A proposed bridge from Connecticut to New York across the Long Island Sound would be the state’s first major new crossing, connecting two places for the first time, since the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. That bridge is not likely to be built, according to Gov. Ned Lamont, who said last year that “they’ve been talking about that ever since I was a kid in Long Island.” Transit development experts say new bridges — not replacement bridges — are not being built because that’s not the sort of development Connecticut needs. Instead smaller bridges focused on pedestrians or cyclists are usually taking priority. “The big regional scale investments are set,” said David Kooris, executive director at the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority. “Now we’re kind of looking back inward at the fine grain connections that stitch together our communities.” Connecticut’s last major new crossing was the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge, constructed in 1967, carrying Route 2A over the Thames River, according to Eva Zymaris, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Transportation. She also mentioned the Frog Bridge, opened in 2000, which carries state road 661 over the Willimantic River.
CT hasn’t built a major new bridge since 1967, despite buzz around the Long Island Sound. Here’s why
