Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge deck that saved money but was unpopular with drivers. A toll plaza stood at the eastern end of the Sikorsky Bridge until Connecticut abolished tolls in 1988. The toll booth is now preserved in Stratford at the Boothe Memorial Park and Museum. The Sikorsky Bridge is named after aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky, whose helicopter factory is located along the riverfront immediately north of the bridge. After years of environmental studies, the Connecticut Department of Transportation awarded an $87 million contract to Balfour Beatty Construction to build the replacement bridge, the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge, in 2000. The southern half
Igor Sikorsky 1912. In early 1912, Igor Sikorsky became Chief Engineer of the aircraft division for the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works ("Russko-Baltiisky Vagonny Zavod" or "R-BVZ") in Saint Petersburg. His work at R-BVZ included the construction of the first four-engine aircraft, the S-21 "Russky Vityaz", which he initially called "Le Grand" when fitted with just two engines, then as the "Bolshoi Baltisky" (The Great Baltic) when fitted with four engines for the first time, each wing panel's pair of powerplants in a "push-pull" tandem configuration previous to the four tractor-engined "Russki Vityaz". He also served as the test pilot for its