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)	Location	Image	Completed/Replaced	NHRP[1]^:78	HAER[1]^:79
Congress Street Bridge	Bridgeport		1909-1911;[1]^:22 Removed in 2010[3]
East Washington Avenue Bridge	Bridgeport		Original: 1836[4] Second: Unknown[4] Third: 1925[4] Fourth: 1998[1]^:24		CT-154 (third bridge)
Grand Street Bridge	Bridgeport		1916-1919;[1]^:26 Removed in 1999[5]		CT-148
Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge	Bridgeport		1902; Replaced in 1996[1]^:50	YES
Pleasure Beach Bridge	Bridgeport		1927[1]^:20
Yellow Mill Bridge	Bridgeport		1927-1929[1]^:28		CT-146
East Haddam Swing Bridge	East Haddam-Haddam		1913[1]^:30
Niantic River Swing Bridge	East Lyme-Waterford		1921; Replaced in 1991[1]^:32		CT-22
Niantic River Railroad Bridge	East Lyme-Waterford		1907;[1]^:52 Replaced 2010-2013[6]		CT-27
Mianus River Railroad Bridge	Greenwich		1904[1]^:54	YES
Thames River Railroad Bridge	Groton-New London		1919[note 1] Replaced 2008[8]		CT-25
Mystic River Bridge	Groton-Stonington		1922[1]^:34		CT-174
Mystic River Railroad Bridge	Groton-Stonington		1919; Replaced 1984[1]^:58		CT-26
Middletown Railroad Bridge	Middletown-Portland		1911[1]^:60
Housatonic River Railroad Bridge	Milford-Stratford		1905[1]^:62	YES
Washington Bridge	Milford-Stratford		1921[1]^:36
Chapel Street Swing Bridge	New Haven		1899; Replaced 1992[1]^:38		CT-42
Ferry Street Bridge	New Haven		1940[1]^:40
Grand Avenue Swing Bridge	New Haven		1896; Replaced 1984[1]^:44
Tomlinson Bridge	New Haven		1924; Replaced 1994-2002[1]^:42		CT-61
Shaw's Cove Railroad Bridge	New London		1891; Replaced 1984[1]^:64		CT-24
Norwalk River Railroad Bridge	Norwalk		1896[1]^:66	YES
Connecticut River Railroad Bridge (Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge)	Old Saybrook-Old Lyme		1907[1]^:68
Saugatuck River Bridge	Westport		1884[1]^:46	YES	CT-46
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge	Westport		1905[1]^:70	YES

• NRHP - National Register of Historic Places listed
• HAER - Historic American Engineering Record listed

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut

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" (PDF). 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.