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Frenchtown Road over Merritt Parkway Bridge
Description
The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornamental characteristics of the bridges. This, combined with the philosophy of incorporating architecture into bridge design and the individuality of each structure, makes them distinctive.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Merritt Parkway (CT 15) on Frenchtown Road in Trumbull
- Location
- Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1942
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 106.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.6 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.23181, -73.21175 (decimal degrees)
41°13'55" N, 73°12'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/649869/4566032 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bridgeport
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 2,118
- Inventory numbers
- CT 749 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12052 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- July 15, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- July 30, 2014: HAER photos posted by Ian Martin
Sources
- HAER CT-119 - Merritt Parkway, Frenchtown Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com