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Congress Street Bridge (1909)

Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Congress Street Bridge

Scherzer type removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #283583

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Overview
Bascule bridge over Pequonnock River on Congress Street in Bridgeport.
Location
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Status
Draw spans removed
History
Built 1909; rehabilitated 1937; Closed 1997; Draw spans removed 2010
Builders
- Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Steel fabrication)
- Joseph R. Worchester of Boston, Massachusetts (Concrete arch approach)
- Raymond F. Stoddard (Design Consultant)
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Design License)
Railroads
- Connecticut Company (ConnCo)
- Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (CR&L)
- Streetcar
Design
Bascule Deck plate girder with concrete arch approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 112.9 ft.
Total length: 424.9 ft.
Deck width: 55.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.18344, -73.18770   (decimal degrees)
41°11'00" N, 73°11'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/651997/4560703 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bridgeport
Average daily traffic (as of 1979)
10,900
Inventory numbers
CT 4251 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12046 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2009)
Sufficiency rating: 26.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Abandoned (3,980)
Arch (12,776)
Bascule (1,105)
Bridgeport, Connecticut (17)
Built 1909 (815)
Built during 1900s (7,812)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,306)
Connecticut (847)
Connecticut Company (20)
Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (10)
Deck arch (12,000)
Deck girder (6,461)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (195)
Fort Pitt Bridge Works (44)
Girder (11,436)
Have street view (30,043)
 Joseph R. Worchester (10)
Lost 2010 (488)
Lost during 2010s (3,650)
Movable (3,170)
Navigable waterway (2,235)
Owned by city (6,194)
Plate girder (8,958)
Rail-and-Road (400)
Railroad (16,786)
Raymond F. Stoddard (1)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Skewed (5,085)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,645)
Streetcar (292)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,643)

Update Log 

  • January 13, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 2, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 9, 2017: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added builders
  • January 4, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 3, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • May 15, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • October 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.

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Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Congress Street Bridge
Posted May 9, 2011, by Nathan Holth

I presume this bridge is demolished: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Congress-Street-bridge-de...