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Toelles Road Bridge

New Haven County, Connecticut

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Toelles Bridge

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Description 

One of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company's last projects before being absorbed into the American Bridge Co.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over Quinnipiac River on Toelles Road in Wallingford
Location
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1898; damaged and repaired 1968; closed 1981
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design
Double-intersection Warren through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 110.0 ft.
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.43265, -72.85078   (decimal degrees)
41°25'58" N, 72°51'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/679570/4589016 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84545 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,640)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (178)
Built 1898 (306)
Built during 1890s (2,997)
Connecticut (779)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (169)
Double-intersection Warren truss (458)
Lost (25,085)
Lost 1982 (110)
 Lost during 1980s (1,405)
New Haven County, Connecticut (171)
Owned by city (5,504)
Replaced by new bridge (16,867)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,411)
Through truss (15,221)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,192)
Truss (33,029)
Wallingford, Connecticut (4)

Update Log 

  • April 17, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 25, 2019: New photo from Chester Gehman

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