East Haddam Bridge

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East Haddam Swing Bridge
Carries	Route 82
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	Haddam and East Haddam, Connecticut
Maintained by	Connecticut Department of Transportation
Design	Swing truss
Total length	884.8 ft (269.7 m)
Width	24.6 ft (7.5 m)
Clearance below	24.9 ft (7.6 m)
AADT	11,600
Opening date	1913 (rebuilt 1999)

The East Haddam Bridge is a steel, movable (swing) truss bridge composed of two main spans crossing the Connecticut River between Haddam, Connecticut and East Haddam, Connecticut. The bridge carries Route 82, with an average daily traffic of 11,600.^[1] Compared to the downstream Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, which carries I-95 and U.S. Route 1 (in six lanes), and has more than eight times as much traffic daily, the East Haddam Bridge has only two lanes and no separate pedestrian/bicycle lane. It is also closer to the river and is much shorter in length as a result.

[edit] See also

• List of crossings of the Connecticut River

[edit] References

1. ^ ROUTE - 001 NEW YORK SL (GREENWICH) TO RHODE ISLAND SL (STONINGTON) PAGE 1

[edit] External links

• Connecticut's Historic Movable Bridges
• East Haddam Bridge in the Structurae database

Crossings of the Connecticut River Upstream Providence & Worcester railroad bridge East Haddam Bridge Downstream Chester - Hadlyme Ferry