New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span with overhead counterweight. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as an individual engineering solution to the need to provide dependable rail service while accommodating river navigation.

Survey number: HAER CT-27

Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1948 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work

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