| 词条 | Old Boardman Bridge |
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| name = Old Boardman Bridge | nrhp_type = | image = NewMilfordCT BoardmansBridge.jpg | caption = | location= Across the Housatonic River near Boardman Rd., New Milford, Connecticut | coordinates={{coord|41|35|36|N|73|27|2|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Connecticut#USA | built = {{Start date|1888}} | builder = Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; Douglas & Jarvis | architecture = Lenticular truss | added = May 13, 1976 | area = {{convert|1|acre|ha}} | refnum = 76001983[1] }} The Old Boardman Bridge, formerly Boardman Bridge, is a historic lenticular truss bridge, which used to carry Boardman Road across the Housatonic River in New Milford, Connecticut. Built from 1887 to 1888 out of wrought iron, it is one of the state's three surviving examples of this bridge type, and along with Lover's Leap Bridge, one of two in New Milford. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] The bridge was closed to vehicles in 1984 and to pedestrians in 1985; however, the Town of New Milford is seeking to restore it and reopen it to pedestrian traffic.[2] DescriptionOld Boardman Bridge is located in central western New Milford, northeast of the junction of United States Route 7 and Boardman Road. It spans the Housatonic River a few feet north (upriver) of the current Boardman Bridge that carries Boardman Road over the water. There are small public parks at each end of the bridge, which is closed to all access. It is a lenticular truss structure built out of wrought iron, and is {{convert|188|ft|m}} long, with a roadway width of {{convert|15|ft|6|in|m}}. It passes about {{convert|20|ft|m}} over the typical water level of the river. The trusses are set on abutments of rough-cut stone, with box girder columns supporting the ends of the trusses. Truss joints are pinned together. and there are numerous diagonal and cross-bracing elements of narrower gauge than the main chords. The deck is supported by I-bars descending from the trusses at 12 points, originally consisting of corrugated metal sheets laid on I-beams.[3] HistoryA wooden toll bridge, built in 1840, had been swept away in the flood of 1854.[2] The iron bridge was rebuilt in 1887-1888 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, during a period when iron was supplanting wood as a preferred bridge-building material, but had not yet itself been replaced by steel.[3] It carried pedestrians, horses and buggies, and vehicles over the Housatonic River for almost a century before a new two-lane steel bridge, also called Boardman Bridge, replaced it in 1984.[4] The Old Boardman Bridge was closed to vehicles, but was still open to foot traffic for another year before the deck was deemed to be unsafe, and the bridge was permanently closed with a chain-link fence. Efforts were made to restore the bridge in the early 2000s; however, the funds went to restoring the other lenticular truss bridge in town at Lovers Leap State Park.[5] Future and Possible RestorationOn July 26, 2017, with the suggestion of Mayor David R. Gronbach, the New Milford Town Council voted to establish the Old Boardman Bridge Committee to determine how to best rehabilitate and reopen the bridge to foot and bicycle traffic. As the current Boardman Bridge does not have sidewalks or shoulders, this would allow for safe pedestrian crossing between Route 7 and the Sega Meadows Trail and future New Milford River Trail.[2] Plans for reopening the bridge will include removing the vegetation that is growing on and around it, masonry repair of the abutments and wing walls, replacing the unsafe deck with a timber decking, repairing and replacing the structural components, and repainting it.[6] See also{{commons category}}
References1. ^1 {{NRISref|version=2010a}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://friendsofboardmanbridge.org/|title=Friends of Boardman Bridge|access-date=2017-10-22|publisher=Friends of Boardman Bridge}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76001983}}|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Boardman's Bridge|author=Bruce Clouette|accessdate = 2017-01-21|format = PDF|date=1975|publisher=National Park Service}} {{NRHP url|id=76001983|title=Accompanying photos|photos=y}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/local/article/Boardman-Bridge-New-Milford-history-at-risk-5146297.php#photo-5635290|title=Boardman Bridge -- New Milford History at Risk|first=Susan|last=Tuz|access-date=2017-10-22|date=2014-01-15|work=The News-Times}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Historic-Boardman-Bridge-could-be-rehabilitated-12276741.php|first=Katrina|last=Koerting|access-date=2017-10-22|date=2017-10-13|work=The News-Times|title=Historic Boardman Bridge to be rehabilitated}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://newmilford.org/filestorage/7526/7528/7807/8059/20170/10-10-2017_Minutes.pdf|date=2017-10-10|access-date=2017-10-22|title=Town Council Regular Meeting Minutes, October 10, 2017|author=Stephanie R. Barksdale|publisher=Town of New Milford, Connecticut|format=PDF}} 8 : Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut|National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut|Bridges completed in 1888|Bridges in Litchfield County, Connecticut|New Milford, Connecticut|Wrought iron bridges in the United States|Truss bridges in the United States|1888 establishments in Connecticut |
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