Bulkeley Bridge
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| Official name | Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Maintained by | Connecticut Department of Transportation[1] |
| Design | stone arch bridge |
| Longest span | 119 feet (36.3 m) |
| Total length | 1075 ft (327.7 m) |
| Width | 110 ft (33.5 m) |
| Clearance below | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Beginning date of construction | 1903 |
| Completion date | 1908[2] |
| Opening date | 1908 |
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| Nearest city: | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1908 |
| Architect: | Graves, Edwin D., Whellwright, Edmund M. |
| Architectural style(s): | CLASSICAL REVIVAL |
| Added to NRHP: | 1993-12-10 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 93001347 |
The Bulkeley Bridge (also known as Hartford Bridge, Bridge No. 980A) is a stone arch bridge composed of nine spans located in Hartford, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 84, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 44, connecting Hartford to East Hartford. As of 2005 the bridge carried an average daily traffic of 142,500 cars.[3]
The Bulkeley Bridge is one of the oldest bridges in use in the Interstate Highway System [4]. It is also the longest stone arch bridge in the world.[5] The Bulkeley Bridge is named for Connecticut governor and United States Senator, Morgan Bulkeley.
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[edit] History
The current bridge is the third at that location.
The first bridge was built in 1810. Washed away in 1818, it was succeeded by a covered bridge, which burned in 1895. The current bridge opened in 1908.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Kurumi's Bulkeley Bridge page
- An account of the bridge's dedication celebrations
- Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge in the Structurae database
[edit] References
- ^ CT DOT
- ^ Connecticut's historic highway bridges
- ^ 2005 Traffic Volumes State Maintained Highway Network (Traffic Log); State of Connecticut Department of Transportation p89.
- ^ Oldest bridges currently used in interstate system; gatago.com
- ^ Secord,Greg; Hartford 'Firsts' and Other Interesting Facts; hartfordhistory.net
- ^ Delany, Edmund Thomas (1983). The Connecticut River: New England's Historic Waterway. The Globe Pequot Press, p.91. ISBN 978-0871069801.
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