List of movable bridges in Connecticut

The following movable bridges are within the State of Connecticut's borders.^[1] Eight of the movable bridges are on the Amtrak route through Connecticut. These bridges are the Mianus River Railroad Bridge, the Norwalk River Railroad Bridge, the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, the Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge, the Housatonic River Railroad Bridge, the Amtrak Old Saybrook–Old Lyme Bridge, the Niantic River Bridge (East Lyme-Waterford), and Thames River Bridge.^[2]

Bridges

Name (Alternate name)	Location	Image	Completed/Replaced	NRHP[1]: 78	HAER[1]: 79
Congress Street Bridge	Bridgeport		1909-1911;[1]: 22  Removed in 2010[3]
East Washington Avenue Bridge	Bridgeport		Original: 1836[4] Second: Unknown[4] Third: 1925[4] Fourth: 1998[1]: 24		CT-154 (third bridge)
Grand Street Bridge	Bridgeport		1916-1919;[1]: 26  Removed in 1999[5]		CT-148
Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge	Bridgeport		1902; Replaced in 1996[1]: 50	87000843
Pleasure Beach Bridge	Bridgeport		1927[1]: 20
Yellow Mill Bridge	Bridgeport		1927-1929[1]: 28		CT-146
East Haddam Swing Bridge	East Haddam-Haddam		1913[1]: 30
Niantic River Swing Bridge	East Lyme-Waterford		1921; Replaced in 1991[1]: 32		CT-22
Niantic River Railroad Bridge	East Lyme-Waterford		1907;[1]: 52  Replaced 2010-2013[6]		CT-27
Mianus River Railroad Bridge	Greenwich		1904[1]: 54	87000845
Thames River Railroad Bridge	Groton-New London		1919[note 1] Replaced 2008[8]		CT-25
Mystic River Bridge	Groton-Stonington		1922[1]: 34		CT-174
Mystic River Railroad Bridge	Groton-Stonington		1919; Replaced 1984[1]: 58		CT-26
Middletown Railroad Bridge	Middletown-Portland		1911[1]: 60
Housatonic River Railroad Bridge	Milford-Stratford		1905[1]: 62	87000842
Washington Bridge	Milford-Stratford		1921[1]: 36
Chapel Street Swing Bridge	New Haven		1899; Replaced 1992[1]: 38		CT-42
Ferry Street Bridge	New Haven		1940[1]: 40
Grand Avenue Swing Bridge	New Haven		1896; Replaced 1984[1]: 44
Tomlinson Bridge	New Haven		1924; Replaced 1994-2002[1]: 42		CT-61
Shaw's Cove Railroad Bridge	New London		1891; Replaced 1984[1]: 64		CT-24
Norwalk River Railroad Bridge	Norwalk		1896[1]: 66	87000844
Amtrak Old Saybrook–Old Lyme Bridge	Old Saybrook-Old Lyme		1907[1]: 68
Saugatuck River Bridge	Westport		1884[1]: 46	87000846	CT-46
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge	Westport		1905[1]: 70	87000126

• NRHP - National Register of Historic Places listed
• HAER - Historic American Engineering Record listed

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut

Notes

1. The book Where Water Meets Land: Historic Movable Bridges of Connecticut states it was built in 1918.^[1]: 56 A contemporary report from the New York Tribune says the bridge opened in January 1919.^[7]