Ashland Mill Bridge

Ashland Mill Bridge
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A map showing a birds-eye view of the Ashland Mill area, with the bridge on the left side of the image.
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Location	Over Pachaug River, near Ashland Street, Griswold, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates	41°36′19.9″N 71°58′41.1″W / 41.605528°N 71.978083°W / 41.605528; -71.978083
Built	1886 (1886)
Architect	Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Architectural style	Lenticular pony Truss
NRHP reference No.	99000407[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 1, 1999
Removed from NRHP	February 2, 2016

The Ashland Mill Bridge was a lenticular pony truss bridge over the Pachaug River in Griswold, Connecticut that was built in 1886 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company. It was built following the Ashland dam break of February 1886 which washed away the previous bridges. The bridge served the millyard of the Ashland Cotton Company, in the Jewett City section of Griswold. The bridge was 65 feet (20 m) long and crossed a millrace on a skew angle. The Ashland Mill was damaged by arson in March 1995 and subsequently torn down, but the bridge itself remained. By 1999, the town deemed the bridge unsafe and closed it, and by February 1999, the bridge was moved to a vacant parking lot and was replaced with a new bridge. The bridge was added to the state of Connecticut historic register and it was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in April 1999. It was removed from the National Register in February 2016.^[2]