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Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin Hill Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

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Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin Hill Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT

description

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 It has been replaced by a new bridge built several yards away.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

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, 41.52702, -73.40831

Google Map of 41.5270178, -73.4083109

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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