General Information
| Completion: | 1906 |
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| Status: | demolished |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Lenticular bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Iron bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Coordinates: | 41° 42' 53.17" N 71° 52' 45.55" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 30.82 m | |
| total length | 32.00 m | |
| deck width | 4.3 m |
Significance
River Street Bridge is significant as a well-preserved, representative example of 19th-century bridge engineering; its patented lenticular design, pinned connections, and wroughtiron material are typical of the period 1880-1900. It also has significance as one of relatively few bridges remaining in Connecticut that were made by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, a major regional fabricator and the state's only large bridge-building firm in that period. The bridge was built following a disastrous flood that destroyed many bridges in Plainfield and other eastern Connecticut towns.
HAER Report "River Street Bridge, River Street, spanning Moosup River, Plainfield, Windham County, CT" by Bruce Clouette (HAER CT-179)
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