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.

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Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ
carries Route 32 ⓘ
Route 66 ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Route 66

South Street ⓘ
commemorates Battle of the Frogs legend ⓘ
Windham textile industry ⓘ
commonName Frog Bridge ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Windham County, Connecticut ⓘ
crosses Willimantic River ⓘ
linked to: Yantic River
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 ⓘ
hasLocalNickname Frog Bridge ⓘ
hasPublicArt whimsical frog sculptures ⓘ
isIconicFor oversized frog statues ⓘ
isLocatedNear downtown Willimantic ⓘ
isTouristAttractionIn Windham, Connecticut ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
Willimantic section of Windham ⓘ
Windham, Connecticut ⓘ
maintainedBy Connecticut Department of Transportation ⓘ
materialOfFrogSculptures bronze ⓘ
namedAfter Thread City (nickname of Willimantic) ⓘ
numberOfFrogSculptures 4 ⓘ
officialName Thread City Crossing ⓘ
opened 2000 ⓘ
partOf Connecticut state highway system ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
replaced an older Willimantic River bridge ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ
usedFor pedestrian traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windham, Connecticut → hasLandmark → Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing) ⓘ
Willimantic, Connecticut → hasLandmark → Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing) ⓘ