Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing)
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Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing) is a distinctive road bridge in Windham, Connecticut, best known for its large decorative frog sculptures that commemorate the town’s historic "Battle of the Frogs" legend.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
Route 32
ⓘ
Route 66 NERFINISHED ⓘ South Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Battle of the Frogs legend
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windham textile industry ⓘ |
| commonName | Frog Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Windham County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | Willimantic River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureLocatedAtEnds | frog statues on thread spools ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
local landmark
ⓘ
symbol of Willimantic’s identity ⓘ |
| hasDecorativeFeature |
large frog sculptures
ⓘ
thread spools ⓘ |
| hasDesign | steel arch ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| hasLegendAssociated | 18th-century Battle of the Frogs noise incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalNickname | Frog Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicArt | whimsical frog sculptures ⓘ |
| isIconicFor | oversized frog statues ⓘ |
| isLocatedNear | downtown Willimantic ⓘ |
| isTouristAttractionIn | Windham, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Willimantic section of Windham NERFINISHED ⓘ Windham, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Connecticut Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialOfFrogSculptures | bronze ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thread City (nickname of Willimantic) ⓘ |
| numberOfFrogSculptures | 4 ⓘ |
| officialName | Thread City Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 2000 ⓘ |
| partOf | Connecticut state highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | an older Willimantic River bridge ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Willimantic, Connecticut