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Town Bridge

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Town Bridge

This Old Town (Bridge) Town Bridge Canton I'm not sure why I'm giving this old bridge a place on CTMQ. When I took the photos on this page I remember that I thought it was a cool bridge. Very old school. One lane and still operational. I think that at the time I thought, "there aren't too many one lane iron … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Canton, Cool Bridges, Hartford County

The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge

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The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge

Drizzy Drake The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge Simsbury I live pretty close to The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, so I've been passing by it for two decades. It's just part of my life. However, I'd never bothered to stop and take pictures of it, let alone creating a page on CTMQ dedicated to it. Then a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Hartford County, Simsbury

Book Review: Where Water Meets Land

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Book Review: Where Water Meets Land

Truss This Book Where Water Meets Land: Historic Moveable Bridges of Connecticut By Bruce Clouette You won't be surprised to learn that I live in this weird world of Connecticut miscellanea. After all, that's all CTMQ is, really. As a result, I've met lots of people with deep interest in Connecticut... stuff. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Civil Engineering, Everything Else Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut History Books, Cool Bridges

The Legacy of the Dexters

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The Legacy of the Dexters

There’s A Lot Going on Here Dexter Coffin and the Dexter Company Windsor Locks & East Windsor I drive over the Dexter D. Coffin, Sr. Bridge every day. Many of you probably do as well, whether you know it or not. It is the I-91 bridge that connects Windsor Locks to East Windsor across the Connecticut River. I’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Canals and Dams, Cool Bridges, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Windsor Locks

Southford Falls Covered Bridge

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Southford Falls Covered Bridge

In Oxford, Not Southford, Which is in Southbury Southford Falls Covered Bridge Multiple visits There’s a lot going on over at Southford Falls State Park which is almost entirely in Oxford (rather than Southbury). To wit: A waterfall! Trails! Trails again! A Watchtower! And this, a cute little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Covered Bridges, Damian, New Haven County, Oxford, southford falls state park

The Stack: Ghost Highway Ramps

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The Stack: Ghost Highway Ramps

*For Informational Purposes Only* The Stack, Farmington This page is, um, purely hypothetical. It describes what I'd imagine a visit to the ghost highway ramps of Farmington would be like. First, some very real background. Remember the first three dozen times you drove on I-84 through Farmington and thought to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Calvin, Cool Bridges, Farmington, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Roads and Tunnels

TSTL’17.8: Air Line State Park Trail

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TSTL’17.8: Air Line State Park Trail

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #8 Air Line State Park Trail (Blackledge River Bridge), Colchester March 25, 2017 In case you weren't aware, the Air Line State Park Trail traverses East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, and Thompson. We'd walked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: air line state park, Calvin, Colchester, Cool Bridges, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, New London County, salmon river state forest, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Beacon Hill Apartments Covered Bridge

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Beacon Hill Apartments Covered Bridge

Peekin' at the Beacon Beacon Hill Apartments Covered Bridge, Manchester March 2017 The reader response to my last little Manchester covered bridge post was unbelievable. I mean, my friend and coworker brushed past me between the cubicles to say, "I really enjoyed your page about the covered bridge." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Covered Bridges, Hartford County, Manchester

Oak Grove Covered Bridge

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Oak Grove Covered Bridge

Groovin' in the Grove Oak Grove Nature Center Bridge, Manchester January 21, 2017 Our little state continues to surprise me on occasion. We all know about the “big 3” covered bridges (right?) but it’s these little ones that interest me more. Granted, you can’t drive over many of them, but I don’t care. They’re … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Bridges, Covered Bridges, Hartford County, Manchester

A. Frederick Oberlin Bridge

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A. Frederick Oberlin Bridge

Truss Me, This Bridge is Cool A. Frederick Oberlin Bridge at the Eli Whitney Museum December 6, 2014 This bridge was my introduction to the Eli Whitney Museum and the whole surrounding area at the Hamden/New Haven border. I brought my family to the museum wholly unaware of all the “stuff” around it. Lake Whitney, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Bridges, Covered Bridges, Damian, Hamden, New Haven County

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