Historic Bridges
of the United States
Washington Avenue Bridge
New Haven County
,
Connecticut
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Overview
Lenticular pony truss bridge over Mad River on Washington Avenue in Waterbury
Location
Waterbury
,
New Haven County
,
Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1878 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1982
Builder
-
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design
Lenticular pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 64.0 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 2001
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.54394, -73.03792
(decimal degrees)
41°32'38" N, 73°02'17" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
CT 4534
(Connecticut bridge number)
NRHP 01000354
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36111
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 07/2006)
Deck condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Good
(7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 59.1
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 1992)
8,600
Categories
19th Century
(1,725)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
(15)
Built 1878
(30)
Built during 1870s
(257)
Connecticut
(215)
Functionally obsolete
(5,063)
Lenticular truss
(22)
NR-listed
(1,470)
New Haven County, Connecticut
(51)
Open
(21,592)
Owned by city
(1,880)
Pony truss
(9,385)
Span length 50-75 feet
(4,650)
Total length 50-75 feet
(4,935)
Truss
(15,742)
Waterbury, Connecticut
(5)
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