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Palisado Avenue Bridge (1854) 07-02-24#2x

Hartford County, Connecticut

Photos 

Palisado Avenue Bridge

looking southeast

Photo from Windsor Historical Society

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #484757

Map 

Description 

Replaced a covered Town Lattice truss bridge of 1833 washed away in a flood in May, 1854.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe truss covered bridge over Farmington River on Palisado Avenue in Windsor.
Location
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1854
Design
Howe through truss
Also called
Fenton's Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.85685, -72.63844   (decimal degrees)
41°51'25" N, 72°38'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/696022/4636579 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 91037 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,629)
Built 1854 (61)
Built during 1850s (668)
Connecticut (856)
Covered (3,342)
Hartford County, Connecticut (151)
Howe through truss (660)
Howe truss (807)
 Lost (31,795)
Lost 1916 (81)
Lost during 1910s (828)
Owned by township (3,631)
Replaced by new bridge (21,686)
Through truss (19,028)
Truss (38,309)
Windsor, Connecticut (9)

Update Log 

  • May 21, 2022: Updated by Tony Dillon: Corrected truss type in Overview.
  • May 21, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 10, 2021: Updated by Chester Gehman: Changed truss type to Howe; added some description.
  • October 25, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

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Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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