Cornwall Bridge

Cornwall Bridge
View of the NRHP listed Cornwall Bridge Railroad Station through an arched span of the Bridge, March 24, 2012
Coordinates	41°49′10″N 73°22′22″W / 41.81944°N 73.37278°WCoordinates: 41°49′10″N 73°22′22″W / 41.81944°N 73.37278°W
Bridge No. 560
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Connecticut Highway Department; Blakeslee, C.W. & Sons
NRHP Reference #	04001090[1]
Added to NRHP	September 29, 2004
Carries	2 lanes of US 7 / Route 4
Crosses	Housatonic River
Locale	Sharon and Cornwall, Connecticut
Official name	Bridge No. 560
Maintained by	Connecticut Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	open spandrel concrete arch
Total length	674 feet (205 m)
History
Opened	1930

The Cornwall Bridge (also known as Bridge No. 560) is a two-lane, concrete arch bridge carrying U.S. Route 7/Connecticut Route 4 over the Housatonic River and the Housatonic Railroad in Northwestern Connecticut. It was built in 1930 by C.W. Blakeslee and Sons for the Connecticut Highway Department and consists of 6 open-spandrel arches spanning 674 feet (205 m), and is a fairly large example of concrete open-spandrel construction.^[2] The bridge was reconstructed in 1994 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

See also

• Bridges portal
• Connecticut portal
• National Register of Historic Places portal
• List of crossings of the Housatonic River
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "NRHP nomination for Bridge No. 560" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-08.

External links

Media related to Cornwall Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

• Connecticut Historic Highway Bridges
• Bridge design