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.
Crossings
Connecticut Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire
Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates ImageConnecticutAmtrak Old Saybrook–Old Lyme BridgeAmtrak Northeast CorridorOld Saybrook and Old Lyme1907Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge1948, 1993Chester–Hadlyme FerryChester and Lyme1769East Haddam BridgeHaddam and East Haddam1913Middletown–Portland railroad bridgeMiddletown and PortlandArrigoni Bridge1938Rocky Hill–Glastonbury FerryRocky Hill and Glastonbury1655William H. Putnam Memorial BridgeWethersfield and Glastonbury1959Charter Oak BridgeHartford and East Hartford1942, 1991Founders Bridge1958Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge1908 (widened 1964)Hartford–East Hartford railroad bridgec. 1873Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge and pedestrian/bike pathWindsor and South Windsor1957Dexter Coffin BridgeWindsor Locks and East Windsor1959Bridge Street Bridge1992Warehouse Point railroad bridgeAmtrak New Haven–Springfield LineSuffield and Enfield1903Enfield–Suffield Covered Bridge (destroyed 1900)1832Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge1966Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge (demolished 1971)1893MassachusettsJulia B. Buxton Bridge (South End Bridge)Agawam and Springfield1954Memorial BridgeWest Springfield and Springfield1922Old Toll Bridge (demolished)1816CSX Berkshire Subdivision1873Arthur J. McKenna Bridge (North End Bridge)1924I-91 bridgeWest Springfield and Chicopee1966Chicopee – West Springfield Bridge (demolished 1987)Massachusetts Turnpike bridge1957Jones FerryHolyoke and ChicopeeI-391 bridge1979Willimansett Bridge1891, 2015Connecticut River LineVietnam Memorial BridgeHolyoke and South Hadley1990Joseph E. Muller Bridge1958Northampton Toll BridgeNorthampton and Hadley1808Calvin Coolidge Bridge1937Norwottuck Rail Trail BridgeNorwottuck Rail Trail1887Hatfield Bridge (dismantled 1823)Hatfield and Hadley1807Sunderland BridgeDeerfield and Sunderland1937Deerfield–Montague railroad bridgeFitchburg RouteDeerfield and MontagueCanalside Rail Trail BridgeDeerfield and Montaguec. 1880, 1936Montague City Covered Bridge (destroyed 1936)Greenfield and Montague (approx.)Montague trolley bridge (destroyed 1936) (approx.)General Pierce Bridge1947Turners Falls Road Bridge1936Gill–Montague BridgeGill and Montague1937French King BridgeGill and Erving1931Bennett's Meadow BridgeNorthfield1969Railroad bridgeNew England Central Railroad1903Schell Bridge (closed)1903Vermont – New HampshireRail bridge (demolished)Boston and Maine Railroad Fort Hill Branch (former)Vernon and Hinsdale1913Rail bridge (partially demolished)Boston and Maine Railroad Cheshire Branch (former)Brattleboro and HinsdaleGeneral John Stark Memorial Bridge2024Charles Dana Bridge and the Anna Hunt Marsh Bridge(closed to vehicles)pedestrians and bicycles (future)1920United States Navy Seabees BridgeBrattleboro and Chesterfield2003Route 123 bridgeWestminster and Walpole1910Vilas Bridge (closed)Bellows Falls and North Walpole1930Stone Arch BridgeVermont Rail (Green Mountain)New England Central railroad bridgeArch Bridge1984Cheshire BridgeSpringfield and Charlestown1806,1906,1930Route 12 bridgeAscutney and Claremont1969New England Central railroad bridgeWindsor and CornishCornish–Windsor Covered Bridge1866I-89 bridgeHartford and Lebanon1966Railroad bridgeWhite River Junction and West LebanonLyman Bridge1936, 2015Ledyard BridgeNorwich and Hanover1998Lyme–East Thetford BridgeEast Thetford RoadEast Thetford and Lyme1937North Thetford Bridge (closed 1959 - destroyed winter 1972/1973)Bridge StreetNorth Thetford RoadNorth Thetford and Lyme1822, 1864Morey Memorial BridgeFairlee and Orford1937Piermont BridgeBradford and Piermont1929Bedell Covered Bridge (destroyed by wind, 1979)South Newbury and Haverhill1805, 1823, 1862, 1866, 1979Newbury Crossing RoadNewbury and Haverhill1970Ranger BridgeWells River and Woodsville1917, 1923Wells River Bridge (closed)Boston and Maine Corporation(railroad, upper level), road (lower level, until 1917)1805, 1853, 1903Frazier Road bridgeMcIndoe Falls and Monroe1937Barnet Road bridgeBarnet and Monroe1930I-93 bridgeWaterford and Littleton1976, 1981Route 18 bridge1934Whitcomb BridgeGilman and Dalton1997old Whitcomb Bridgepedestrian traffic only1928Twin State railroad bridgeSouth Lunenburg and Dalton1928Mount Orne Covered BridgeLunenburg and South Lancaster1911Rogers' Rangers BridgeGuildhall and Lancaster2020Guildhall RoadGuildhall and Northumberland1984Janice Peaslee BridgeMaidstone and Stratford1893, 2005St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad bridgeBloomfield and North StratfordRoute 105 bridge1947Columbia BridgeLemington and Columbia1912Route 26 bridgeLemington and Colebrook1953Route 114 bridgeMain StreetCanaan and West Stewartstown1990Railroad bridge (former)Baltimore truss bridge once used by Maine Central Railroad and North Stratford Railroad now used by hikers and snowmobilers.c. 1903Canaan–Stewartstown BridgeBeecher Falls and Stewartstown1930New HampshireRoute 3 bridgePittsburg and Clarksville1931Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge (closed 1981)c. 1876Route 145 bridge2006Murphy Dam Roadunpaved access road1938Forest Access Roadlogging trafficPittsburgMagalloway Roadlogging trafficScott Brook Roadlogging trafficRoute 3 bridge1961
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