Mystic River Bascule Bridge

The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot traffic directly into the tourist district of town via 33 ft-wide Main Street.

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Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in Mystic, Connecticut
Also known as: “Mystic Drawbridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mystic Museum of Art and Mystic Seaport Marine Museum.

Mystic Museum of Art

Museum

Mystic Museum of Art is a museum of American art at 9 Water Street in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic Art Association, an organization of artists who painted in the seacoast town, was founded by Charles Harold Davis in 1913. Mystic Museum of Art is situated 900 feet southwest of Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Mystic Seaport Marine Museum

Theme park

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Mystic Seaport Museum is a maritime museum in Mystic, Connecticut, and the largest in the United States. Its 19-acre site holds a collection of ships and boats and a re-creation of a 19th-century seaport village consisting of more than 60 historic buildings, including many rare commercial structures that were moved to the site and meticulously restored. Mystic Seaport Marine Museum is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Mystic station

Railway station

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Mystic station is an intercity train station on the Northeast Corridor, located off Roosevelt Avenue east of downtown Mystic, Connecticut. It is served by a limited number of trains on Amtrak's Northeast Regional service, with three to five daily trains in each direction. Mystic station is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mystic Bridge Historic District and Mystic.

Mystic Bridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Mystic Bridge Historic District is a historic district in the village of Mystic, Connecticut on the Stonington side of the Mystic River. It includes the Mystic Seaport Museum, whose grounds and floating vessels represent the area's history, and the 1924 Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Mystic

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Mystic is a village that is partly in Groton and partly in Stonington in Connecticut. It is a major tourist destination.

Mystic River Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Mystic River Historic District encompasses the part of the village of Mystic, Connecticut that is on the Groton side of the Mystic River. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1979, approximately 235-acre which includes much of the village of West Mystic and many buildings from the 19th century.

Mystic River Bascule Bridge

Categories: bascule bridge and transportation
Location: Groton, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Mystic-Eastern, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.35472° or 41° 21′ 17″ north

Longitude

-71.96877° or 71° 58′ 8″ west

Open location code

87HC923J+VF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 694409798

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q6948966

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Trade Winds Gallery and Mystic Visitors Center.

Nearby Places

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