Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Housatonic River on CT 8 in Shelton
- Location
- Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1951; rehabilitated 1990
- Design
- Deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 253.9 ft.
Total length: 1,578.2 ft.
Deck width: 87.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.31333, -73.08833 (decimal degrees)
41°18'48" N, 73°05'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- CT 571A (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12062 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 56.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 53,600