Connecticut
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Town of New Haven

Tomlinson Lift Bridge

The Tomlinson Lift Bridge is a crossing of the in . The bridge forms a segment of U.S. Route 1. The Tomlinson Vertical Lift Bridge carries four lanes of traffic across and a single-track freight line owned by the Providence & Worcester Railroad that connects the waterfront with the Northeast Corridor line of Metro North and CSX.
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Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: lift bridge in New Haven, Connecticut, US
  • Also known as: “Tomlinson Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge and 29th Colored Regiment Monument.

Bridge
Photo: Dannel Malloy, CC BY 2.0.
The , commonly referred to as the Q Bridge by locals, is an extradosed bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the mouth of the in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 350 feet northeast of Tomlinson Lift Bridge.

Memorial
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The is a monument located in Criscuolo Park in , United States. The monument commemorates the soldiers of the 29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and is located on the grounds of where more than 900 black recruits trained in 1863. is situated 1,800 feet north of Tomlinson Lift Bridge.

Railway station
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New Haven Union Station is the main railroad passenger station in . It is the third such station in the city of New Haven, preceded by both an 1848 built station in a different location, and an 1879 built station near the current station's location. is situated 1 mile west of Tomlinson Lift Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include River Street Historic District and The Annex.

Neighborhood
Photo: Emporostheoros, Public domain.
The encompasses a historic industrial area in the Fair Haven section of . Located south of Chapel Street between James Street and Blatchley Avenue, the industrial buildings here date to New Haven's growth as a major industrial center between the American Civil War and World War I, with significant emphasis on metalworking businesses.

Suburb
is a residential neighborhood in the city of . Originally part of , the neighborhood was voluntarily ceded by East Haven and annexed by the city of New Haven in the 1880s.

Neighborhood
is a primarily industrial in the city of , located between the and Fair Haven neighborhoods.

Tomlinson Lift Bridge

Latitude
41.29815° or 41° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
-72.90497° or 72° 54′ 18″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87H973XW+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 514907276
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
4844289
Wiki­data ID
Q7819025
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In Other Languages

“Tomlinson Lift Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Tomlinson Lift Bridge”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tomlinson Lift Bridge”. Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.