Glen Falls Bridge

Glen Falls Bridge
Location Brunswick Ave. over Moosup River, Plainfield, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°43′1″N 71°51′43″W / 41.71694°N 71.86194°W / 41.71694; -71.86194Coordinates: 41°43′1″N 71°51′43″W / 41.71694°N 71.86194°W / 41.71694; -71.86194
Area less than one acre
Built 1886
Architect Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Architectural style Lenticular through Truss
NRHP Reference # 99000408[1]
Added to NRHP April 01, 1999

The Glen Falls Bridge is a historic bridge that formerly carried Brunswick Avenue over the Moosup River in Plainfield, Connecticut. It is a single-span wrought iron lenticular pony truss bridge, manufacted by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1886. It is 124 feet (38 m) long, and rests on 20th-century reinforced concrete abutments. When built, the road it was on was the main east-west route through the area; it was bypassed by the present alignment of Connecticut Route 14 in 1940. It is closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Glen Falls Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-09.


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