Berlin Bridge Company

Three bridges and their bridge signs are described:

“Jersey Shore” is a 1889 one span 287 foot Lenticular Truss bridge is located two miles south of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.

“Neshanic Station” is a 1896 two-span lenticular truss bridge is located in Neshanic Station, New Jersey.

“Pine Creek” is a Warren quintranguler truss bridge built in 1890.


There is a complete website on Berlin Iron Bridge Company in Connecticut at http://www.past-inc.org/bibco/index.html which was funded by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and reviewed by the Connecticut Historical Commission. It is divided into the following sections:

History of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company
The Company's patented lenticular truss
The Berlin Iron Bridge Company's plant
List of remaining Berlin bridges in Connecticut
Index map to remaining Berlin bridges

It lists the 13 remaining Berlin Bridges in Connecticut:

Town Bridge, Canton
Melrose Road Bridge, East Windsor
Ashland Mill Bridge, Jewett City, Griswold
Red Bridge, Meriden
South Norwalk Railroad Bridge, Norwalk
Norwalk River Railroad Bridge, Norwalk
Boardman's Bridge, New Milford
Lovers Leap Bridge, New Milford
Glen Falls Bridge, Plainfield
Hallville Mill Bridge, Preston
Sharon Station Road Bridge, Sharon
Main Street Bridge, Stamford
Turn of River Bridge, Stamford
Talcottville Main Street Bridge, Vernon
Washington Avenue Bridge, Waterbury
Sheffield Street Bridge, Waterbury
Minortown Road Bridge, Woodbury