The following movable bridges are within the State of Connecticut's borders. Eight of the movable bridges are on the Amtrak route through Connecticut. These bridges are the Mianus River Railroad Bridge, the Norwalk River Railroad Bridge, the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, the Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge, the Housatonic River Railroad Bridge, the Amtrak Old Saybrook–Old Lyme Bridge, the Niantic River Bridge (East Lyme-Waterford), and Thames River Bridge. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form.

Bridges Name (Alternate name) Location Image Completed/Replaced NRHP HAER Congress Street Bridge Bridgeport 1909-1911; Removed in 2010 East Washington Avenue Bridge Bridgeport Original: 1836 Second: Unknown Third: 1925 Fourth: 1998 (third bridge) Grand Street Bridge Bridgeport 1916-1919; Removed in 1999 Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge Bridgeport 1902; Replaced in 1996 Pleasure Beach Bridge Bridgeport 1927 Yellow Mill Bridge Bridgeport 1927-1929 East Haddam Swing Bridge East Haddam-Haddam 1913 Niantic River Swing Bridge East Lyme-Waterford 1921; Replaced in 1991 Niantic River Railroad Bridge East Lyme-Waterford 1907; Replaced 2010-2013 Mianus River Railroad Bridge Greenwich 1904 Thames River Railroad Bridge Groton-New London 1919 Replaced 2008 Mystic River Bridge Groton-Stonington 1922 Mystic River Railroad Bridge Groton-Stonington 1919; Replaced 1984 Middletown Railroad Bridge Middletown-Portland 1911 Housatonic River Railroad Bridge Milford-Stratford 1905 Washington BridgeMilford-Stratford 1921 Chapel Street Swing Bridge New Haven 1899; Replaced 1992 Ferry Street Bridge New Haven 1940 Grand Avenue Swing Bridge New Haven 1896; Replaced 1984 Tomlinson Bridge New Haven 1924; Replaced 1994-2002 Shaw's Cove Railroad Bridge New London 1891; Replaced 1984 Norwalk River Railroad Bridge Norwalk 1896 Amtrak Old Saybrook–Old Lyme Bridge Old Saybrook-Old Lyme 1907 Saugatuck River Bridge Westport 1884 Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge Westport 1905 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places listed HAER - Historic American Engineering Record listed

See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut

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