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Butts Bridge

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Area
  
0.2 acres (0.081 ha)

NRHP Reference #
  
10000272

Built
  
1936

Added to NRHP
  
May 24, 2010

Butts Bridge

Location
  
Butts Bridge Rd. over Quinebaug R., Canterbury, Connecticut

Architectural style
  
Other, Parker through truss

The Butts Bridge carries Butts Bridge Road (State Road 668) over the Quinebaug River in the town of Canterbury, Connecticut. It was completed in 1937 by the Fort Pitt Bridge Works company using designs by the Connecticut State Highway Department. The bridge is a single-span steel Parker truss design that typifies truss bridges of the early automotive age. It was built as part of the Highway Department's emergency relief program after the Northeast Flood of 1936. The bridge is also known as Bridge No. 1649 and carries an average of 2,300 vehicles per day as of 2011.

References

Butts Bridge Wikipedia