"Tra LAAA Blah" The Singing Bridge Westbrook A Singing Bridge" is usually any bridge with a steel grid deck. These used to be fairly prevalent, but most have been paved over for health and safety reasons. Surely many of you remember the old Sikorsky Bridge on Route 15 across the Housatonic River down in … [Read more...]
East Haddam Swing Bridge
Swing Out Sister East Haddam Swing Bridge Haddam & East Haddam The good pictures on this page were stolen from Frank DiNardi's Instagram account. I don't know him. His photography is excellent. I imagine that having to use the East Haddam Swing Bridge on a regular basis could be frustrating. Although I don't … [Read more...]
Covered Bridges of Danbury Condos
Covered Bridges of Danbury Condos... County Crown Court & Covered Bridge Condo Bridges, Danbury If you can believe it - and I can't - there are two different condominium complexes in Danbury with covered bridges. They are both off of Route 37, both cross Padanaram Brook and are only about half a mile from each … [Read more...]
Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge
A Totally Worthington Bridge Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge, Somers December 2016 A few years before I first visited this rather large and pretty covered bridge, Worthington Farm was... a turkey farm. But at some point in the 21st century, real estate guy Dan Roulier bought and developed the property into a … [Read more...]
Milford Memorial Bridge & Tower
Milford Takes Nothing for Granite Milford Memorial Bridge & Tower, Milford July 2021 You've gotta love Milford. In 1888 the town said, "Hey, let's build a bridge over the Wepawaug River to commemorate... literally every possible person and thing we can." "You mean, like, one bridge to take care of all the town … [Read more...]
Hobart Welton Carriage Shed
Fictus Dolium Nullus Hobart Victory Welton Carriage Shed, Waterbury If you're the type of person that cares about the brilliant hierarchical structuring of CTMQ, you'll notice that this page falls into the "Roads and Tunnels" section of the "Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, … [Read more...]
StanChem Fishway
Fishway Stan StanChem Fishway, Berlin Why did I ever begin documenting fishways and fish ladders and lifts? I honestly don't remember. In my defense, a couple of them here and there act as sort of outdoor museums and have displays and open houses and stuff. But that doesn't explain why I went beyond them to … [Read more...]
Bread and Milk Road & Street
Winter Storm Prep Central Bread and Milk Road & Street, Coventry & Vernon Please be sure to read the comment below that explains the names way better than I do. We all love dumb street names. As I've slowly introduced my son to the wonderful world of CTMQ - despite his being an unwitting part of it his entire … [Read more...]
North Meadow Road
It Starts and Ends with Guns North Meadow Road, Windsor I'll admit it; I'm a bit confused about this page. This short half-paved road in Windsor is supposed to be important. I was led to believe it is important - so much so that I traveled the full length of it to take pictures to complement a robust page about the … [Read more...]
Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary
Purple Martins Majesty Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary and Tower, Milford August 2021 As most readers know, every hike (and "hike") I feature on CTMQ isn't great. Sometimes my hiking partner is a drag, sometimes the weather is a bummer, and sometimes the hike itself isn't impressive. … [Read more...]
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