Founders Bridge

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Founders Bridge
Founders Bridge, Hartford CT.jpg
Founders Bridge
Official name Founders Bridge
Carries Route 2
Crosses Connecticut River
Locale Hartford, Connecticut
Maintained by Connecticut Department of Transportation [1]
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)
Opened 1958
Coordinates 41°45′56.32″N 72°39′55.57″W / 41.7656444°N 72.6654361°W / 41.7656444; -72.6654361Coordinates: 41°45′56.32″N 72°39′55.57″W / 41.7656444°N 72.6654361°W / 41.7656444; -72.6654361
Founders Bridge is located in Connecticut

The Founders Bridge is one of the three highway bridges over the Connecticut River in Hartford, Connecticut. The steel stringer bridge carries the Route 2 expressway, and also crosses over Interstate 91 (which runs parallel to the river). As of 2005 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]

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  1. ^ "2005 Traffic Volumes State Maintained Highway Network (Traffic Log)" (PDF). State of Connecticut Department of Transportation. 2005. pp. p. 11. Retrieved 2007-01-25. 
  2. ^ "RIVERFRONT PARKS". Riverfront Recapture. Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2007-01-25. 


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