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Mount Hope Road Bridge

Tolland County, Connecticut
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View East, General View Of Bridge Within Setting

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Description 

Mount Hope Road Bridge is significant as a representative example of early 20th-century bridge engineering and as one of the earliest known products of the Berlin Construction Company, Connecticut's leading fabricator of the period. The bridge's steel material, riveted connections, and Warren-truss design reflect the standardization in bridge engineering that had occurred by the turn of the century. The Berlin Construction Company was started in 1900 by former officials of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company when that firm was absorbed into the American Bridge Company.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren pony truss with no verticals bridge over Mount Hope River on Mount Hope Road
Location
Tolland County, Connecticut
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1901; rehabilitated 1977; replaced 1998
Builder
- Berlin Construction Co.
Design
Warren pony truss with no verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 68.9 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.82404, -72.17155   (decimal degrees)
41°49'27" N, 72°10'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/734900/4634107 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Spring Hill
Inventory numbers
CT 4727 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 51826 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/1990)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 32.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1984)
350

Categories 

Berlin Construction Co. (10)
Built 1901 (283)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
Connecticut (267)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Lost (10,494)
Lost 1998 (341)
Lost during 1990s (3,227)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
Owned by township (1,820)
 Pony truss (13,212)
Replaced by new bridge (7,218)
Riveted (1,019)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,011)
Tolland County, Connecticut (14)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,907)
Truss (23,615)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren pony truss with no verticals (19)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2012: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER CT-149 - Mount Hope Road Bridge, Spanning Mount Hope River at Mount Hope Road, Mansfield City, Tolland County, CT

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