Historic Bridges
of the United States
Minortown Road Bridge
Litchfield County
,
Connecticut
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Overview
Lenticular pony truss bridge over Nonewaug River on Minortown Road in Woodbury
Location
Litchfield County
,
Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1890 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1991
Builder
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Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design
Lenticular pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.57833, -73.17500
(decimal degrees)
41°34'42" N, 73°10'30" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/652138/4604569
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Woodbury
Inventory numbers
CT 5065
(Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12129
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 06/2006)
Deck condition rating:
Very Good
(8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Very Good
(8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Good
(7 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 79.0
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 1998)
300
Categories
19th Century
(2,043)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
(15)
Built 1890
(78)
Built during 1890s
(800)
Connecticut
(215)
Functionally obsolete
(5,790)
Lenticular truss
(22)
Litchfield County, Connecticut
(26)
One-lane traffic
(6,989)
Open
(22,283)
Owned by township
(1,229)
Pony truss
(9,529)
Span length 50-75 feet
(4,768)
Total length 50-75 feet
(5,058)
Truss
(16,238)
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