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Richard's Bridge (1895)
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Richards Unionville
Photo submitted by Chester Gehman; Lewis H. Mills Collection
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BH Photo #394953
Description
Replaced a covered bridge built in 1837. Washed out on August 19, 1955.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lenticular through truss bridge over Farmington River on Collinsville Road in Unionville
- Location
- Unionville, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Built 1895; Lost to flooding in 1955
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.76421, -72.89639 (decimal degrees)
41°45'51" N, 72°53'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/674862/4625735 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Collinsville
- Inventory number
- BH 61179 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 11, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman
- June 22, 2017: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added photo, short description.
- June 2, 2014: Added by Luke Harden