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Middlesex
County, Connecticut
(WGN
07-04-07) (WGCB CT-04-07) (1976) (Private)
A single-span multiple Kingpost truss with Burr arches 60' 2" over the Moodus River. Located:
In Historic Johnsonville Village, Connecticut approximately 2 miles southwest
of Moodus, Connecticut, a locality within the East Haddam, Connecticut
town line. Directions: Just south of Moodus, Connecticut, at
the jct. of SR 149 South and SR 151 North, go north on SR 151 for 0.5 mile
to Johnsonville Road; turn left (southwest) onto Johnsonville Road to the
first stop sign. Turn left onto Leesville Road and look for the bridge
on your right in the valley beside the millpond. You must photograph
the bridge from Leesville road since access to the structure is no longer
being granted (see below). This covered bridge is tucked away in
an almost obscure location in the rural area of East Haddam, Connecticut.
It was constructed by a local bridge builder, Thomas Kronenberger, on the
property across the Moodus River. The trusses of the main bridge
are multiple Kingpost overlaid on each roadway side of the truss with a
single, nine-ply arch. The arch does not go through the abutment,
as a Burr truss arch would, but rests on the bottom chord. It has
a pedestrian walkway, also supported with a multiple Kingpost truss.
The deck is covered with lengthwise random width planks, the roof is cedar
shakes and the sides and portal is unfinished vertical boards. The
entire structure rests on stone and mortar abutments that are extended
to short, road level wing walls. When photographed on May 20, 2005,
the land had been sold to a local developer who posted it and has active
security patrols to prevent access. We were able to photograph the bridge
from Leesville Road, a public town road above the structure, using a zoom
lens. After taking our photographs, we were approached by two security
personnel who had been observing our attempts to locate the structure and
they cautioned us not to try to gain access to the bridge (as if that was
even contemplated). Also known as the
Johnsonville Village Covered
Bridge. (May 2005) |
