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Bissell Bridge Boat Launch (Connecticut River)

Boat ramp · on Connecticut River · near Windsor · Connecticut

The Connecticut River looking north from the Bissell Bridge
The Connecticut River looking north from the Bissell Bridge Photo: jflusa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
  • Morning mist on the Connecticut River from the Bissell Bridge by Elias Friedman (elipongo)

Open per Connecticut DEEP state boat launches (trailered)'s data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Fee
Free
Ramp surface
Concrete Slab
Car parking
18 spaces
Restrooms
Chemical (Seasonal)
Season
Year round
Rules at the launch
(A) A 25 MPH nighttime speed limit from 1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 hour before sunrise on all days of the year. (B) A 30 MPH limit from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset on Saturdays and Sundays from the Saturday preceding Memorial Day to the Sunday preceding Labor Day inclusive and on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. (C) A 45 MPH limit, from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, Monday through Friday, inclusive, during all seasons, and on Saturdays and Sundays from the Saturday following Labor Day to the Friday preceding Memorial Day. No person shall operate a motorboat in excess of Slow-No-Wake: (A) From the Bulkeley Bridge in Hartford to Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook; when passing marinas, yacht clubs, anchorages and docks, boat launches and congested areas. (B) Within the following specific areas: The area between the Saybrook breakwaters bounded northerly by the Saybrook inner light and bounded southerly by the Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook;The area bounded northerly by navigation aid Connecticut River light #15 and bounded southerly by the southernmost point of Saybrook Point in Old Saybrook;The area bounded northerly by navigation aid Connecticut River RED NUN #20 and bounded southerly by the railroad bascule bridge in Old Saybrook;The area bounded northerly by a point 800 feet upstream from the East Haddam Bridge and bounded southerly by a point 1,500 feet downstream from the East Haddam Bridge;The area bounded northerly by a point five hundred feet downstream from the highway bridge in Middletown and bounded southerly by navigation aid Connecticut River light #87;The area bounded northerly by the navigation aid Connecticut River light #113 and bounded southerly by the water tower on property now or formerly known as the Connecticut Foundry in Rocky Hill.
Dock
None
Parking surface
Paved
Access road
Paved
Address
265 East Barber Street, Windsor
Directions
Located just south of the Windsor/South Windsor (Bissell Bridge) in Wilson. Turn east off Route 159 onto East Barber Street. Launch is at the end.
Wheelchair access
No
Managed by
Connecticut DEEP
Website
portal.ct.gov
Site sketch
PDF from the agency
Coordinates
41.81306, -72.64697

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On Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the longest river in New England. It flows roughly south for 406 miles through four states and empties into Long Island Sound between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut. Its watershed covers 11,260 square miles and includes 148 tributaries. The river supplies about 70 percent of Long Island Sound's fresh water. Tides reach as far north as the Enfield Rapids in Windsor Locks, about 58 miles above the mouth. Hartford, the only state capital on the river, sits on an old floodplain that runs south to Middletown. At Middletown the river narrows and turns southeast, passing through thinly populated, hilly, wooded country before it widens into coastal marshland at the Sound. Large sandbars that shift at the mouth make the Connecticut the only major river in the Northeast without a port at its mouth. More about Connecticut River.

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