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Gold Star Memorial Bridge

New London County, Connecticut
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Overview

These photos were part of a HAER project to document the Northeast Corridor rail line, but just happened to capture the I-95 bridge in the background

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record as part of documentation of the Northeast Corridor

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Street View 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Pair of deck truss bridges over Thames River on I-95/US 1 in New London
Location
New London, New London County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1943; twin span built 1973
Design
Pair of 11-span Warren deck trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 540.1 ft.
Total length: 5,931.4 ft. (1.1 mi.)
Deck width: 80.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.8 ft.
Also called
Thames River I-95 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.36386, -72.08742   (decimal degrees)
41°21'50" N, 72°05'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/743613/4583244 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
New London
Inventory numbers
CT 3819 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 48.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
57,200

Categories 

Built 1943 (70)
Built during 1940s (2,925)
Cantilevered (246)
Cantilevered truss (225)
Connecticut (282)
Deck truss (1,077)
Flared (405)
Functionally obsolete (7,132)
Have street view (13,674)
Interstate 95 (16)
Navigable waterway (1,577)
New London County, Connecticut (21)
 New London, Connecticut (2)
Open (29,993)
Over a mile long (206)
Owned by state (10,362)
Skewed (4,117)
Span length 500-1000 feet (325)
Total length over 2500 feet (632)
Truss (24,567)
US 1 (65)
Warren deck truss (385)
Warren truss (4,313)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
  • March 23, 2012: Photos imported by James Baughn
  • March 19, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • January 30, 2010: Added HAER photos

Sources 

  • HAER CT-11 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connec, New Haven, New Haven County, CT
  • Wikipedia
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com

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