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Boardman's Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Boardman's Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

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Boardman's Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Boardman's Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

description

Summary

Significance: 188 feet in length, in 1984 this bridge was the longest lenticular truss in the State. Aside from redecking, the bridge retains almost all of its historic integrity. It is scheduled for replacement in 1985.
Survey number: HAER CT-16
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1985 Demolished

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Berlin Iron Bridge Company

Jackson, Donald C, transmitter

Yearby, Jean P, transmitter

place

Location

connecticut, 41.57704, -73.40855

Google Map of 41.5770433, -73.4085463

create

Source

Library of Congress

link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/

copyright

Copyright info

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