List of crossings of the Connecticut River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Connecticut River from its mouth at Long Island Sound upstream to its source at the Connecticut Lakes. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as ferries carrying a state highway across the river. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.

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Crossings

Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates

Connecticut
Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge Amtrak Northeast Corridor Old Saybrook and Old Lyme
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge I-95
US 1		 1948
(rebuilt in 1993)
Chester–Hadlyme Ferry Route 148 Chester and Lyme 1769
East Haddam Bridge Route 82 Haddam and East Haddam 1913
Providence and Worcester railroad bridge Middletown and Portland
Arrigoni Bridge Route 17
Route 66		 1938
Rocky Hill – Glastonbury Ferry Route 160 Rocky Hill and Glastonbury 1655
William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge Route 3 Wethersfield and Glastonbury 1959
Charter Oak Bridge US 5
Route 15		 Hartford and East Hartford 1991
Founders Bridge Route 2 1958
Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge I-84
US 6
US 44		 1906
Connecticut Southern railroad bridge
Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge I-291 Windsor and South Windsor 1958
Dexter Coffin Bridge I-91 Windsor Locks and East Windsor 1959
Bridge Street Bridge Route 140 rebuilt 1992
Amtrak/Springfield Terminal Railroad Bridge Amtrak New Haven – Springfield Line Suffield and Enfield
Enfield–Suffield Covered Bridge (destroyed 1900) 1832
Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge Route 190 1966
Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge (demolished 1971) 1893

Massachusetts
Julia B. Buxton Bridge (South End Bridge) US 5 Agawam and Springfield 1954
Memorial Bridge Route 147 West Springfield and Springfield 1922
Old Toll Bridge (demolished) 1816
CSX Berkshire rail bridge CSX Berkshire Subdivision 1873
North End Bridge US 20 1924
I-91 bridge I-91 West Springfield and Chicopee 1966
Chicopee – West Springfield Bridge (demolished 1987)
Massachusetts Turnpike bridge I-90 1957
I-391 bridge I-391 Holyoke and Chicopee 1979
Willimansett Bridge Route 116
Route 141		 1891
Springfield Terminal railroad bridge
Vietnam Memorial Bridge Route 116 Holyoke and South Hadley 1990
Joseph E. Muller Bridge US 202 1958
Northampton Toll Bridge Northampton and Hadley 1808
Calvin Coolidge Bridge Route 9 1937
Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge Norwottuck Rail Trail 1887
Hatfield Bridge (dismantled 1823) Toll Bridge passed by state legislature March 8, 1803 without funding. Town purchase it by lottery, was completed October 20, 1807 and dismantled on July 7, 1823. Bridge was located on Bridge Lane, Hatfield, MA Hatfield and Hadley 1807
Sunderland Bridge Route 116 Deerfield and Sunderland 1937
Springfield Terminal railroad bridge Deerfield and Montague
Canalside Rail Trail Bridge Deerfield and Montague c1880
Montague City Covered Bridge (destroyed 1936) Greenfield and Montague (approx.)
Montague trolley bridge (destroyed 1936) (approx.)
General Pierce Bridge 1947
Turners Falls Road Bridge 1936
Gill–Montague Bridge Gill and Montague 1937
French King Bridge Route 2 Gill and Erving 1931
Route 10 bridge Route 10 Northfield 1969
Rail bridge New England Central Railroad and Amtrak 1903
Schell Bridge (closed) 1903

Vermont – New Hampshire
Fort Hill Branch rail bridge Brattleboro and Hinsdale
VT/NH Route 119 bridge VT 119
NH 119		 1920
United States Navy Seabees Bridge VT 9
NH 9		 Brattleboro and Chesterfield rebuilt 2003
Route 123 bridge VT 123
NH 123		 Westminster and Walpole 1910
Vilas Bridge Bellows Falls and North Walpole 1930
Stone Arch Bridge Vermont Rail (Green Mountain)
New England Central railroad bridge
Arch Bridge 1983
Cheshire Bridge VT 11
NH 11		 Springfield and Charlestown ?
Route 12 bridge VT 12
NH 12		 Ascutney and Claremont 1969
New England Central railroad bridge Windsor and Cornish
Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge 1866
I-89 bridge I-89 Hartford and Lebanon 1966
Railroad bridge White River Junction and West Lebanon
US-4 bridge US 4 1936
Ledyard Bridge VT 10A
NH 10A		 Norwich and Hanover 1998
Route 113 bridge VT 113
East Thetford Road		 East Thetford and Lyme 1937
Morey Memorial Bridge VT 25A
NH 25A		 Fairlee and Orford 1937
Route 25 bridge VT 25
NH 25		 Bradford and Piermont 1929
Bedell Covered Bridge (destroyed by wind, 1979) South Newbury and Haverhill 1805, 1823, 1862, 1866, 1979
Newbury Crossing Road Newbury and Haverhill 1970
Ranger Bridge US 302 Wells River and Woodsville 1923
Wells River Bridge (closed) Boston and Maine Corporation (railroad)
Frazier Road McIndoe Falls and Monroe 1937
Barnet Road Bridge 1930
I-93 bridge I-93 Waterford and Littleton 1976, 1981
Route 18 bridge VT 18
NH 18		 1934
Gilman Road Gilman and Dalton reconstructed 1997
old Gilman Road pedestrian traffic only
Twin State railroad bridge South Lunenburg and Dalton
Mount Orne Covered Bridge Lunenburg and South Lancaster 1911
Route 2 bridge US 2 Guildhall and Lancaster 1950
Guildhall Road Guildhall and Northumberland 1984
Janice Peaslee Bridge Stratford, New Hampshire to Maidstone, Vermont 1893, 2005
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad bridge Bloomfield and North Stratford
Route 105 bridge VT 105 1947
Columbia Bridge Lemington and Columbia 1912
Route 26 bridge VT 26
NH 26		 Lemington and Colebrook 1953
Route 114 bridge VT 114
Main Street		 Canaan and West Stewartstown 1990
Canaan–Stewartstown Bridge Beecher Falls and Stewartstown 1930

New Hampshire
Route 3 bridge US 3 Pittsburg and Clarksville 1931
Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge (closed 1981) approximately 1876
Route 145 bridge NH 145 1941
Murphy Dam Road
Forest Access Road logging traffic Pittsburg
Magalloway Road logging traffic
Scott Brook Road logging traffic
Route 3 bridge US 3 1961

Source: Fourth Connecticut Lake ()

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