Butts Bridge

Butts Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
File:Butts Bridge Over Quinebaug River, Canterbury, CT.JPG
Butts Bridge Rd, Canterbury, CT
Location	Butts Bridge Rd. over Quinebaug R., Canterbury, Connecticut
Coordinates
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1936
Architectural style	Other, Parker through truss
NRHP Reference #	10000272
Added to NRHP	May 24, 2010

The Butts Bridge carries Butts Bridge Road (State Road 668) over the Quinebaug River in the town of Canterbury, Connecticut. It was completed in 1937 by the Fort Pitt Bridge Works company using designs by the Connecticut State Highway Department. The bridge is a single-span steel Parker truss design that typifies truss bridges of the early automotive age. It was built as part of the Highway Department's emergency relief program after the Northeast Flood of 1936. The bridge is also known as Bridge No. 1649 and carries an average of 2,300 vehicles per day as of 2011.

File:View of Quinebaug from Butts Bridge, Canterbury, CT.JPG

View of Quinebaug River from Butts Bridge

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut

External links

• Connecticut Department of Transportation, News Release: Public Information Meeting - Rehabilitation of Bridge No. 01649, October 15, 2008
• Connecticut listing at www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com