Oldest Bridges in Connecticut

The oldest bridge in Connecticut is the Main Street No. 2 over SR 598 Whitehead Highway in Hartford County, built in 1832, and it still carries about 12,900 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Connecticut, one timeline

1850190019502000today

1Main Street No. 2 over SR 598 Whitehead HighwayCT · 1832 · 13k/day 2SR 790 (south Stat over Rippowam RiverCT · 1847 · 5.7k/day 3Peep Toad Road over Whetstone BrookCT · 1850 · 110/day 4Route 34 over Wepawaug RiverCT · 1855 · 35k/day 5Route 32 over Willimantic RiverCT · 1868 · 8.3k/day 6Route 136 over Saugatuck RiverCT · 1870 · 12k/day 7Village Hill Road over Ten Mile RiverCT · 1870 · 500/day 8Center Street over Middle RiverCT · 1870 · 600/day 9US RTE 44 Main ST over Amtrak RailroadCT · 1871 · 20k/day 10Naubuc Avenue over Porter BrookCT · 1871 · 3.6k/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Connecticut by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre9%

1900s'007%

1910s'1019%

122

1920s'208%

326

1930s'309%

211

1940s'407%

717

1950s'508%

978

1960s'604%

397

1970s'705%

498

1980s'803%

397

1990s'901%

237

2000s'000%

243

2010s'100%

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 4,345 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible. 37 of the 59 bridges in the 1900s bar are recorded as built in exactly 1900, which is likely an estimate rather than a date.

The Oldest Bridges in Connecticut

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Main Street No. 2 over SR 598 Whitehead Highway	Hartford	1832		Masonry	12,900	Fair
SR 790 (south Stat over Rippowam River	Fairfield	1847	2022	Masonry	5,700	Fair
Peep Toad Road over Whetstone Brook	Windham	1850	1974	Masonry	110	Fair
Route 34 over Wepawaug River	New Haven	1855	1940	Masonry	34,600	Fair
Route 32 over Willimantic River	Windham	1868		Masonry	8,300	Fair
Route 136 over Saugatuck River	Fairfield	1870	1993	Steel Continuous	12,400	Poor
Village Hill Road over Ten Mile River	Tolland	1870	2002	Masonry	500	Fair
Center Street over Middle River	Tolland	1870	1939	Masonry	600	Fair
US RTE 44 Main ST over Amtrak Railroad	Hartford	1871		Masonry	19,700	Fair
Naubuc Avenue over Porter Brook	Hartford	1871		Masonry	3,600	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Maple Street over Scantic River	Tolland	1880	1940	Masonry	5,200	Fair
Whitney Avenue over Farmington Canal Greenwa	New Haven	1885		Masonry	4,400	Fair
Main Street over Tankerhoosen River	Tolland	1885	2021	Steel	21	Good
RTE 1 over Byram River	Fairfield	1888		Masonry	14,570	Fair
Route 162 over Wepawaug River	New Haven	1889		Masonry	14,300	Fair
Wintergreen Avenue over Wintergreen Brook	New Haven	1890		Masonry	2,800	Fair
Byram Road over Metro-north Railroad	Fairfield	1892	1994	Steel	9,700	Fair
Town Bridge Road over Farmington River	Hartford	1895	2021	Steel	235	Fair
Riverside Avenue over Metro-north Railroad	Fairfield	1895	1989	Steel Continuous	7,900	Good
Crosby Street over Padanaram Brook	Fairfield	1899	2015	Masonry	10,334	Fair
Perry Avenue over Silvermine River	Fairfield	1899	2008	Masonry	1,415	Fair
US Route 1 over Metro North Railroad	New Haven	1900	1992	Steel	7,100	Fair
SR 745 (first Ave) over Metro North Railroad	New Haven	1900	1975	Prestressed Concrete	9,300	Fair
Route 100(main St) over Farm River	New Haven	1900		Masonry	5,500	Fair
Route 275 over Willimantic River	Tolland	1900	2015	Prestressed Concrete Continuous	1,800	Fair
Indian Field Road over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1993	Steel	9,000	Fair
Noroton Avenue over Metro-north Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1992	Prestressed Concrete	14,800	Fair
South Colony ST over Harbor Brook	New Haven	1900	1964	Masonry	2,700	Fair
Pond Hill Road over Wharton Brook	New Haven	1900	2000	Prestressed Concrete	4,525	Fair
Temple Street over Farmington Canal Greenwa	New Haven	1900	2009	Prestressed Concrete	4,200	Fair
Grand Avenue over Quinnipiac River	New Haven	1900	2022	Steel	2,400	Fair
Drinkwater Place over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1994	Steel	1,853	Fair
Hollow Tree Road over Metro-north Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1992	Prestressed Concrete	3,100	Fair
Bridge Street over Metro-north Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1992	Prestressed Concrete	1,058	Fair
North Street over Rippowam River	Fairfield	1900	1985	Masonry	7,750	Fair
Route 106 over Private Road	Fairfield	1900	1982	Prestressed Concrete	14,100	Fair
East Rock Road over Mill River	New Haven	1900	2013	Steel	1,365	Fair
Andrews Street over Pequabuck River	Hartford	1900	1966	Prestressed Concrete	12,415	Good
East Street over Pequabuck River	Hartford	1900	1929	Concrete	2,805	Poor
Middlefield Street over Coginchaug River	Middlesex	1900	1990	Steel Continuous	1,654	Fair
South End Road over Misery Brook	Hartford	1900	1931	Concrete	5,826	Fair
Windsor Avenue over Hockanum River	Tolland	1900	1955	Concrete	1,655	Fair
Pheasant Hill DR over Rockledge Brook	Hartford	1900	1963	Concrete Continuous	380	Fair
Woodchuck Hill RD over Little River	Windham	1900	1946	Steel	1,178	Poor
England Road over Natchaug River	Windham	1900	1971	Prestressed Concrete	398	Fair
Baker Hill Road over Ten Mile River	Tolland	1900	2015	Concrete	180	Good
South Street over Hop River	Tolland	1900	1973	Steel	1,500	Good
Twin Bridge Road over Iron Stream	New Haven	1900	1955	Steel	258	Fair
Mill Road over Nonewaug River	Litchfield	1900	1991	Wood or Timber	318	Fair
Wolf Den Drive over Mashamoquet Brook	Windham	1900	2009	Steel	118	Fair
Black Rock Tpke over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1987	Prestressed Concrete Continuous	10,800	Fair
Parks Road over Broad Brook	New London	1900	1960	Concrete	148	Fair
Hills Point Road over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1988	Steel	3,400	Fair
Grasmere Avenue over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1900	1988	Prestressed Concrete	4,700	Fair
Covell Road over Mashamoquet Brook	Windham	1900	2011	Concrete	132	Good
Taft Pond Road over Mashamoquet Brook	Windham	1900	2021	Steel	371	Poor
West Road over Cherry Brook	Hartford	1900	1989	Wood or Timber	224	Fair
Depot Road over Willimantic River	Tolland	1900	1990	Prestressed Concrete	527	Fair
North Main Street over West Branch Trout Brook	Hartford	1901	2022	Concrete	15,660	Fair
Longbrook Avenue over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1901	1994	Steel	5,146	Fair
Route 341 over Housatonic Railroad	Litchfield	1901	1978	Prestressed Concrete	1,500	Fair
Central Avenue over Metro North Railroad	Fairfield	1903	1994	Steel Continuous	7,600	Good
Route 188 over Hop Brook	New Haven	1904	1944	Concrete	2,600	Fair
Forbes Street over Hockanum River	Hartford	1904	1996	Concrete	6,700	Fair
Spring Street over Birch Mountain Brook	Hartford	1905		Masonry	1,200	Fair
Shore Road #1 over Horseneck Brook	Fairfield	1905	2015	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	1,890	Good
Interstate-84 over Connecticut River	Hartford	1906	1964	Masonry	135,200	Fair
East Street over Amtrak Railroad	New Haven	1906	1995	Prestressed Concrete	3,600	Fair
Cedar Street No. 1 over Metro North Railroad	New Haven	1906	1994	Steel	3,092	Fair
Washington Ave. #3 over Mad River	New Haven	1906	2021	Prestressed Concrete	6,000	Fair
Wallace Street over Amtrak Railroad	New Haven	1906	1989	Prestressed Concrete	2,287	Fair
East Liberty ST over Mad River	New Haven	1907	2021	Concrete	3,500	Good
Walnut Street over Amtrak & Central NE Rr	Hartford	1907	1994	Steel	9,200	Fair
Court Street over Metro North Railroad	New Haven	1907	1994	Prestressed Concrete	408	Fair
Palmer Hill Road over Mianus River	Fairfield	1907		Masonry	6,580	Fair
Lamberton Street over Metro North Railroad	New Haven	1907	1994	Steel	3,865	Fair
Capitol Avenue over Rooster River Overflow	Fairfield	1907	2017	Prestressed Concrete	7,390	Fair
Humphrey Street over Mill River	New Haven	1908	1973	Prestressed Concrete	4,100	Poor
Sunnyside Street over Yantic River	New London	1908	2020	Masonry	465	Fair
Long Hill Drive over Conn. Southern Railroad	Hartford	1909	1993	Steel Continuous	4,730	Fair
US Route 1 over Yellow Mill Channel	Fairfield	1910	2022	Concrete	20,200	Good
Ssr 454 over Indian Hole Brook	Fairfield	1910	2021	Masonry	700	Fair
Route 130 over Ash Creek	Fairfield	1910		Concrete	10,100	Fair
Edgewood Avenue over West River & Park Road	New Haven	1910	1974	Concrete Continuous	3,100	Fair
Hales Road over Metro-north Railroad	Fairfield	1910	2011	Prestressed Concrete	1,102	Good
Hillhouse Avenue over Farmington Canal Greenwa	New Haven	1910	2009	Prestressed Concrete	6,400	Good
West Cedar Street over Five Mile River	Fairfield	1910		Masonry	5,120	Poor
Copse Road over Amtrak Railroad	New Haven	1910	1980	Steel	1,200	Poor
Route 146 over West River	New Haven	1910	1982	Prestressed Concrete	5,500	Poor
Boston Hollow RD 2 over Bigelow Brook	Windham	1910	1985	Wood or Timber	55	Poor
Flanders River RD over Hop River	Tolland	1910	1979	Prestressed Concrete	769	Fair
Boston Neck Road over Stony Brook	Hartford	1910	2013	Prestressed Concrete	2,542	Fair
Dennison Road over Conn Valley Railroad	Middlesex	1910	1981	Steel	1,274	Fair
Cedar Street over Harbor Brook	New Haven	1910	2023	Prestressed Concrete	807	Good
Romford Road over Bantam River	Litchfield	1910	1998	Steel	380	Fair
Fort Path Road over Amtrak Railroad	New Haven	1910	1984	Steel	545	Poor
Route 160 over Roaring Brook	Hartford	1910	1987	Masonry	1,500	Fair
Silvermine Road over Housatonic Rr	Fairfield	1910	1989	Steel Continuous	4,780	Fair
Belleview Avenue over Gulf Stream	Litchfield	1910	1989	Prestressed Concrete	520	Fair

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