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The Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge carries I-291 over the Connecticut River, connecting the towns of Windsor, Connecticut and South Windsor, Connecticut. There is a pedestrian crossing on the bridge on the westbound, upstream side.
Route 75 begins as Poquonock Avenue at Route 159 in the town center of Windsor near the Windsor railroad station and heads northwest parallel to the Farmington River.It has an interchange with I-91 at Exit 38 about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northwest of Route 159, where Route 75 also passes in front of Day Hill Mall.
Windsor High Street with Caleys store, shortly before closure in 2006. The corner of the Guildhall can be seen on the right. Photo: Pamela Marson. Caleys was a department store in Windsor, Berkshire, England. It opened in the High Street in 1823, when an existing family business transferred from Castle Street, now Castle Hill.
The Bridge Street Bridge is a crossing for Route 140 over the Connecticut River, connecting the towns of Windsor Locks and East Windsor. The current bridge was completed in 1992. [1] The previous bridge at this location was a 7-span through Pratt truss built in 1921. [2] Before that there was a suspension bridge built in 1886. [2]
The Broad Brook CDP occupies most of the east-central part of the town of East Windsor. It is bordered to the east by the town of Ellington in Tolland County, to the south by Chamberlain Road and Ketch Brook, to the west by the Scantic River, and to the north by Connecticut Route 140 and a portion of Broad Brook, the community's namesake waterway.
The school began as a grammar school in 1854 and was turned into a high school in 1871 and was known as Windsor Collegiate Institute until 1929, when it was renamed, J.C. Patterson, after a Windsor lawyer and politician. The official cornerstone for the building was placed in 1888, and the school remained on the same site until its closing in 1973.
Police are hunting two masked raiders who broke into farm buildings on the Windsor Castle estate as Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three children reportedly slept in their home nearby.
The Loomis Homestead in Windsor, Connecticut is one of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house is an ell adjacent to the main house, believed to have been built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis who came to America from England in 1638.