The Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge was a 5-span iron truss bridge

Truss bridge

A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...

 over the Connecticut River

Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the largest and longest river in New England, and also an American Heritage River. It flows roughly south, starting from the Fourth Connecticut Lake in New Hampshire. After flowing through the remaining Connecticut Lakes and Lake Francis, it defines the border between the...

 located between present day Suffield, Connecticut

Suffield, Connecticut

Suffield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It had once been within the boundaries of Massachusetts. The town is located in the Connecticut River Valley with the town of Enfield neighboring to the east. In 1900, 3,521 people lived in Suffield; and in 1910, 3,841. As of the...

 and Thompsonville, Connecticut

Thompsonville, Connecticut

Thompsonville is a census-designated place in the town of Enfield in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,125 at the 2000 census.-History:...

 (Enfield

Enfield, Connecticut

Enfield is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 45,212 at the 2000 census. It sits on the border with Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the...

). It connected Burbank Avenue in Suffield with Main Street in Thompsonville. Its four stone piers still stand today.

History

In 1889 the Suffield and Thompsonville Bridge Company was granted a charter to construct an iron bridge across the Connecticut River between Thompsonville and Suffield. They owned the bridge.

• Iron Contractor: The Berlin Iron Bridge Company of Berlin, Connecticut
  Berlin, Connecticut
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• Stone Contractor: O.W. Weand of Reading, PA
• First toll-taker: Nathan Hemenway
• Toll
  Toll bridge
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  s: three cents for pedestrians, twelve cents for single teams and fifteen cents for double teams.

Not shown in the image was a walkway on the south (downstream) side of the bridge. Very popular for shad fishing.