Bulkeley Bridge | |
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 Bulkeley Bridge in March 2013 | |
| Coordinates | 41°46′08″N 72°39′54″W / 41.769°N 72.665°W |
| Carries | 8 lanes of    I-84 / US 6 / US 44, bikes/pedestrians |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Hartford, Connecticut and East Hartford, Connecticut |
| Official name | Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge |
| Maintained by | ConnDOT[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | stone arch bridge |
| Total length | 1,075 feet (328 m) |
| Width | 110 feet (34 m) |
| Longest span | 119 feet (36 m) |
| Clearance below | 39 feet (12 m) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1903 |
| Construction end | 1908[2] |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | |
Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge | |
| Location | I-84 / US 6 / US 44, Hartford and East Hartford |
| Coordinates | 41°46′10″N 72°39′55″W / 41.76944°N 72.66528°W |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | Graves, Edwin D., Wheelwright, Edmund M. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001347 |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1993 |
| Location | |
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The Bulkeley Bridge (also known as Hartford Bridge, Bridge No. 980A) is the oldest of three highway bridges over the Connecticut River between Hartford, Connecticut and East Hartford, Connecticut. A stone arch bridge composed of nine spans, the bridge carries Interstate 84, U.S. Route 6, and U.S. Route 44 across the river. As of 2005, the bridge carried an average daily traffic of 142,500 cars.[3] The arches are mounted on stone piers, and vary in length from 68 feet (21 m) to 119 feet (36 m); the total length of the bridge is 1,192 feet (363 m).[4]
Completed in 1908,[4] the Bulkeley Bridge is the oldest bridge in the Hartford area and one of the oldest bridges still in use in the Interstate Highway System. It is also the largest and one of the last major stone arch bridges to be built in New England.[5]
Because of its historical, architectural and engineering significance, the Bulkeley Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[4]
- ^ CT DOT
- ^ "Connecticut's historic highway bridges". Archived from the original on December 15, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2006.
- ^ 2005 Traffic Volumes State Maintained Highway Network (Traffic Log); State of Connecticut Department of Transportation p89.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Bulkeley Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Thornton, Steve. "The Sand Hogs Set the Foundation for the Bulkeley Bridge". Connecticut History. Connecticut Humanities. Retrieved June 7, 2015.