Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge, Foot trail over New Haven Railroad, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

Significance: Erected in 1934 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge is a key transportation element of Rocky Neck Park and carries a foot trail across the New Haven railroad tracks to the Rocky Neck Park Pavilion, the largest Depression-era structure built in Connecticut. The Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge is also an unusual surviving example of a railroad footbridge.

Survey number: HAER CT-165

Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction

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