Connecticut Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Connecticut bridges: 265
  • Bridges with photos: 53 (20.0%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 80 (30.2%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 261 (98.5%)

  • Total photos: 375

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 239 (90.2% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 40 (16.7% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 75 (31.4% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 236 (98.7% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 21 (7.9% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 11 (52.4% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 21 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Stone Bridge (Hartford County, built 1832, open to traffic)
  2. West Cornwall Covered Bridge (Litchfield County, built 1841, open to traffic)
  3. Bulls Covered Bridge (Litchfield County, built 1842, open to traffic)
  4. Rippowam River Bridge (Fairfield County, built 1847, open to traffic)
  5. Tunnel Rd Bridge (Tolland County, built 1849, unknown status)
  6. Five Mile River Bridge (Fairfield County, built 1850, open to traffic)
  7. Wepawaug River Bridge (New Haven County, built 1855, open to traffic)
  8. Windham Road Bridge (Windham County, built 1857, open to pedestrians)
  9. Norwalk River Bridge (Fairfield County, built 1860, open to traffic)
  10. Willimantic River Bridge (Windham County, built 1868, open to traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 149 (56.2%)
    • Deck arch: 147 (55.5%)
      • Brick arch: 1 (0.4%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 14 (5.3%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 4 (1.5%)
      • Steel arch: 15 (5.7%)
      • Stone arch: 61 (23.0%)
    • Through arch: 1 (0.4%)
      • Steel through arch: 1 (0.4%)

  • Beam: 13 (4.9%)
    • Stringer: 13 (4.9%)
      • Timber stringer: 13 (4.9%)

  • Rigid frame: 12 (4.5%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 10 (3.8%)

  • Girder: 10 (3.8%)
    • Deck girder: 7 (2.6%)
      • Deck plate girder: 7 (2.6%)
    • Pony/through girder: 2 (0.8%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 2 (0.8%)

  • Other: 8 (3.0%)

  • Truss: 72 (27.2%)
    • Deck truss: 7 (2.6%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Warren deck truss: 3 (1.1%)
      • Whipple deck truss: 1 (0.4%)
    • Pony truss: 31 (11.7%)
      • Bailey pony truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Lenticular pony truss: 11 (4.2%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Warren pony truss: 14 (5.3%)
        • Warren pony truss with no verticals: 1 (0.4%)
    • Through truss: 34 (12.8%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Double-intersection Warren through truss: 3 (1.1%)
      • Lattice through truss: 2 (0.8%)
        • Town lattice truss: 2 (0.8%)
      • Lenticular through truss: 4 (1.5%)
      • Parker through truss: 8 (3.0%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 2 (0.8%)
      • Pratt through truss: 5 (1.9%)
      • Warren through truss: 5 (1.9%)
      • Whipple through truss: 1 (0.4%)

  • Tunnel: 1 (0.4%)