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It featured two lanes in each direction, and open steel grid decking that saved cost to stay within budget [3] and was unpopular with drivers. [4] A toll plaza stood at the eastern end of the Sikorsky Bridge until Connecticut abolished tolls in 1988, and is now preserved in Stratford at the Boothe Memorial Park and Museum.
The Essex Freight Station is located at the southern end of Railroad Avenue, a spur road off Connecticut Route 154 just west of the limited access highway of Connecticut Route 9. The setting includes the railyard, now used by the heritage Connecticut Valley Railroad, which includes operable early 20th-century equipment including switches and ...
Mattabesset River Bridge (c.1880s or 1890s), abandoned lenticular pony-truss in Connecticut spanning the Mattabesset River between Cromwell and Berlin [4] Berlin Bridge (1880) over Webutuck Creek, a lenticular truss bridge manufactured in 1880 and shipped to the area for installation by local residents, NRHP-listed
Although Connecticut is divided into counties, there are no county-level governments, and local government in Connecticut exists solely at the municipal level. [2] Almost all functions of county government were abolished in Connecticut in 1960, [3] except for elected county sheriffs and their departments under them. Those offices and their ...
Essex, Connecticut: Reporting mark: VALE: Locale: Middlesex County, Connecticut: Dates of operation: 1971 () –present: Predecessor: Connecticut Valley Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Transportation Company: Technical; Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: Length: 21.67 miles (34.87 km ...
The Gold Star Memorial Bridge is a pair of steel truss bridges that carry both Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 across the Thames River between New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut. The bridge is the largest structure in the state, with more than 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m 2 ) of deck area, and the longest bridge in the state at 6,000 ...
The Arrigoni Bridge, also known locally as the Portland Bridge is a steel through arch bridge carrying Route 17 and Route 66 across the Connecticut River, connecting Middletown, Connecticut, to Portland, Connecticut. When it opened in 1938, the 1,200 feet (370 m) bridge was the most expensive bridge ever built in Connecticut, at a cost of $3.5 ...
The main station of the Essex Steam Train is located in Centerbrook. The steam train has tracks from Amtrak's Shore Line (part of the Northeast Corridor) in Old Saybrook to Haddam. The steam train and riverboat ride goes from Essex to Chester on the train, but the Dinner Train goes from Essex to just north of Route 82 in Haddam.