Saugatuck River Bridge
41.122777777778 - 73.369444444444Koordinaten: 41 ° 7 ' 22 " N, 73 ° 22' 10" W
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Route 136
Saugatuck River
The Saugatuck River Bridge is a bridge in Westport in the U.S. state of Connecticut and carries Route 136 over the Saugatuck River. The bridge built in 1884, is the oldest existing movable bridge in Connecticut and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The total length of the bridge is 87.5 m and the width amounts to 6.1 m. The height clearance under the bridge is at least 2.1 m. Every day about 15,700 vehicles cross the bridge. In 2007, the bridge in William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge was renamed. A similar, also located in Connecticut Bridge is the East Haddam Bridge.
History
1746 established a ferry near Westport, to set the traffic over the Saugatuck River. This was replaced around 1807 by the first bridge, as the Connecticut Turnpike was established. 1857 was the need for a new building has become urgent, and the city was 22,500 U.S. dollars ( in today's prices, about 412,000 U.S. dollars) from to 1869 at this point to build a wooden bridge. 6 Within the ten years in which construction costs were paid off, woodworm had the building made almost impassable, so that Westport had to build another bridge over the river. Five years later, the city awarded to the Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York commissioned to build a bridge of wrought iron. The Union Bridge Company was the only construction company that submitted a bid. 3 cost The new bridge 26,700 U.S. dollars (1884, in current prices, 680,000 U.S. dollars), were added the cost of the demolition of the afflicted woodworm Bridge 1869: . 6 the bridge is the oldest existing movable bridge in Connecticut. It allows the passage of ships, which was significant at the time for the economy in the region. The bridge consists of a 44 m long fixed span on the east side and a movable span. Both margins consist of a riveted Pratt - brace construction made of wrought iron.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 12 February 1987. In the nomination for the entry reads:
" [ The ] Saugatuck River Bridge is significant at the national level as a rare still existing example of the first generation of movable iron bridges. ... The company that built it, the Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York, was a leading, albeit briefly existing pioneer in the design of swing bridges; their margins followed the designs of the company's director Charles Kellogg and his son Charles H. Kellogg. The bridge is also significant in the history of Westport, because they have the important role of maritime trade (especially the shipment of onions) for the city's economy in the 19th century illustrated ... a role of such sufficient importance that the city of the extra effort and took the cost of the construction of a movable bridge on itself so as not to obstruct traffic on the water. 6 "