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This Bridge Dedicated
On the 300th Anniversary
Of the Settlement Of
The Town of Milford
A Memorial to Three
Milford Men Who Were
Governors of the Colony
and
State Of Connecticut
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( stones on the large north west tower )
In Memoriam
Robert Treat
For Thirty Years
Governour & Deputy Gov.
of the Colony of
Connecticut
Obit - 1710
Ansantawae
His Mark
1639
Memorial Committee
G.A. Tomlinson P.S. . . . — — Map (db m72854) HM
The original Hillhouse Avenue Bridge was one of fourteen bridges provided by the Farmington Canal Company to carry city streets across the canal. The wooden bridge at this site rested on abutments of unmortared rubble. The New Haven construction . . . — — Map (db m57663) HM
Power to raise the bridge comes from electric motors, which drive the large “Bull Wheels” connected with Linkage arms to the two plate girders which make up the lift span.
The huge concrete weights at the ends of the overhead rocking trusses . . . — — Map (db m114881) HM
The frogs upon this bridge recount the celebrated Windham Frog Fight 0f 1754. The spools represent Willimantic’s historic prominence in cotton thread manufacture. David E. Phillips, an inspirational teacher and writer suggested the decorative . . . — — Map (db m140528) HM
Original Town Lattice Truss Covered Bridge – ca. 1850
Bridge Deck Rehabilitated – 1964
Listed on National Register of Historic Places – 1973
Complete Rehabilitation & Steel Beams Added – 1982
Rehabilitated Stone Foundation and
Replaced . . . — — Map (db m62043) HM
Delaware Memorial Bridge
1951 - 1968
South Span Dedicated August 18, 1951
North Span Dedicated September 12, 1968
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey dedicated these Bridges on September 12, 1968 to the Men and Women of the State . . . — — Map (db m146111) HM WM
On September 3, 1777 over 800 Americans forming the Light Infantry Corps of Brigadier General William Maxwell engaged about 2,000 British Light Infantry and Hessian and Anspach "Jägers" (light infantry) in a series of skirmishes ending at . . . — — Map (db m157141) HM
American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen drafted . . . — — Map (db m147686) HM
This bridge is named in honor and remembrance of
Joseph C. Pennington, Jr.
A man who dedicated over 45 years of his life helping build the infrastructure of Delaware. In 2002 he was inducted into the American Society of Highway . . . — — Map (db m184906) HM
An iron bridge once stood where the wooden bridge stands now. Deep in the winter, a mother and her daughters pause for this photograph taken in the early 20th century. — — Map (db m240820) HM
The Washington Street bridge, completed in 1921, was dedicated to the "sons of Delaware who joined forces of their country in The Great War" on Memorial Day, 1922. The 250 foot, open spandrel arch bridge serves as a lasting and rare example of . . . — — Map (db m131164) HM
Dedicated to the "Sons of Delaware who joined forces of their country in the Great War" on Memorial Day, 1922.
The monument is presented in architectural detail and messages in bronze
[Captions:]
40' tall monumental pylon in . . . — — Map (db m240744) HM
Washington Street
Bridge Commission
Created by
the General Assembly of the
State of Delaware
March 31, 1919
Alfred I. Dupont, Chairman •
Benjamin F. Shaw •
Isaac Elliott •
John S. Rossell • . . . — — Map (db m240912) HM WM
"…when he was called on to speak he just shifted that cigar and spoke from the heart."
columnist Bill Frank on the death of his friend, Senator John E. Reilly, Sr., Wilmington Evening Journal, February 28, . . . — — Map (db m183457) HM
The present inlet was formed in 1929 and was widened and stabilized by the Corps of Engineers from 1938-1940. The first three bridges that spanned the inlet were plagued by a series of failures due to environmental and meteorological conditions. . . . — — Map (db m108109) HM
The Indian River Inlet has not always existed in its current location. This barrier beach environment is dynamic, and the opening to the inlet has opened and closed at different locations.
When the inlet closed, navigation, water quality, . . . — — Map (db m206345) HM
The Indian River Inlet has not always existed in its current location. This barrier beach environment is dynamic, and the opening to the inlet has opened and closed at different locations.
When the inlet closed, navigation, water quality, . . . — — Map (db m150130) HM
Elegant Design
The Lewes railroad swing bridge, originally designated Bridge No. 38.71 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, carried the Delaware Coast Line Railroad and predecessor railroads over the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. Built in 1916 by the . . . — — Map (db m244755) HM
Last Stop: Lewes Station!
The Junction & Breakwater Railroad's (J&BRR) Lewes Station once stood near where the Lewes Public Library is now located. The railroad station served as a stop on the J&BRR route to and from Georgetown and . . . — — Map (db m244756) HM
Bridging History
The Junction & Breakwater Railroad (J&BRR) was founded in 1857 but because it was built in stages, it took more than a decade for the railroad to link Harrington with Lewes, with trains finally running to Lewes in early . . . — — Map (db m244426) HM
Bridge Mechanics
The Lewes Swing Bridge (Bridge 3-928R) was a center-bearing bobtail swing bridge. The bobtail name comes from the bridge span's asymmetrical design, where the span's longer "arm" extended approximately 60 feet while the . . . — — Map (db m244433) HM
Preservation of the Bridge
The federal government is frequently engaged with projects that affect historic properties. Sometimes these projects result in the deconstruction or altering of properties. In 1966 Congress established the . . . — — Map (db m244447) HM
This railroad swing bridge, No. 3-928R, was built in 1916 to carry the Delaware, Maryland & Virginia Railroad over the newly constructed Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. The railroad was originally built to service menhaden fish processing factories in Lewes; . . . — — Map (db m244754) HM
A rare example of a hand-cranked, bobtail swing bridge. Built in 1916 by the Pennsylvania RR, it remained in service until 2017. It was moved to this site in February 2022.
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The bridge and grounds are . . . — — Map (db m244751) HM
Walk the Boards
The first Rehoboth Beach boardwalk was 1,000 yards long and consisted of 8-foot-wide oak planks laid on the sand. Built in 1873, it was replaced in 1884 with a new boardwalk 8 feet wide and 1.25 miles long. . . . — — Map (db m198889) HM
The designer and constructor of several hundred bridges and tunnels.
A road and railroad engineer, and a national hero of Peru.
He constructed the Central Trans-Andean Railway, the highest railroad in the world (5,000 meters above sea . . . — — Map (db m210087) HM
Named in honor of
Edward Kennedy Ellington
1899-1974
Native Son
Composer - Performer - Playwright
International Statesman of Goodwill — — Map (db m67913) HM
More than 280 dragons, crowned by 700 glazed tiles, look down from the Chinatown Friendship Archway before you. Symbols of the spirits that bring rain and . . . — — Map (db m130938) HM
In 1912, renowned country house architect, Charles Adams Platt designed several buildings on this 20 acre country estate in collaboration with landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman.
Initially named The Causeway for its stone bridges . . . — — Map (db m112392) HM
The historic gardens of the Tregaron Estate with pathways, flowing streams and stone bridges are an enduring treasure and place of discovery.
Tregaron Conservancy is dedicated to the preservation and rehabilitation of the woodland garden . . . — — Map (db m112393) HM
Before the city built a bridge over Rock Creek at P St., this area was a favorite fording place. In fact, it was here that the Baltimore Light Dragoons and French units led by Lafayette, Count Rochambeau and Duc De Lauzan crossed Rock Creek . . . — — Map (db m98789) HM
This Bridge is named in honor of
Francis Scott Key
Author of the Star Spangled Banner
September 14, 1814
Then conquer we must for our cause it is just
And this be our Motto In God is our Trust
Erected by the National Society . . . — — Map (db m111006) HM
Before 1620 the area of the Francis Scott Key Park was inhabited by members of the Algonquian, Nacostine, Nacotchatank, Piscatoway and Patawomeke tribes. In 1634 it became part of the English Colony of Maryland.
Beginning in the 18th . . . — — Map (db m119) HM
Left panel: Georgetown became a port city soon after its 1751 founding. Located on the Potomac River, it was the logical choice for the canal’s terminus. Canal activity further spurred Georgetown’s economic growth. By the late 1800s, it was . . . — — Map (db m97762) HM
This may look like a natural arrangement of rocks but it is really a feat of engineering. Rocks are precisely placed to build a series of boulder step pools that raise the water level making it possible for fish to swim over an active sewer line. . . . — — Map (db m147381) HM
Woodley Lane Bridge was constructed in 1888 and represented the latest style in light-weight bridges. Often referred to as the "High" bridge it stood 54 feet above the creek, 450 feet long, 32 feet wide and was supported by two red sandstone . . . — — Map (db m145076) HM
Archaeology is the study of physical objects people leave behind. At Carolina Park, archaeology has revealed that native peoples lived and worked here over thousands of years. Local stone materials were made into projectile points for spears and . . . — — Map (db m213803) HM
After the great ice-flood of 1784 continued siltation of the river threatened to close the Georgetown Port. In an attempt to deepen the Georgetown Harbor a causeway was constructed on this location in 1805. A road connected it with . . . — — Map (db m166592) HM
The first map of Woodley Park, called Kervand's Woodley and dated 1875, shows Woodley Lane (now called Woodley Road) as the only road through the area and the heart of the new subdivision. As recently as 1887, Woodley Lane was described as "a . . . — — Map (db m112395) HM
The first development called “Woodley” named after the Woodley estate (now home to the Maret School), was owned by Mrs. A. E. Kervand and was first recorded as a subdivision in 1875. Winding Woodley Lane was its main street. By 1878 . . . — — Map (db m112394) HM
Developers first plotted the residential neighborhood of Woodley Park in 1875, attached to this high land overlooking Rock Creek, where Philip Barton Key had built an estate that he named Woodley. (You can see the Woodley mansion on the campus of . . . — — Map (db m87471) HM
In the early evening of November 22, 1963, a clutch of people stood forlornly on this bridge spanning Suitland Parkway. They awaited the procession carrying the body of slain President John F. Kennedy from Andrews Air Force Base to Bethesda . . . — — Map (db m130723) HM
Named in honor of
Whitney Moore Young, Jr.
1921-1971
Humanitarian-scholar and venerable leader of the National Urban League whose work produced landmark changes in civil rights laws and notable progress towards social and economic justice . . . — — Map (db m15606) HM
One of the strongest bridge types, the arch bridge was used extensively by the Romans. The arch carries the weight of the roadway and vehicular traffic to supports at each end. — — Map (db m113615) HM
The cables connect structure supporting the roadway and traffic to the tower, stiffening or staying the bridge and enabling the tower to carry the required load. — — Map (db m113616) HM
Cantilever bridges carry heavy loads. The structure is built out symmetrically from each pier. The landward side is anchored and the other side may support an intermediate truss or be joined to the next cantilever. — — Map (db m112781) HM
Suspension bridges span the widest openings. Cables stretched over high towers conduct the weight of roadway and traffic to the anchorages at each end. — — Map (db m112737) HM
For the past six years, the NPS has been making temporary repairs to the bridge while planning a full rehabilitation. In February 2016, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) informed the NPS that despite these emergency repairs, without a . . . — — Map (db m140994) HM
On one side of Arlington Memorial Bridge stands the columned portico of Arlington House, the pre-Civil war home of Robert E. Lee. In that home, Lee made his decision to resign the US Army commission. He became the commanding general of Confederate . . . — — Map (db m142185) HM
In addition to being regarded as Washington's most beautiful bridge, Arlington Memorial Bridge was an engineering marvel when it opened. The bridge was originally designed by Joseph B. Strauss as a drawbridge, and has a large bascule span that . . . — — Map (db m150817) HM
Completed in 1932, Arlington Memorial Bridge was built in a neoclassical style and extended Pierre L'Enfant's (1754-1825) original plans for the District of Columbia. The bridge was designed by the prominent architectural firm of McKim, Mead and . . . — — Map (db m150819) HM
Built in 2004 as part of Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C.'s development, this footbridge, connecting the hotel to Washington's Southwest Waterfront, was named and dedicated through a community-wide contest with The Washington Examiner in . . . — — Map (db m135434) HM
Originally constructed in 1809 as a mile-long wooden toll bridge connecting the District with Virginia, Long Bridge has seen many transformations and additions. In 1861, five days after the fall of Fort Sumpter, Robert E. Lee rode south on Long . . . — — Map (db m109421) HM
Originally constructed in 1809, the original wooden structure opened as a toll bridge that spanned the Potomac River, connecting the District of Columbia with Virginia—now carrying rail traffic as part of the 14th Street Bridge complex. — — Map (db m204405) HM
As an important link between the National Mall and Arlington National Cemetery, the bridge itself is a memorial to those who have given their lives for their country. As the ceremonial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, numerous dignitaries, . . . — — Map (db m140991) HM
Arlington Memorial Bridge has served as a monument to the sacrifices and valor of our nation's military personnel since its dedication in 1932. Now that it is nearly 90 years old, the National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration are . . . — — Map (db m140993) HM
This old, concrete railway trestle is a remnant of the Florida Southern Railroad. Crews laid tracks here starting in 1882. The railroad played a major role in the founding and history of Gainesville. The Gainesville Hawthorne Trail now follows this . . . — — Map (db m126478) HM
Ernest Kouwen-Hoven, a land developer and promoter of Indialantic-by-the-Sea in 1918-19, realized that if the seaside town was to become a resort-residential community, a bridge must be built from the mainland to the peninsula. He contracted local . . . — — Map (db m110189) HM
The first wooden bridge from Eau Gallie to "Eau Gallie Beach" was started in 1924. The bridge was formally opened in February 1926. Soon after John R. Mathers began plans to build a bridge from the barrier island to the tip of Merritt Island. That . . . — — Map (db m75971) HM
Frank and Cleattie first came to Titusville in 1920 while traveling with the Hagenback-Wallace Circus. Frank was the Circus Band Director and Cleattie worked as a seamstress, making beautiful circus costumes. She also formed her own circus act with . . . — — Map (db m195982) HM
This pier was the western end of Walker Bridge, the first bridge linking Titusville to Merritt Island. Built in 1922, the hand-cranked, wooden drawbridge served the area until preparations for a modern causeway began in the late 1930s. Causeway . . . — — Map (db m100950) HM
The Covered Bridge was the first permanent structure built within the City by Coral Ridge Properties, developer of Coral Springs, in 1964. It withstood the eye of Hurricane Cleo that passed over it in August 1964 without sustaining any damage. The . . . — — Map (db m100391) HM
Lock No. 1, or Sewell Lock, was designed by world renowned engineers Major S. Sewell and Ben Johnson and built by the Furst-Clark Construction Company of Biltmore. It was part of the Everglades Drainage District and played a vital role in early . . . — — Map (db m100230) HM
During the 1920s Florida Land Boom, the present-day Nurmi Isles subdivision was dredged to create the four finger islands. Bridges providing access to each island were constructed, but no additional development occurred until Victor Nurmi purchased . . . — — Map (db m108909) HM
In the early 1980s, the eastern part of the City of Parkland (City) along Holmberg Road was known as Country Point. At that time, the Country Place residential community was under development on the north side of Holmberg Road and north of a . . . — — Map (db m244093) HM
Near this point, the Bellamy Road crossed the Santa Fe River. The road was named for its builder, John Bellamy, a civil engineer. Approved by Congress in 1824 and completed in 1826, it was the first Federally funded road in Florida, connecting St. . . . — — Map (db m155320) HM
The McCoys Creek Improvement Project was a civic and transportation plan developed by Jacksonville City Engineer Joseph E. Craig in 1928. At the time, the McCoys Creek area was a breeding ground for mosquito-borne illnesses. Developed to reduce . . . — — Map (db m229765) HM
Late in the 19th century the Godwin Bridge was built to span the river for both residential and commercial transportation (such as logging, cotton, and turpentine industries) to connect Hamilton and Columbia Counties. Floods swept the bridge away . . . — — Map (db m239390) HM
Fortune and Benjamin Taylor were brought to Florida from South Carolina in the 1850s. They were owned by the Howell family. At the end of the Civil War, the newly freed couple were among the first African Americans to legally marry. Freedom came to . . . — — Map (db m120259) HM
At the nearby junction of Jackson Street and the Hillsborough River was the east bank docking site of the Tampa Ferry, the only means of crossing the river in pioneer days. The ferry was an open deck, flat barge, hand pulled by means of a steel . . . — — Map (db m216191) HM
A parade of Model T automobiles crossed the first bridge to span the Indian River on Labor Day 1920. This made Vero the first community with a bridge to Orchid Island. Made of sabal palm pilings and rough-cut planking, it began on the mainland side . . . — — Map (db m136026) HM
The tee-beam bridge at this location carried traffic southbound on US-1 over the Florida East Coast Railway and Old Dixie Highway beginning in 1927. The tee-beam design, constructed from cast-in-place concrete beams and reinforced steel running . . . — — Map (db m95717) HM
Two Dollar Bluff, prominently featured on the U.S. Geodetic Map of 1887, was considered a navigational aid for ships on the Indian River. Located on property owned by settler and citrus grower A.B. Michael, this bluff was an Ais Indian midden and . . . — — Map (db m212947) HM
The Fanning Springs Bridge was built by the State of Florida.
In 1934 it was officially named the Benjamin Chaires Bridge in honor of a prominent pioneer settler of Dixie County.
Located 29 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, it held the . . . — — Map (db m17709) HM
At this location over Wares Creek once stood one of the oldest concrete arch deck bridges in the State of Florida. Designed by noted local civil engineer Freeman H. Horton, the former 9th Avenue West bridge was constructed during World War II by the . . . — — Map (db m100899) HM
From Separation to Connection High above Interstate 75, this landbridge was the first of its kind in the country. The land it sits on was originally intended to be part of a massive canal across Florida. The canal would have split the state in . . . — — Map (db m166698) HM
Thee pilings are the remains of the Florida East Coast Railway freight dock, once a center of local commerce for many years. Fish and pineapples were shipped from Stuart by the boxcar load.
In 1918, when the first auto-bridge spanned the St. . . . — — Map (db m226363) HM
Considered one of the oldest natural landmarks in southeast Florida, the Miami River evolved over thousands of years from a tidal channel into a freshwater stream that carried water from the Everglades in the west to Biscayne Bay in the east. At the . . . — — Map (db m228998) HM
A rare example of a Hanover Skew bridge once crossed the Miami Canal at this location. The bridge, completed in 1952, was built to carry increasing automobile traffic to and from Miami International Airport, southwest of this location. In the early . . . — — Map (db m120652) HM
The South River Drive Historic District contains the oldest surviving Frame Vernacular boarding houses along the Miami River and illustrates the historic development of Miami beyond the downtown area and along the riverfront. Completed by 1915, . . . — — Map (db m229002) HM
Until 1973, when it collapsed, the forty foot natural bridge of oolitic limestone that spanned Arch Creek was one of South Florida's earliest landmarks. Prehistoric Indians occupied this site hundreds of years before European exploration. In the . . . — — Map (db m77645) HM
The natural limestone that once spanned the Arch Creek served as a crossing place for prehistoric Tequesta Indians, Seminole War soldiers and early pioneers. It was a natural wonder of great beauty and a scenic gathering place from which eventually . . . — — Map (db m100667) HM
In 1918 Charles Deering constructed this bridge to cross Cutler Creek on the way to his retirement home. At the time this accessway was called "Old Cutler Road". Deering relocated it from its original location inside the natural areas of his . . . — — Map (db m79320) HM
The veterans of World War I were promised a bonus but due to the Great Depression of the early 1930s the government was without funds.
Roosevelt was president and formed the Florida Emergency Relief Administration to create jobs for those . . . — — Map (db m116064) HM
In April, 1926, Monroe County began construction of a road on the east end of Upper Matecumbe to connect with other islands. It eventually made it possible to drive to Key West by using a ferry.
The first car drove to Key West on Jan. 25 1928 . . . — — Map (db m83879) HM
Established in 1934, during the Great Depression, Camp Three housed 250 Bonus Army veterans until September 2, 1935 when one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded destroyed everything there. The eye of the hurricane passed over nearby Craig Key with . . . — — Map (db m83592) HM
The "Overseas Railroad" was a masterpiece of engineering, proclaimed the "eighth wonder of the world." In 1904 Henry M. Flagler, oil magnate, hotelier, and owner of the Florida East Coast Railway, coined the battle cry for his engineers, "Go to . . . — — Map (db m224640) HM
A swing span bridge once crossed Jewfish Creek just beyond this location. Early in the construction of Henry Flagler’s Overseas Railway from the Mainland to Key West, Jewfish Creek was identified as a critical site along the route. In 1905, . . . — — Map (db m150853) HM
Flagler became the second richest man in America as creator and brains of the Standard Oil Company. His partner was John D. Rockefeller. Flagler went on to build Florida in a two decade span during which he created the Florida East Coast Railroad. . . . — — Map (db m222211) HM
Marathon began in 1908 as construction headquarters and chief shipping terminal for Henry M. Flagler's "Overseas Railway" to Key West. Through it passed thousands of workmen and immense quantities of material and supplies. At near by Knight's Key . . . — — Map (db m146247) HM
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Knights Key Segment
Between 1905 and 1912. Henry Flagler extended his Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway to Key West. This massive engineering project, called the Overseas Railroad, required 23 bridges that utilized the most . . . — — Map (db m245787) HM
Oil magnate Henry M. Flagler first visited Florida in 1878. Realizing Florida’s potential for growth, he developed railroads and hotels which transformed the eastern seaboard. The Florida East Coast Railroad reached Miami in 1896 and soon was . . . — — Map (db m150462) HM
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