The Main Street Bridge formerly carried Main Street over the
Rippowam River (also known as Mill River) just outside downtown
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Weste ...
. It was designed and manufactured by the
Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1888. It is a two-span wrought iron lenticular truss bridge, each span long, although there are supporting piers every feet. The abutments and central pier are cut granite and other stone, faced in concrete.
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The bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1987,
[ at which time it was the only lenticular truss bridge on a major artery in the state.]
See also
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* List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
References
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Bridges completed in 1888
Bridges in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Buildings and structures in Stamford, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Wrought iron bridges in the United States
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