The East Haddam Swing Bridge is a steel, movable truss bridge. The bridge is composed of three spans crossing the Connecticut River between Haddam, Connecticut and East Haddam, Connecticut. The bridge carries Route 82, with an average daily traffic of 11,600.
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Sidewalk is open! Finally. Short maybe 5 minute breezy walk across the mighty Connecticut River. Access to donut shop, grocery, dollar store. Stop for great views of river bank, forests, theater, airport, boats passing by. Nice show.
The bridge is noisy, rattle of loose railing, hum of steel mesh vibrating as cars pass. Sadly, the sidewalk has zero adornments, a decidedly modern industrial look (ugly). There is a nice ornamental street light at the end.
Silly, but still there are orange barrels where the railing ends, sidewalk continues, so bikers don't fly off the end. All these...
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I’d give this bridge 5 stars but there’s no walkway. However they will start renovations in 2022 and a pedestrian walkway is planned. Then you will be able to walk from the marina on one side to the playhouse and restaurants on the other.
The bridge is neat to watch open and close. There are some great places to eat in East Hadd where you can watch the bridge and...
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It is totally worth taking a boat ride down the river to watch the sunset at the bridge. This was shot on my iPhone and my god it looks fake. What a beautiful photo and great memory. Bridge is tall enough for 26 footers to get under. I'd say anything bigger than that the bridge will have to swing. No complaints just a great boat ride...
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