Historic Bridges of Devil's Hopyard State Park

Bridge No. 1604
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Devil's Hopyard Rd. (Rt. 434) over Muddy Brook, Devil's Hopyard SP, East Haddam, Connecticut
Coordinates
Built	1937
Architectural style	Vernacular, rustic
MPS	Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures TR
NRHP Reference #	93000642
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1993

There are three bridges carrying Hopyard Road (part of unsigned State Road 434) over several brooks within Devil's Hopyard State Park in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The main route of SSR 434 follows the Eightmile River and the bridges cross over its minor tributaries. All three bridges are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as Bridge No. 1603, Bridge No. 1604, and Bridge No. 1605, corresponding to their structure numbers in the National Bridge Inventory). The three bridges are essentially identical masonry arch bridges, 38 feet (12 m) long, with a roadbed 22 feet (6.7 m) wide. All three were constructed in 1937, as part of the Federal Works Progress Administration jobs program. All three bridges were rehabilitated in 1988, capping the arch with concrete and a waterproof membrane before restoring the roadbed.

Bridge data

Bridge No.	Crosses over	Milepost (along SSR 434)
1603	Unnamed brook	6.70
1604	Muddy Brook	7.18
1605	Unnamed brook	7.32

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Connecticut

External links

• Picture of Bridge 1604 at Connecticut History Online