bedell Covered Bridge (destroyed by wind, 1979) | South Newbury and Haverhill | 1805, 1823, 1862, 1866, 1979 | 44°02′43″N 72°04′27″W / 44.04528°N 72.07417°W / 44.04528; -72.07417 (Bedell Covered Bridge (missing)) | ||
Newbury Crossing Road | Newbury and Haverhill | 1970 | 44°03′58″N 72°03′05″W / 44.06611°N 72.05139°W / 44.06611; -72.05139 (Newbury Crossing Road bridge) | ||
Ranger Bridge | US 302 | Wells River and Woodsville | 1917, 1923 | 44°09′14″N 72°02′27″W / 44.15389°N 72.04083°W / 44.15389; -72.04083 (Ranger Bridge) | |
Wells River Bridge (closed) | Boston and Maine Corporation (railroad, upper level), road (lower level, until 1917) | 1805, 1853, 1903 | 44°09′15″N 72°02′26″W / 44.15417°N 72.04056°W / 44.15417; -72.04056 (Wells River Bridge (closed)) | ||
Frazier Road bridge | McIndoe Falls and Monroe | 1937 | 44°15′42″N 72°03′32″W / 44.26167°N 72.05889°W / 44.26167; -72.05889 (Frazier Road Bridge) | ||
Barnet Road bridge | Barnet and Monroe | 1930 | 44°17′13″N 72°03′25″W / 44.28694°N 72.05694°W / 44.28694; -72.05694 (Barnet Road Bridge) | ||
I-93 bridge | I-93 | Waterford and Littleton | 1976, 1981 | 44°20′34″N 71°53′27″W / 44.34278°N 71.89083°W / 44.34278; -71.89083 (Interstate 93 bridge) | |
Route 18 bridge | VT 18 NH 18 | 1934 | 44°20′33″N 71°53′20″W / 44.34250°N 71.88889°W / 44.34250; -71.88889 (Route 18 bridge) | ||
Whitcomb Bridge | Gilman and Dalton | 1997 | 44°24′39″N 71°43′23″W / 44.41083°N 71.72306°W / 44.41083; -71.72306 (Gilman Road) | ||
old Whitcomb Bridge | pedestrian traffic only | 1928 | 44°24′40.34″N 71°43′21.45″W / 44.4112056°N 71.7226250°W / 44.4112056; -71.7226250 (old Gilman Road) | ||
Twin State railroad bridge | South Lunenburg and Dalton | 1928 | 44°25′38″N 71°40′35″W / 44.42722°N 71.67639°W / 44.42722; -71.67639 (Twin State railroad bridge) | ||
Mount Orne Covered Bridge | Lunenburg and South Lancaster | 1911 | 44°27′36″N 71°39′10″W / 44.46000°N 71.65278°W / 44.46000; -71.65278 (Mount Orne Covered Bridge) | ||
Route 2 bridge | US 2 | Guildhall and Lancaster | 1950 | 44°29′46″N 71°35′39″W / 44.49611°N 71.59417°W / 44.49611; -71.59417 (Route 2 bridge) | |
Guildhall Road | Guildhall and Northumberland | 1984 | 44°33′51″N 71°33′31″W / 44.56417°N 71.55861°W / 44.56417; -71.55861 (Guildhall Road) | ||
Janice Peaslee Bridge | Maidstone and Stratford | 1893, 2005 | 44°39′6.69″N 71°33′45″W / 44.6518583°N 71.56250°W / 44.6518583; -71.56250 (Janice Peaslee Bridge) | ||
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad bridge | Bloomfield and North Stratford | 44°45′08″N 71°37′52″W / 44.75222°N 71.63111°W / 44.75222; -71.63111 (St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad bridge) | |||
Route 105 bridge | VT 105 | 1947 | 44°45′09″N 71°37′50″W / 44.75250°N 71.63056°W / 44.75250; -71.63056 (Route 105 bridge) | ||
Columbia Bridge | Lemington and Columbia | 1912 | 44°51′11″N 71°33′05″W / 44.85306°N 71.55139°W / 44.85306; -71.55139 (Columbia Bridge) | ||
Route 26 bridge | VT 26 NH 26 | Lemington and Colebrook | 1953 | 44°53′56″N 71°30′27″W / 44.89889°N 71.50750°W / 44.89889; -71.50750 (Route 26 bridge) | |
Route 114 bridge | VT 114 Main Street | Canaan and West Stewartstown | 1990 | 44°59′45″N 71°32′05″W / 44.99583°N 71.53472°W / 44.99583; -71.53472 (Route 114 bridge) | |
Railroad bridge (former) | Baltimore truss bridge, once used by Maine Central Railroad and North Stratford Railroad; now used by hikers and snowmobilers.[1][2][3] | c. 1903[4] | 44°59′59.2″N 71°31′45.4″W / 44.999778°N 71.529278°W / 44.999778; -71.529278 (unknown through-truss bridge) | ||
Canaan–Stewartstown Bridge | Beecher Falls and Stewartstown | 1930 | 45°00′28″N 71°30′27″W / 45.00778°N 71.50750°W / 45.00778; -71.50750 (Canaan–Stewartstown Bridge) | ||
New Hampshire | |||||
Route 3 bridge | US 3 | Pittsburg and Clarksville | 1931 | 45°01′15″N 71°27′50″W / 45.02083°N 71.46389°W / 45.02083; -71.46389 (Route 3 bridge) | |
Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge (closed 1981) | c. 1876 | 45°03′16″N 71°24′25″W / 45.05444°N 71.40694°W / 45.05444; -71.40694 (Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge) | |||
Route 145 bridge | NH 145 | 2006[5] | 45°02′57″N 71°23′29″W / 45.04917°N 71.39139°W / 45.04917; -71.39139 (Route 145 bridge) | ||
Murphy Dam Road | unpaved access road | 1938[6] | 45°02′56.5″N 71°22′57.5″W / 45.049028°N 71.382639°W / 45.049028; -71.382639 (Murphy Dam Road) | ||
Forest Access Road | logging traffic | Pittsburg | 45°04′22″N 71°18′08″W / 45.07278°N 71.30222°W / 45.07278; -71.30222 (Pittsburg Forest Access Road) | ||
Magalloway Road | logging traffic | 45°07′05″N 71°12′31″W / 45.11806°N 71.20861°W / 45.11806; -71.20861 (Magalloway Road) | |||
Scott Brook Road | logging traffic | 45°10′54″N 71°10′38″W / 45.18167°N 71.17722°W / 45.18167; -71.17722 (Scott Brook Road) | |||
Route 3 bridge | US 3 | 1961 | 45°11′23″N 71°11′24″W / 45.18972°N 71.19000°W / 45.18972; -71.19000 (Route 3 bridge) |
Source: Fourth Connecticut Lake (45°14′52″N 71°12′51.06″W / 45.24778°N 71.2141833°W / 45.24778; -71.2141833 (river source))
See also
References
- ^ "PHOTOS OF MEC/NSRC BRIDGE?". railroad.net. 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ "The Canaan Dam, a 27-foot hydroelectric dam and adjoining railroad bridge spanning the Connecticut River between Stewartstown, New Hampshire, and Canaan, Vermont, 373 miles from the river's mouth in Connecticut". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via loc.gov.
- ^ Gundersen, Bob (August 24, 2005). "Staggered truss bridge @ Canaan". Flickr. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ "Canaan". Essex County Herald. Island Pond, Vermont. January 9, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "NH145 over CONNECTICUT RIVER". bridgereports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ "MURPHY DAM ROAD over DAM SPILLWAY". bridgereports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
Further reading
- Whittlesey, Charles W. (1938). Crossing and Re-Crossing the Connecticut River. New Haven, Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. LCC F12.C7 W4.
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