Comstock Covered Bridge
Also known as: Comstock's BridgeOver Salmon River north of Route 16, E. Hampton/Colchester
One of three remaining covered bridges in Connecticut
Photos
CT 06C 3
Downstream side
Photo taken by Chester Gehman in May 2016
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Coordinates:
+41.55293, -72.4487241°33'11" N, 72°26'55" W
Quadrangle map:Moodus
Description
A wooden bridge consisting of a covered Howe truss and a secondary span, an enclosed pony truss. The bridge was built in 1873 by the towns of East Hampton and Colchester, and sometime after 1932 the two towns transferred ownership to the State of Connecticut. The bridge has been renovated three times; in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps, in the 1970's, and again beginning in 2011.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976
- Reference number
- 76001978
- NR name
- Comstock's Bridge
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Howe-truss covered bridge
- Area of significance
- Engineering
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Road-related
- Current function
- Road-related
- Periods of significance
- 1850-1874; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1840; 1868
Update Log
- May 30, 2016: New photos from Chester Gehman
- May 28, 2016: Updated by Chester Gehman: Corrected build date and added description
- January 1, 2012: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger