Turn-of-River Bridge

The Turn-of-River Bridge, also known as Old North Stamford Road Bridge, is a single-span lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1] It formerly brought the Old Stamford Road across the Rippowam River, but is now open only to pedestrian traffic, as the road ends shortly before the bridge.

Turn-of-River Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Old N. Stamford Rd. at Rippowam River, Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°6′47″N 73°32′42.5″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892
Architect	Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Lenticular pony truss
NRHP reference No.	87000798[1]
Added to NRHP	July 31, 1987

The bridge uses the design patented by William O. Douglas in 1878 for a lens-type truss bridge, and is built out of wrought and cast iron, with pin connections, and has a concrete deck. It rests on stone abutments, and has a total span of 53 feet (16 m). It is one of only about twenty lenticular truss bridges remaining in the state.^[2] It is now open only to pedestrian traffic.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut