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Pleasant Valley Bridge (1939)

Litchfield County, Connecticut

Photos 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr in February 2011

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BH Photo #195596

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Replaced a steel bridge lost in 1938 flood.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over West Branch Farmington River on CT 181 in Barkhamsted
Location
Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1986
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 232.0 ft.
Total length: 238.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.6 ft.
Also called
Church Pool Bridge
Pleasant Valley Road Bridge
Route 318 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.91270, -72.98785   (decimal degrees)
41°54'46" N, 72°59'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/666872/4642040 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Hartford
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
6,600
Inventory numbers
CT 1496 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Barkhamsted, Connecticut (6)
Built 1939 (811)
Built during 1930s (12,198)
Connecticut (842)
Farmington River (19)
Have street view (29,246)
Litchfield County, Connecticut (95)
Open (41,012)
 Owned by state (16,592)
Parker through truss (1,416)
Parker truss (1,812)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,077)
Through truss (17,226)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,525)
Truss (35,981)

Update Log 

  • March 21, 2020: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • July 4, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: Corrected name
  • October 5, 2013: Updated by Brent Tindall: Adjusted GPS coordinates
  • March 21, 2011: New photos from Doug Kerr
  • March 19, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated location

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Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Doug Kerr
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Pleasant Valley Bridge
Posted July 24, 2020, by Michael m Grant (mgrant0606 [at] aol [dot] com)

Grew up right next to this bridge. Fished off of it alot. Before it was a tar roadway it was steel waffle and very slippery when wet. lots of accidents on sunday with people leaving peoples forest...