Housatonic River Bridge

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in October 2010

BH Photo #195588

Overview: Six-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Housatonic River & Housatonic Railroad on US 7 & CT 4 in Cornwall
Location: Litchfield County, Connecticut
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1930; rehabilitated 1994
Builder: - C.W. Blakeslee & Sons of New Haven, Connecticut
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 191.9 ft.
Total length: 673.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 2004
Also called: Cornwall Bridge
Bridge No. 560
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.81991, -73.37313 (decimal degrees)
41°49'12" N, 73°22'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/635115/4631060 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Cornwall
Inventory numbers: CT 560 (Connecticut bridge number)
NRHP 04001090 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 12123 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2016): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 89.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 2,600