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Comstock Covered Bridge 07-04-01 #2
Middlesex County
,
Connecticut
Photos
Overview
http://www.coveredbridgesite.com/ct/comstock.html
BH Photo #281134
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Facts
Overview
Howe through truss bridge over Salmon River on Bridge Street
Location
East Hampton
,
Middlesex County
,
Connecticut
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1873, rebuilt 2011
Design
Howe through truss with sheathed queenpost pony truss approach span on east side
Dimensions
Total length: 80.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.55330
,
-72.44846
(decimal degrees)
41°33'12" N, 72°26'54" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/712792/4603325
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Moodus
Inventory numbers
WGCB 07-04-01 #2
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76001978
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 60574
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(8,346)
Built 1873
(111)
Built during 1870s
(1,261)
Connecticut
(837)
Covered
(1,928)
East Hampton, Connecticut
(5)
Howe through truss
(512)
Howe truss
(640)
Middlesex County, Connecticut
(65)
NR-listed
(3,013)
Open to pedestrians
(4,580)
Pony truss
(17,008)
Queenpost truss
(296)
Through truss
(16,748)
Total length 75-100 feet
(6,788)
Truss
(35,420)
Wooden deck
(6,159)
Update Log
April 20, 2021: Updated by Josh Schmid: Added east approach span
April 18, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
April 13, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
April 2, 2014: Added by James McCray
Related Bridges
CT 16 Salmon River Bridge
(Downstream)
Air Line State Park Trail - Blackledge River Bridge
(Upstream)
Sources
James McCray -
jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comstock Bridge
- Pics and Info
Life, On A Bridged
- Information on 2011 reconstruction
Richard Doody
Josh Schmid
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