East Haddam Swing Bridge | |
|---|---|
 The bridge in 2011 | |
| Coordinates | 41°27′06″N 72°27′52″W / 41.45173°N 72.46432°W |
| Carries |  Route 82 |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Haddam and East Haddam, Connecticut |
| Maintained by | Connecticut Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 1138[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Swing truss |
| Total length | 881 feet (269 m)[1] |
| Width | 24.6 ft (7.5 m) |
| Longest span | 456 feet (139 m)[1] 326.1 feet (99.4 m)[2] |
| Clearance below | 24.9 ft (7.6 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1913 (restored 1999, 2007, 2023) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 11,600 |
| Location | |
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The East Haddam Swing Bridge is a steel, movable (swing) truss bridge. The bridge is composed of three spans crossing the Connecticut River between Haddam, Connecticut and East Haddam, Connecticut.[3] The bridge carries Route 82, with an average daily traffic of 11,600.[4] At the time of its construction, it was reputed to be the longest swing bridge of its kind in the world.[5]
- ^ a b c Bruce Clouette and Matthew Rot. "East Haddam Bridge, Bridge No. 1138". CDOT. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
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- ^ "East Haddam Bridge". past-inc.org. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ State of Connecticut Department of Transportation: 2006 Traffic Volumes State Maintained Highway Network. (2006). Division of Systems Information, Bureau of Policy and Planning. Retrieved from https://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/traflog/traflog.pdf
- ^ "Attractions - East Haddam". www.easthaddam.org. Archived from the original on 2011-02-09.