Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge
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| Carries | 11 lanes of I-95 and U.S. Route 1 |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Old Lyme, Connecticut |
| Maintained by | Connecticut Department of Transportation |
| Design | Segmental box girder |
| Total length | 2530.8 ft (771.4 m) |
| Width | 71.85 ft (21.9 m) |
| Clearance below | 81 ft (24.7 m) |
| AADT | 84,000 |
| Opening date | 1948 (rebuilt 1993) |
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The Baldwin Bridge is a concrete segmental bridge composed of eleven spans crossing the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, with an average daily traffic of 84,400[1].
The bridge has numerous signs on it, including the Old Saybrook and Old Lyme town line markers. When heading north on I-95 on the bridge, there is a bike/pedestrian lane to the left of both the north and south lanes.
[edit] History
There have been three bridges on this site.
The first bridge was a double-bascule span completed in 1911.
The second bridge opened in 1948 with a 4-lane girder and floorbeam bridge. This bridge was demolished in 1994 after its replacement opened.
The third and current bridge was built between 1990 and 1993 at a cost of $460 million.
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