Hartford, Connecticut and East Hartford, Connecticut
Official name
Founders Bridge
Maintained by
Connecticut Department of Transportation [1]
Characteristics
Design
Stringer/multibeam or girder
Total length
1175 ft (358.1 m)
Width
86.0 ft (26.2 m)
Clearance below
49 ft (15 m)
History
Opened
December 23, 1957
Location
The Founders Bridge is one of the three highway bridges over the Connecticut River between Hartford, Connecticut and East Hartford, Connecticut. The steel stringer bridge carries the Route 2 freeway, and also crosses over Interstate 91 (which runs parallel to the river). As of 2013[update] the bridge had an average daily traffic of 29,200.[1]
One of the centerpieces of Hartford's Riverfront Recapture project, it features a wide pedestrian promenade and access to the rest of the riverfront park area as well as to Constitution Plaza.[2]
The bridge makes up a section of the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) system of trails connecting Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida.
^"2013 Route_2.xlsx" (PDF). State of Connecticut Department of Transportation. 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
^"RIVERFRONT PARKS". Riverfront Recapture. Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
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Global Information
Route 2
I-91