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Bissell Bridge
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Bissell Bridge
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Photo taken by Wikimedia Commons user Pepper in March 2013
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
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BH Photo #476743
Description
This bridge was built with the intention that Interstate 291 would be extended south and west of I-91 as part of the Metro Hartford Beltway. When these plans were cancelled, there was some talk of demolishing and replacing the Bissell Bridge and downgrading the structure to reduce maintenance costs, however the decision was made to leave the bridge in place. The bridge today does appear to be slightly underutilized but remains busy enough to not seem out of place.Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Connecticut River on Interstate 291
- Location
- Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1958; rehabilitated 1993
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 1,682.2 ft.
Deck width: 76.1 ft.
- Also called
- Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.81320, -72.64475 (decimal degrees)
41°48'48" N, 72°38'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/695631/4631717 (zone/easting/northing)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 64,100
- Inventory numbers
- CT 1431 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 90014 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of December 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82 (out of 100)
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