The Bulkeley Bridge is a stone arch bridge composed of nine spans located in Hartford, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 84, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 44, connecting Hartford to East Hartford. As of 2005 the bridge carried an average daily traffic of 142,500 cars.^[1] Morgan Bulkeley. ... The Connecticut River as seen from the French King Bridge in western Massachusetts. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of Connecticut. ... A small triple arch pedestrian bridge in Bourton-on-the-Water, England An muffinarch burgerbridge (sometimes deck arch bridge to distinguish it from a through arch bridge) is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Interstate 84 (abbreviated I-84) is an interstate highway extending from Dunmore, Pennsylvania (near Scranton, Pennsylvania) at an intersection with Interstate 81 to Sturbridge, Massachusetts at an intersection with the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90). ... U.S. Route 6 is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east from U.S. Route 395 in Bishop, California to Route 6A in Provincetown, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod) for a total of 3205 miles (5158 km). ... U.S. Highway 44 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 238 miles (383 km) from Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Hudson Valley region of New York. ... East Hartford (41n47, 72w37 EST) is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Bulkeley Bridge is one of the oldest bridges in use in the Interstate Highway System ^[2]. It is also the longest stone arch highway bridge in the world. ^[3] The Bulkeley Bridge is named for Connecticut governor and United States Senator, Morgan Bulkeley. The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System, is a network of freeways (also called expressways) in the United States. ... Morgan Bulkeley. ...

It wasn't intended to carry an interstate highway, and there is now an effort to remove I-84 from the bridge and to make it a city street once again.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of crossings of the Connecticut River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Connecticut River from its mouth at the Long Island Sound upstream to its source at the Connecticut Lakes. ...

External links

• Connecticut's historic highway bridges
• Kurumi's Bulkeley Bridge page
• An account of the bridge's dedication celebrations

References

1. ^ 2005 Traffic Volumes State Maintained Highway Network (Traffic Log); State of Connecticut Department of Transportation p89.
2. ^ Oldest bridges currently used in interstate system; gatago.com
3. ^ Secord,Greg; Hartford 'Firsts' and Other Interesting Facts; hartfordhistory.net

Crossings of the Connecticut River
Upstream Connecticut Southern Railroad bridge	Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge	Downstream Founders Bridge

	U.S. National Register of Historic Places - (List of entries)
	National Park Service . National Historic Landmarks . National Battlefields . National Historic Sites . National Historic Parks . National Memorials . National Monuments The Connecticut River as seen from the French King Bridge in western Massachusetts. ... Image File history File links I-84. ... Image File history File links US_6. ... Image File history File links US_44. ... The Founders Bridge is one of the three highway bridges over the Connecticut River in Hartford, Connecticut. ... Image File history File links Connecticut_Highway_2. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Image:Delicatearch. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... This is a list of entries on the National Register of Historic Places. ... The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. ...