over the Mill River, has a substructure rated in critical condition by state safety inspectors. In 2007, the bridge was one of 12 in the southwestern part of the state with "critical" safety inspection ratings. Bridge Construction In 2019, construction was conducted on a South Park Avenue bridge over Mill River which ended in the summer of 2020. In May 2021, construction on another bridge on South Park Avenue began which ended in December of the same year. Notable people Anne Baxter, actress Phoebe Brand, blacklisted actress Elise Broach, children's book author Morris Carnovsky, actor Hume Cronyn, actor Debrah Farentino, actress and journalist Edna Ferber, playwright and novelist Eileen Fulton, TV actress Helen Keller, blind and deaf author; the town’s middle school is named in her honor Kevin Kilner, stage/television/movie actor Gary Mendell, founder of the national non-profit Shatterproof James Prosek, painter and author Dan Rather, CBS News anchor Igor Sikorsky, aircraft designer Jessica Tandy, actress Ida M. Tarbell, "muckraker" known for helping to break up the Standard Oil monopoly" Johnny Winter, blues guitarist See also 1807 Weston meteorite. Fell in portion of Weston which is now modern-day Easton Notes External links Town of Easton official website Historical Society of Easton official website "Living in: Easton, Conn.: A Town of Homes and Country Roads," by Eleanor Charles, an article in the Real Estate section of The New York Times, July 8, 2001 Towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut