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Connecticut River Bridge and Highway District records

 Collection
Identifier: RG046

Scope and Content

Includes minutes, dedication materials, builders' bid, treasurer's reports and finanical statements, a journal, deeds and legal documents and plans, drawings and maps.

Dates

  • 1879-1949

Language of Materials

The records are in English.

Restrictions on Access

Some of these records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.

See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.

Historical Note

The General Assembly created the Commission in 1895 (Special Act 343) to be responsible for the construction of a new bridge over the Connecticut River to replace the wooden bridge that had burned in that year. The first chair was Morgan G. Bulkeley, under whose direction the bridge was built and dedicated in October 1908. In May 1927 a second ceremony took place naming the bridge the Bulkeley Bridge. The Commission maintained the bridge until the 1930s, when it turned its duties and title to the properties to the State and adjoining localities. Final liquidation of its accounts took place on July 13, 1949, and the State Library received its remaining papers. Ella Fairchild Burr was the Commission's secretary and the architect gave her a silver punch bowl set as a token of his gratitude.

Extent

5 cubic feet

Abstract

The General Assembly created the Commission in 1895 (Special Act 343) to be responsible for the construction of a new bridge over the Connecticut River to replace the wooden bridge that had burned in that year. The Commission maintained the bridge until the 1930s, when it turned its duties and title to the properties to the State and adjoining localities.

Related Material

Classified Archives, 124.2 C76d, Design, drawings, and map of location of Connecticut River Bridge with letter of approval, 1902-1903.

RG 006, Secretary of the State, East Hartford Bridge material, 1893-1895, Box 12. Hearing records, briefs, newspaper clippings, etc. pertaining to legislation transferring maintenance responsibility from the town to the State.

PG 475, Construction of Bulkely Bridge, East Haddam Bridge and Connecticut state Bridge.

PG 480, Hartford Bridge Week Celebration.

See the online catalogue for materials on the earlier Hartford Bridge, on the legislative background of the Bulkeley Bridge (Senate Bill 27, 1895, reports) and the annual report on bridge maintenance, 1911.

Title
RG 046, Connecticut River Bridge and Highway District
Subtitle
Inventory of Records
Author
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Date
2007
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository

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