Devil’s Hopyard State Park: Bridge No. 1603 – East Haddam CT

City:
East Haddam, CT

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Description

[National Bridge Inventory] Bridge No. 1603 in Connecticut is one of three bridges constructed in 1937 to carry Hopyard Road [State Road 434] over varying brooks within Devil’s Hopyard State Park in East Haddam. They were built as part of a Federal Works Progress Administration project. The bridges were each added to the National Register of Historic Places, and Bridge No. 1603 bears NRHP reference number 93000641.

Bridge No. 1603 is a stone arch bridge located on SSR 434: 6.70 miles east of the route’s western terminus at Route 82. It crosses an unnamed creek. The structure was rehabilitated in 1988.

Source notes

https://nationalbridges.com/ https://bridgehunter.com/ct/middlesex/1603/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Bridges_of_Devil%27s_Hopyard_State_Park

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 9, 2014.

Location Info


Hopyard Rd.
East Haddam, CT Middlesex County

Coordinates: 41.483887, -72.34237

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