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| Official name | Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles I-84 / US 6 / US 44 |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Maintained by | ConnDOT[1] |
| Design | stone arch bridge |
| Total length | 1,075 feet (328 m) |
| Width | 110 feet (34 m) |
| Longest span | 119 feet (36 m) |
| Clearance below | 39 feet (12 m) |
| Construction begin | 1903 |
| Construction end | 1908[2] |
| Opened | 1908 |
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| Location: | Hartford and East Hartford |
| Built: | 1908 |
| Architect: | Graves, Edwin D., Wheelwright, Edmund M. |
| Architectural style: | CLASSICAL REVIVAL |
| NRHP Reference#: | 93001347 |
| Added to NRHP: | 1993-12-10 |
The Bulkeley Bridge (also known as Hartford Bridge, Bridge No. 980A) is a stone arch bridge composed of nine spans located in Hartford, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 84, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 44 across the Connecticut River, connecting Hartford to East Hartford. As of 2005 the bridge carried an average daily traffic of 142,500 cars.[3]
The Bulkeley Bridge is one of the oldest bridges in use in the Interstate Highway System.[4] It is also the longest stone arch bridge in the world.[5] The Bulkeley Bridge is named for Connecticut governor and United States Senator, Morgan Bulkeley.
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The current bridge is the third at that location.
The first bridge was built in 1810. Washed away in 1818, it was succeeded by a covered bridge, which burned in 1895. The current bridge opened in 1908.[6]
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