Structure 1138 · Middlesex County, CT

Route 82 over Connecticut River

Carries Route 82 over Connecticut River, 0.1 Mile West Of Rte. 149.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 3 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating3/9 · Serious
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT885 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9Superstructure 3/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

885 ft end to end, longest span 461 ft: about 2.5 football fields. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a swing bridge (drawn closed).

Built1913rebuilt 1999
Length884.8 ft269.7 m
Daily traffic9,100counted 2022
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateConnecticut
CountyMiddlesex
Location0.1 Mile West Of Rte. 149
CarriesRoute 82
CrossesConnecticut River
Coordinates41.45168, -72.46439

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignMovable - Swing
Total Length884.8 ft (269.7 m)
Max Span461.0 ft (140.5 m)
Deck Width24.9 ft (7.6 m)
Deck Area2049.7 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1913 (reconstructed 1999)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic9,100 (2022)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number01138

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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