New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River between Groton & Stonington, Groton, New London County, CT

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as an individual engineering solution to the need to provide dependable rail service while accommodating river navigation.

Survey number: HAER CT-26

Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work

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