- Founders Bridge
Infobox Bridge
bridge_name=Founders Bridge
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official_name=Founders Bridge
carries=Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
crosses=Connecticut River ,Interstate 91
locale=Hartford, Connecticut
maint=Connecticut Department of Transportation [http://www.ct.gov/dot/site/default.asp]
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design=Stringer/multibeam or girder
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length=1175 ft (358.1 m)
width=86.0 ft (26.2 m)
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clearance=
below=49 ft (15 m)
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open=1958
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coordinates= coord|41|45|56.32|N|72|39|55.57|W|display=inline,title
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long=The Founders Bridge is one of the three highway bridges over the
Connecticut River inHartford, Connecticut . The steel stringer bridge carries the Route 2 expressway, and also crosses overInterstate 91 (which runs parallel to the river).As of 2005 the bridge had an average daily traffic of 29,200. [cite web |url=http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/traflog/traflog.pdf |title=2005 Traffic Volumes State Maintained Highway Network (Traffic Log) |accessdate=2007-01-25 |year=2005 |format=PDF |publisher=State of Connecticut Department of Transportation |pages= [http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/traflog/traflog.pdf#page=11 p. 11] ]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 . [cite web |url=http://www.riverfront.org/riverfrontparks.asp |title=RIVERFRONT PARKS |accessdate=2007-01-25 |publisher=Riverfront Recapture]See also
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List of crossings of the Connecticut River External links
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References
Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place =Connecticut River
bridge = Founders Bridge
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upstream = Morgan G. Bulkeley Bridge
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downstream =Charter Oak Bridge
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