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Cornwall Bridge is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the hamlets of Cornwall Bridge and Calhoun Corners in the towns of Cornwall and Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is primarily in the southwestern corner of the town of Cornwall, but extends west across the Housatonic River into the town of Sharon in the ...
1960s postcard of Cornwall Bridge. The Cornwall Bridge is located in southwestern Cornwall and southeastern Sharon, near the village known as Cornwall Bridge.It is oriented east-west, principally crossing the south-flowing Housatonic River, but also the tracks of the Housatonic Railroad which parallels the river's east bank, and roads named River Road on each side.
Cornwall has long been known as the “Home of the Covered Bridge,” which has spanned the Housatonic River since 1864. One of only three surviving covered bridges in Connecticut, the bridge is a popular tourist destination and among the most-photographed locations in the state.
Cornwall Bridge station is a former train station in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut. The station building was built in the 1880s to serve passengers on the Housatonic Railroad . Passenger service on the line ended in 1971, at which time Penn Central auctioned off the station.
Cornwall and Sharon: Also known as Cornwall Bridge, crosses the Housatonic River and the Housatonic Railroad. Built in 1930 by C.W. Blakeslee and Sons for the Connecticut Highway Department, it is a fairly large example of concrete open-spandrel construction. [7] 19: Bridgewater Center Historic District: Bridgewater Center Historic District
The West Cornwall Covered Bridge (an earlier incarnation was known as the Hart Bridge) is a wooden covered lattice truss bridge carrying the Sharon-Goshen Turnpike over the Housatonic River in the town of Cornwall, Connecticut. Records indicate that a bridge may have been in place in this location as early as 1762.
Cornwall Bridge is at top left. Another 1984 USGS excerpt. Dudleytown is an abandoned settlement, located in a valley known as the Dark Entry Forest, in northwestern Connecticut in the United States, best known today as a ghost town. Due to vandalism and trespassers, the site is not open to the public.
Cornwall is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the central village in the town of Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the geographic center of the town, along Connecticut Route 4 (Furnace Brook Road/Cemetery Hill Road), southeast of West Cornwall and northeast of Cornwall Bridge .