Washington Bridge

The Washington Bridge, also known as the Devon Bridge, carries Route 1 over the Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, connecting the city of Milford to the town of Stratford.

Photo: Sgt. R.K. Blue, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Devon Bridge” and “Ferry Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moses Wheeler Bridge and Goose Island.

Moses Wheeler Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Markvs88, Public domain.

Moses Wheeler Bridge carries Interstate 95 over the Housatonic River between Stratford and the Devon section of Milford. The current bridge is a 14-span continuous girder and floorbeam structure that carries three lanes of traffic in each direction, with full inside and outside shoulders. Moses Wheeler Bridge is situated 1,600 feet north of Washington Bridge.

Goose Island

Island

Goose Island is an island owned by Stratford, Connecticut below I-95 in the Housatonic River. The island is currently a set of three islets due to erosion running north–south near the Stratford bank of the river.

Carting Island

Islet

Carting Island is the largest of the four islands owned by Stratford, Connecticut, in the Housatonic River between I-95 and the Merritt Parkway. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, east of Peacock Island, and southwest of Long Island, and Pope's Flat, it is also south of Fowler Island in Milford and the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devon and Stratford.

Devon

Village

The village of Devon is a neighborhood of the city of Milford, Connecticut, United States. It lies on the southwest corner of the city bordering Long Island Sound and the mouth of the Housatonic River.

Stratford

Photo: Igor154, Public domain.

Stratford is a town in Connecticut. Stratford, Connecticut was founded in 1639. It is in New England and located on the Long Island Sound. It is east of the Housatonic River and it also part of Fairfield County.

Stratford Center Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Stratford Center Historic District is a 220-acre historic district in Stratford, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Washington Bridge

Category: transportation
Location: Milford, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Greater New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.20028° or 41° 12′ 1″ north

Longitude

-73.11046° or 73° 6′ 38″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Named after

George Washington

Open location code

87H86V2Q+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1072776584

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

GeoNames ID

4845152

Wikidata ID

Q7971701

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Washington Bridge” goes by many names.

Chinese: “华盛顿桥”
Dutch: “Washington Bridge”
French: “pont Washington”
French: “Pont Washington”
German: “Washington Bridge”
Swedish: “Washington Bridge (Connecticut)”
Swedish: “Washington Bridge”

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