Glen Falls Bridge
The Glen Falls Bridge is a historic bridge that formerly carried Brunswick Avenue over the Moosup River in Plainfield, Connecticut. Built in 1886 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, it is one of a shrinking number of surviving 19th-century lenticular truss bridges in the state.Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aldrich Free Public Library and March Route of Rochambeau’s Army: Plainfield Pike.
Aldrich Free Public Library
Library
Aldrich Free Public Library is the public library of the Moosup section of Plainfield, Connecticut. It is located at 299 Main Street, in an architecturally significant Queen Anne building constructed in 1895 with funds given by the library's major benefactors, David L. Aldrich Free Public Library is situated 3,700 feet west of Glen Falls Bridge.
March Route of Rochambeau’s Army: Plainfield Pike
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike is a 3.6 mile-long road segment in Plainfield and Sterling, Connecticut which forms a portion of the historic march route of Comte de Rochambeau's army in June 1781 on its way to Yorktown, Virginia, and again of the returning army in November 1782. March Route of Rochambeau’s Army: Plainfield Pike is situated 2½ miles south of Glen Falls Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moosup and Sterling.
Moosup
Suburb
Photo: JJBers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moosup is a village and census-designated place in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 3,166 at the 2024 census.
Sterling
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sterling is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 3,578 at the 2020 census. Sterling is situated 2 miles east of Glen Falls Bridge.
Sterling Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sterling Hill Historic District encompasses a well-preserved early 19th-century rural village center on western edge of the town of Sterling, Connecticut. Sterling Hill Historic District is situated 2 miles southeast of Glen Falls Bridge.
Glen Falls Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: disused bridge in Plainfield, Connecticut, US
- Categories: truss bridge, road bridge, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Town of Plainfield, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.71704° or 41° 43′ 1″ northLongitude
-71.8614° or 71° 51′ 41″ westInception
1886Open location code
87HCP48Q+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 982125194OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q5567741
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In Other Languages
“Glen Falls Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Glen Falls Bridge”
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