Richard's Lenticular Bridge

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Description 

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Overview

Lost Lenticular through truss bridge over Farmington River on Road

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

Also called

Unionville Lenticular Bridge

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)

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Update Log 

• June 22, 2017: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added photo, short description.
• June 2, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

• Richard's Covered Bridge (Predecessor)
• Farmington River Trail - Farmington River Bridge (Upstream)
• Unionville Bridge (Downstream)

Sources 

• Luke
• "Connecticut and Rhode Island Covered Bridges " by William S. Caswell, Jr. - Book
• Connecticut History Illustrated - Image
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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