The Captain John Bissell Memorial Bridge carries I-291 over the Connecticut River , connecting the towns of Windsor, Connecticut and South Windsor, Connecticut . There is a pedestrian crossing on the bridge on the westbound, upstream side.
4-520: Bissell Bridge may refer to: Bissell Bridge (Connecticut) , over the Connecticut River, connecting the towns of Windsor and South Windsor, Connecticut, U.S. Bissell Bridge (Massachusetts) , over Mill Brook in Charlemont, Massachusetts, U.S. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-495: The title Bissell Bridge . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bissell_Bridge&oldid=932726163 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bissell Bridge (Connecticut) The Bulkeley Bridge
12-516: Was also planned to be built in the Hartford Area , eventually becoming I-291 . The bridge and bypass opened on December 16, 1957, from I-91 to US 5 . The bridge was originally called Wolcott Bridge, because of the name of the road formerly carried on it. It was renamed in 1960 to its current name. A toll was charged on the bridge until a tollbooth accident in 1983, which was one of the toll accidents that resulted in statewide removal of tollbooths in
16-743: Was the only bridge crossing on the Connecticut River for miles in the early 20th century. Then it was proposed in the 1930s to build two more road bridges on the river for the Wilbur Cross Highway . In 1955 the new Charter Oak Bridge , built 10 years earlier, was not helping to ease traffic on the Bulkeley Bridge. The Greater Hartford Bridge Authority was created to build this bridge and the Putnam Bridge in Glastonbury . An Interstate bypass
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