Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge

Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge
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Coordinates
Carries	6 lanes of I-95 / US 1
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Old Lyme, Connecticut
Maintained by	ConnDOT
Characteristics
Design	Segmental box girder
Total length	2530.8 ft (771.4 m)
Width	71.85 ft (21.9 m)
Clearance below	81 ft (24.7 m)
History
Opened	1948 (rebuilt 1993)
Statistics
Daily traffic	84,000

The Baldwin Bridge is a concrete segmental bridge composed of eleven spans crossing the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, with an average daily traffic of 82,500.

The bridge carries eight lanes of Interstate 95 and US 1 traffic, 4 in each direction. In addition, there is a bike/pedestrian walkway on the north side of the bridge adjacent to the southbound lanes.

History

There have been three bridges on this site. Prior to the construction of the first bridge here, a ferry was used for the crossing, with the ferry landing located farther upstream.

The first bridge was a double-bascule span completed in 1911.

The second bridge opened in 1948 with a 4-lane girder and floorbeam bridge. This bridge was demolished in 1994 after its replacement opened.

The third and current bridge was built by O&G Industries, Inc. out of Torrington, CT. Construction of the bridge began in 1990 and was completed in 1993 with a total cost of $460 million.

The bridge is named after former Connecticut Governor Raymond E. Baldwin, who was governor from 1939–1941 and again from 1943-1946.

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See also

• List of crossings of the Connecticut River

External links

• Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge at Structurae (1993)
• Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge at Structurae (1948)