Founders Bridge

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CT-2, East Hartford, CT 06108, USA

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N41° 45' 56.32" W72° 39' 55.57"   (41.765644444444, -72.665436111111) Start navigation »

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The Founders Bridge is one of the three highway bridges over the Connecticut River in Hartford, Connecticut. The steel stringer bridge carries the Route 2 expressway, and also crosses over Interstate 91 (which runs parallel to the river). As of 2013 the bridge had an average daily traffic of 29,200.
One of the centerpieces of Hartford's Riverfront Recapture project, it features a wide pedestrian promenade and access to the rest of the riverfront park area as well as to Constitution Plaza.
The bridge makes up a section of the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000 mile long system of trails connecting Calais,Maine to Key West, Florida.

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