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Hartford Road Bridge (1954)
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Farmington River on CT 185 in Weatogue.
- Location
- Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1954; rehabilitated 2001
- Builder
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Polygonal Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 224.1 ft.
Total length: 231.0 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
- Also called
- Bataan Corregidor Memorial Bridge
Pinchot Sycamore Bridge
CT-185 Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.84716, -72.80701 (decimal degrees)
41°50'50" N, 72°48'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/682057/4635131 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Avon
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 17,800
- Inventory numbers
- CT 1500 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12100 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of August 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- May 3, 2019: New photos from Chester Gehman
- March 19, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated location
Related Bridges
- Hartford Road Bridge (Pre 1909) (Predecessor)
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Farmington River Bridge
I am president of the Schuylkill River Heritage Center at the Foundry Building in Phoenixville, PA where this bridge was made. We are putting photos of bridges from all over the USA on our web site and i would like to use this image We are a 501c3 charitable non-profit organization.
Thank you. Barbara Cohen
Farmington River Bridge
I am president of the Schuylkill River Heritage Center at the Foundry Building in Phoenixville, PA where this bridge was made. We are putting photos of bridges from all over the USA on our web site and i would like to use this image We are a 501c3 charitable non-profit organization.
Thank you. Barbara Cohen
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Hi, this bridge was renamed the 'Bataan Corregidor Memorial Bridge' in honor of World War II servicemen who fought in the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor on Saturday, December 7 2013. ref: https://patch.com/connecticut/simsbury/bataan-corregidor-bri...