Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin Hill Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT
Summary
Significance: The structure is 19 feet wide and 173 feet long. It is the most recently built lenticular through truss surviving in Connecticut, as of 1984. It has been replaced by a new bridge built several yards away.
Survey number: HAER CT-17
Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work
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Tags
iron truss bridges
bridge construction
civil engineering
vehicular bridges
lenticular trusses
connecticut
lover
leap
lenticular
bridge
leap lenticular bridge
housatonic
housatonic river
pumpkin
pumpkin hill road
milford
new milford
litchfield
litchfield county
berlin iron bridge company
historic american engineering record
donald c jackson
jean p yearby
photo
lover leap lenticular bridge
ultra high resolution
high resolution
infrastructure
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Jackson, Donald C, transmitter
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Location
connecticut
,
41.52702, -73.40831
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html