List of crossings of the Connecticut River

Railroad bridge over the Connecticut, Old Saybrook, postcard mailed in 1908

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Connecticut River from its mouth at Long Island Sound upstream to its source at the Connecticut Lakes. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as ferries carrying a state highway across the river. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.

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Crossings[]

Crossing	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Image
Connecticut[]
Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge	Amtrak Northeast Corridor	Old Saybrook and Old Lyme	1907	41°18′39″N 72°20′57″W / 41.31083°N 72.34917°W / 41.31083; -72.34917 (Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge)
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge	I-95 / US 1		1948, 1993	41°19′09″N 72°20′51″W / 41.31917°N 72.34750°W / 41.31917; -72.34750 (Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge)
Chester–Hadlyme Ferry	Route 148	Chester and Lyme	1769	41°25′11″N 72°25′50″W / 41.41972°N 72.43056°W / 41.41972; -72.43056 (Chester-Hadlyme Ferry)
East Haddam Bridge	Route 82	Haddam and East Haddam	1913	41°27′05″N 72°27′52″W / 41.45139°N 72.46444°W / 41.45139; -72.46444 (East Haddam Bridge)
Providence and Worcester railroad bridge		Middletown and Portland		41°34′00″N 72°38′52″W / 41.56667°N 72.64778°W / 41.56667; -72.64778 (Providence and Worcester railroad bridge)
Arrigoni Bridge	Route 17 / Route 66		1938	41°34′09″N 72°38′55″W / 41.56917°N 72.64861°W / 41.56917; -72.64861 (Arrigoni Bridge)
Rocky Hill – Glastonbury Ferry	Route 160	Rocky Hill and Glastonbury	1655	41°39′57″N 72°37′40″W / 41.66583°N 72.62778°W / 41.66583; -72.62778 (Rocky Hill - Glastonbury Ferry)
William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge	Route 3	Wethersfield and Glastonbury	1959	41°42′51″N 72°38′27″W / 41.71417°N 72.64083°W / 41.71417; -72.64083 (William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge)
Charter Oak Bridge	US 5 / Route 15	Hartford and East Hartford	1942, 1991	41°45′11″N 72°39′18″W / 41.75306°N 72.65500°W / 41.75306; -72.65500 (Charter Oak Bridge)
Founders Bridge	Route 2		1958	41°45′56″N 72°39′55″W / 41.76556°N 72.66528°W / 41.76556; -72.66528 (Founders Bridge)
Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge	I-84 / US 6 / US 44		1908 (widened 1964)	41°46′09″N 72°39′54″W / 41.76917°N 72.66500°W / 41.76917; -72.66500 (Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge)
Connecticut Southern railroad bridge			c. 1873	41°46′35″N 72°39′27″W / 41.77639°N 72.65750°W / 41.77639; -72.65750 (Connecticut Southern railroad bridge)
Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge	I-291 and pedestrian/bike path	Windsor and South Windsor	1957	41°48′47″N 72°38′40″W / 41.81306°N 72.64444°W / 41.81306; -72.64444 (Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge)
Dexter Coffin Bridge	I-91	Windsor Locks and East Windsor	1959	41°55′00″N 72°37′22″W / 41.91667°N 72.62278°W / 41.91667; -72.62278 (Dexter Coffin Bridge)
Bridge Street Bridge	Route 140		1992	41°55′45″N 72°37′27″W / 41.92917°N 72.62417°W / 41.92917; -72.62417 (Bridge Street (Windsor Locks, CT))
Warehouse Point railroad bridge	Amtrak New Haven – Springfield Line	Suffield and Enfield	1903	41°56′36″N 72°36′50″W / 41.94333°N 72.61389°W / 41.94333; -72.61389 (Amtrak/Springfield Terminal Railroad Bridge)
Enfield–Suffield Covered Bridge (destroyed 1900)			1832	41°58′30.34″N 72°36′22.31″W / 41.9750944°N 72.6061972°W / 41.9750944; -72.6061972 (Enfield–Suffield Covered Bridge)
Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge	Route 190		1966	41°59′23″N 72°36′13″W / 41.98972°N 72.60361°W / 41.98972; -72.60361 (Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge)
Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge (demolished 1971)			1893	41°59′57″N 72°36′25.56″W / 41.99917°N 72.6071000°W / 41.99917; -72.6071000 (Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge)
Massachusetts[]
Julia B. Buxton Bridge (South End Bridge)	US 5	Agawam and Springfield	1954	42°04′53″N 72°34′58″W / 42.08139°N 72.58278°W / 42.08139; -72.58278 (Springfield South End Bridge)
Memorial Bridge	Route 147	West Springfield and Springfield	1922	42°05′56″N 72°35′42���W / 42.09889°N 72.59500°W / 42.09889; -72.59500 (Springfield Memorial Bridge)
Old Toll Bridge (demolished)			1816	42°5′59.68″N 72°35′46.47″W / 42.0999111°N 72.5962417°W / 42.0999111; -72.5962417 (Old Toll Bridge (removed))
CSX Berkshire rail bridge	CSX Berkshire Subdivision		1873	42°06′05″N 72°35′57″W / 42.10139°N 72.59917°W / 42.10139; -72.59917 (CSX Berkshire rail bridge)
Arthur J. McKenna Bridge (North End Bridge)	US 20		1924	42°06′31″N 72°36′51″W / 42.10861°N 72.61417°W / 42.10861; -72.61417 (Springfield North End Bridge)
I-91 bridge	I-91	West Springfield and Chicopee	1966	42°08′07″N 72°36′55″W / 42.13528°N 72.61528°W / 42.13528; -72.61528 (Interstate 91 Bridge)
Chicopee – West Springfield Bridge (demolished 1987)				42°8′38.39″N 72°37′7.11″W / 42.1439972°N 72.6186417°W / 42.1439972; -72.6186417 (Chicopee – West Springfield Bridge)
Massachusetts Turnpike bridge	I-90		1957	42°09′14″N 72°37′40″W / 42.15389°N 72.62778°W / 42.15389; -72.62778 (Interstate 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) bridge)
Jones Ferry		Holyoke and Chicopee		42°10′18″N 72°37′43″W / 42.17167°N 72.62861°W / 42.17167; -72.62861 (Jones Ferry)
I-391 bridge	I-391		1979	42°11′24″N 72°36′36″W / 42.19000°N 72.61000°W / 42.19000; -72.61000 (Interstate 391 bridge)
Willimansett Bridge	Route 116 / Route 141		1891, 2015	42°11′42″N 72°36′05″W / 42.19500°N 72.60139°W / 42.19500; -72.60139 (Willimansett Bridge)
Springfield Terminal railroad bridge				42°11′43″N 72°36′02″W / 42.19528°N 72.60056°W / 42.19528; -72.60056 (Springfield Terminal railroad bridge)
Vietnam Memorial Bridge	Route 116	Holyoke and South Hadley	1990	42°12′42″N 72°35′46″W / 42.21167°N 72.59611°W / 42.21167; -72.59611 (Vietnam Memorial Bridge)
Joseph E. Muller Bridge	US 202		1958	42°12′58″N 72°36′28″W / 42.21611°N 72.60778°W / 42.21611; -72.60778 (Joseph E. Muller Bridge)
Northampton Toll Bridge		Northampton and Hadley	1808	42°20′11″N 72°37′04″W / 42.33639°N 72.61778°W / 42.33639; -72.61778 (Northampton Toll Bridge)
Calvin Coolidge Bridge	Route 9		1937	42°20′11″N 72°37′04″W / 42.33639°N 72.61778°W / 42.33639; -72.61778 (Calvin Coolidge Bridge)
Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge	Norwottuck Rail Trail		1887	42°20′14″N 72°37′07″W / 42.33722°N 72.61861°W / 42.33722; -72.61861 (Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge)
Hatfield Bridge (dismantled 1823)	Toll Bridge passed by state legislature March 8, 1803 without funding. Town purchase it by lottery, was completed October 20, 1807 and dismantled on July 7, 1823. Bridge was located on Bridge Lane, Hatfield, MA	Hatfield and Hadley	1807	42°21′55.44″N 72°35′21.65″W / 42.3654000°N 72.5893472°W / 42.3654000; -72.5893472 (Hatfield Bridge, Bridge Lane, Hatfield, MA)
Sunderland Bridge	Route 116	Deerfield and Sunderland	1937	42°28′03″N 72°35′06″W / 42.46750°N 72.58500°W / 42.46750; -72.58500 (Sunderland Bridge)
Springfield Terminal railroad bridge		Deerfield and Montague		42°33′44″N 72°33′22″W / 42.56222°N 72.55611°W / 42.56222; -72.55611 (Springfield Terminal railroad bridge)
Canalside Rail Trail Bridge		Deerfield and Montague	c. 1880, 1936	42°34′45.30″N 72°34′29.53″W / 42.5792500°N 72.5748694°W / 42.5792500; -72.5748694 (Canalside Rail Trail Bridge)
Montague City Covered Bridge (destroyed 1936)		Greenfield and Montague		42°34′49.1″N 72°34′44.9″W / 42.580306°N 72.579139°W / 42.580306; -72.579139 (Montague City Covered Bridge) (approx.)
Montague trolley bridge (destroyed 1936)				42°34′49.1″N 72°34′45.9″W / 42.580306°N 72.579417°W / 42.580306; -72.579417 (Montague trolley bridge) (approx.)
General Pierce Bridge			1947	42°34′49″N 72°34′47″W / 42.58028°N 72.57972°W / 42.58028; -72.57972 (General Pierce Bridge)
Turners Falls Road Bridge			1936	42°36′33″N 72°33′41″W / 42.60917°N 72.56139°W / 42.60917; -72.56139 (Turner Falls Road Bridge)
Gill–Montague Bridge		Gill and Montague	1937	42°36′40″N 72°33′11″W / 42.61111°N 72.55306°W / 42.61111; -72.55306 (Gill–Montague Bridge)
French King Bridge	Route 2	Gill and Erving	1931	42°35′52″N 72°29′48″W / 42.59778°N 72.49667°W / 42.59778; -72.49667 (French King Bridge)
Bennett's Meadow Bridge	Route 10	Northfield	1969	42°41′00″N 72°28′18″W / 42.68333°N 72.47167°W / 42.68333; -72.47167 (Route 10 bridge)
Rail bridge	New England Central Railroad		1903	42°42′22.40″N 72°27′33″W / 42.7062222°N 72.45917°W / 42.7062222; -72.45917 (Rail bridge, Northfield, MA)
Schell Bridge (closed)			1903	42°42′44″N 72°27′12″W / 42.71222°N 72.45333°W / 42.71222; -72.45333 (Schell Bridge (closed))
Vermont – New Hampshire[]
Rail bridge (demolished)	Boston and Maine Railroad Fort Hill Branch (former)	Vernon and Hinsdale	1913	42°44′14″N 72°27′45″W / 42.737098°N 72.462587°W / 42.737098; -72.462587 (Fort Hill Branch bridge)
Rail bridge (partially demolished)	Boston and Maine Railroad Cheshire Branch (former)	Brattleboro and Hinsdale		42°50′16.38″N 72°32′46.21″W / 42.8378833°N 72.5461694°W / 42.8378833; -72.5461694 (Cheshire Branch bridge)
VT/NH Route 119 bridge	VT 119 NH 119		1920	42°51′05″N 72°33′10″W / 42.85139°N 72.55278°W / 42.85139; -72.55278 (Route 119 bridge)
United States Navy Seabees Bridge	VT 9 NH 9	Brattleboro and Chesterfield	2003	42°53′02″N 72°33′07″W / 42.88389°N 72.55194°W / 42.88389; -72.55194 (United States Navy Seabees Bridge)
Route 123 bridge	VT 123 NH 123	Westminster and Walpole	1910	43°05′04″N 72°26′00″W / 43.08444°N 72.43333°W / 43.08444; -72.43333 (Route 123 bridge)
Vilas Bridge (closed)		Bellows Falls and North Walpole	1930	43°08′07″N 72°26′25″W / 43.13528°N 72.44028°W / 43.13528; -72.44028 (Vilas Bridge)
Stone Arch Bridge	Vermont Rail (Green Mountain)			43°08′09″N 72°26′25″W / 43.13583°N 72.44028°W / 43.13583; -72.44028 (Stone Arch Bridge)
New England Central railroad bridge				43°08′17″N 72°26′48″W / 43.13806°N 72.44667°W / 43.13806; -72.44667 (New England Central railroad bridge)
Arch Bridge			1984	43°08′17″N 72°26′54″W / 43.13806°N 72.44833°W / 43.13806; -72.44833 (Arch Bridge)
Cheshire Bridge	VT 11 NH 11	Springfield and Charlestown	1806,1906,1930	43°15′37″N 72°25′38″W / 43.26028°N 72.42722°W / 43.26028; -72.42722 (Cheshire Bridge)
Route 12 bridge	VT 12 NH 12	Ascutney and Claremont	1969	43°24′11″N 72°24′01″W / 43.40306°N 72.40028°W / 43.40306; -72.40028 (Route 12 bridge)
New England Central railroad bridge		Windsor and Cornish		43°28′11″N 72°23′19″W / 43.46972°N 72.38861°W / 43.46972; -72.38861 (New England Central railroad bridge)
Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge			1866	43°28′25″N 72°23′01″W / 43.47361°N 72.38361°W / 43.47361; -72.38361 (Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge)
I-89 bridge	I-89	Hartford and Lebanon	1966	43°38′03″N 72°19′43″W / 43.63417°N 72.32861°W / 43.63417; -72.32861 (Interstate 89 bridge)
Railroad bridge		White River Junction and West Lebanon		43°38′49″N 72°18′48″W / 43.64694°N 72.31333°W / 43.64694; -72.31333 (rail bridge (abandoned))
US-4 bridge	US 4		1936, 2015	43°39′02″N 72°18′51″W / 43.65056°N 72.31417°W / 43.65056; -72.31417 (US Route 4 bridge)
Ledyard Bridge	VT 10A NH 10A	Norwich and Hanover	1998	43°42′13″N 72°17′59″W / 43.70361°N 72.29972°W / 43.70361; -72.29972 (Ledyard Bridge)
Lyme–East Thetford Bridge	VT 113 East Thetford Road	East Thetford and Lyme	1937	43°48′43″N 72°10′59″W / 43.81194°N 72.18306°W / 43.81194; -72.18306 (Route 113 bridge)
Morey Memorial Bridge	VT 25A NH 25A	Fairlee and Orford	1937	43°54′25″N 72°08′22″W / 43.90694°N 72.13944°W / 43.90694; -72.13944 (Morey Memorial Bridge)
Piermont Bridge	VT 25 NH 25	Bradford and Piermont	1929	43°58′40″N 72°06′43″W / 43.97778°N 72.11194°W / 43.97778; -72.11194 (Piermont Bridge)
Bedell Covered Bridge (destroyed by wind, 1979)		South Newbury and Haverhill	1805, 1823, 1862, 1866, 1979	44°02′43″N 72°04′27″W / 44.04528°N 72.07417°W / 44.04528; -72.07417 (Bedell Covered Bridge (missing))
Newbury Crossing Road		Newbury and Haverhill	1970	44°03′58″N 72°03′05″W / 44.06611°N 72.05139°W / 44.06611; -72.05139 (Newbury Crossing Road bridge)
Ranger Bridge	US 302	Wells River and Woodsville	1917, 1923	44°09′14″N 72°02′27″W / 44.15389°N 72.04083°W / 44.15389; -72.04083 (Ranger Bridge)
Wells River Bridge (closed)	Boston and Maine Corporation (railroad, upper level), road (lower level, until 1917)		1805, 1853, 1903	44°09′15″N 72°02′26″W / 44.15417°N 72.04056°W / 44.15417; -72.04056 (Wells River Bridge (closed))
Frazier Road bridge		McIndoe Falls and Monroe	1937	44°15′42″N 72°03′32″W / 44.26167°N 72.05889°W / 44.26167; -72.05889 (Frazier Road Bridge)
Barnet Road bridge		Barnet and Monroe	1930	44°17′13″N 72°03′25″W / 44.28694°N 72.05694°W / 44.28694; -72.05694 (Barnet Road Bridge)
I-93 bridge	I-93	Waterford and Littleton	1976, 1981	44°20′34″N 71°53′27″W / 44.34278°N 71.89083°W / 44.34278; -71.89083 (Interstate 93 bridge)
Route 18 bridge	VT 18 NH 18		1934	44°20′33″N 71°53′20″W / 44.34250°N 71.88889°W / 44.34250; -71.88889 (Route 18 bridge)
Whitcomb Bridge		Gilman and Dalton	1997	44°24′39″N 71°43′23″W / 44.41083°N 71.72306°W / 44.41083; -71.72306 (Gilman Road)
old Whitcomb Bridge	pedestrian traffic only		1928	44°24′40.34″N 71°43′21.45″W / 44.4112056°N 71.7226250°W / 44.4112056; -71.7226250 (old Gilman Road)
Twin State railroad bridge		South Lunenburg and Dalton	1928	44°25′38″N 71°40′35″W / 44.42722°N 71.67639°W / 44.42722; -71.67639 (Twin State railroad bridge)
Mount Orne Covered Bridge		Lunenburg and South Lancaster	1911	44°27′36″N 71°39′10″W / 44.46000°N 71.65278°W / 44.46000; -71.65278 (Mount Orne Covered Bridge)
Route 2 bridge	US 2	Guildhall and Lancaster	1950	44°29′46″N 71°35′39″W / 44.49611°N 71.59417°W / 44.49611; -71.59417 (Route 2 bridge)
Guildhall Road		Guildhall and Northumberland	1984	44°33′51″N 71°33′31″W / 44.56417°N 71.55861°W / 44.56417; -71.55861 (Guildhall Road)
Janice Peaslee Bridge		Maidstone and Stratford	1893, 2005	44°39′6.69″N 71°33′45″W / 44.6518583°N 71.56250°W / 44.6518583; -71.56250 (Janice Peaslee Bridge)
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad bridge		Bloomfield and North Stratford		44°45′08″N 71°37′52″W / 44.75222°N 71.63111°W / 44.75222; -71.63111 (St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad bridge)
Route 105 bridge	VT 105		1947	44°45′09″N 71°37′50″W / 44.75250°N 71.63056°W / 44.75250; -71.63056 (Route 105 bridge)
Columbia Bridge		Lemington and Columbia	1912	44°51′11″N 71°33′05″W / 44.85306°N 71.55139°W / 44.85306; -71.55139 (Columbia Bridge)
Route 26 bridge	VT 26 NH 26	Lemington and Colebrook	1953	44°53′56″N 71°30′27″W / 44.89889°N 71.50750°W / 44.89889; -71.50750 (Route 26 bridge)
Route 114 bridge	VT 114 Main Street	Canaan and West Stewartstown	1990	44°59′45″N 71°32′05″W / 44.99583°N 71.53472°W / 44.99583; -71.53472 (Route 114 bridge)
Railroad bridge (former)	Baltimore truss bridge, once used by Maine Central Railroad and North Stratford Railroad; now used by hikers and snowmobilers.[1][2][3]		c. 1903[4]	44°59′59.2″N 71°31′45.4″W / 44.999778°N 71.529278°W / 44.999778; -71.529278 (unknown through-truss bridge)
Canaan–Stewartstown Bridge		Beecher Falls and Stewartstown	1930	45°00′28″N 71°30′27″W / 45.00778°N 71.50750°W / 45.00778; -71.50750 (Canaan–Stewartstown Bridge)
New Hampshire[]
Route 3 bridge	US 3	Pittsburg and Clarksville	1931	45°01′15″N 71°27′50″W / 45.02083°N 71.46389°W / 45.02083; -71.46389 (Route 3 bridge)
Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge (closed 1981)			c. 1876	45°03′16″N 71°24′25″W / 45.05444°N 71.40694°W / 45.05444; -71.40694 (Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge)
Route 145 bridge	NH 145		2006[5]	45°02′57″N 71°23′29″W / 45.04917°N 71.39139°W / 45.04917; -71.39139 (Route 145 bridge)
Murphy Dam Road	unpaved access road		1938[6]	45°02′56.5″N 71°22′57.5″W / 45.049028°N 71.382639°W / 45.049028; -71.382639 (Murphy Dam Road)
Forest Access Road	logging traffic	Pittsburg		45°04′22″N 71°18′08″W / 45.07278°N 71.30222°W / 45.07278; -71.30222 (Pittsburg Forest Access Road)
Magalloway Road	logging traffic			45°07′05″N 71°12′31″W / 45.11806°N 71.20861°W / 45.11806; -71.20861 (Magalloway Road)
Scott Brook Road	logging traffic			45°10′54″N 71°10′38″W / 45.18167°N 71.17722°W / 45.18167; -71.17722 (Scott Brook Road)
Route 3 bridge	US 3		1961	45°11′23″N 71°11′24″W / 45.18972°N 71.19000°W / 45.18972; -71.19000 (Route 3 bridge)

Source: Fourth Connecticut Lake (45°14′52″N 71°12′51.06″W / 45.24778°N 71.2141833°W / 45.24778; -71.2141833 (river source))

See also[]

• List of populated places on the Connecticut River

References[]

Further reading[]

• Whittlesey, Charles W. (1938). Crossing and Re-Crossing the Connecticut River. New Haven, Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. LCC F12.C7 W4.

External links[]