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The Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge was a 5-span iron through truss bridge over the Connecticut River located between present day Suffield, Connecticut, and Thompsonville, Connecticut (Enfield). It connected Burbank Avenue in Suffield with Main Street in Thompsonville. Its four stone piers still stand today.




History



In 1889 the Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge Company was granted a charter to construct an iron bridge across the Connecticut River between Thompsonville and Suffield. The Berlin Iron Bridge Company of Berlin, Connecticut, was the contractor for the ironwork, and O.W. Weand of Reading, Pennsylvania, was the contractor for the stonework. The first toll-taker was Nathan Hemenway. Tolls were initially three cents for pedestrians, twelve cents for single teams and fifteen cents for double teams.
The Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge opened downstream in 1966, and the Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge closed shortly thereafter. The ironwork was removed, but the four piers remain in the river.




See also


List of crossings of the Connecticut River




References






External links


Media related to Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Enfield Historical Society

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• Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge
• Enfield–Suffield Veterans Bridge
• Enfield, Connecticut
• New England road marking system
• Connecticut Route 190
• List of crossings of the Connecticut River
• Windsor Locks, Connecticut
• Route 159 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)
• List of census-designated places in Connecticut
• Connecticut Lakes