This is a list of covered bridges in New York State .
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation identifies 29 covered bridges in New York State as historic, but these are not all listed on the National Register of Historic Places .[citation needed ] The New York Society of Covered Bridges lists 24 historic covered bridges.[ 1]
One of the NRHPs, Old Blenheim Bridge , has further been declared to be a National Historic Landmark and also has described by a Historic American Engineering Record . It may be the longest single-span covered bridge in the United States or in the world.[citation needed ]
24 identified by New York Society of Covered Bridges
(ordered by counties):
The following is a list of 24 of the historic New York State covered bridges .
Name
Image
Location[A]
Year Built
Length (ft)
Spans
Design and Historical Notes[B]
Downsville Bridge
Delaware County
1854
174
East Branch of the Delaware River
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[ 2]
Fitches Bridge
Delaware County
1870
100
West Branch of the Delaware River
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[ 2]
Hamden Bridge
Delaware County
1859
125
West Branch of the Delaware River
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[ 2]
Lower Shavertown Bridge , or Campbell Bridge or Old Roscoe Bridge
Delaware County
1877
32
Trout Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[ 2]
Tuscarora Club Bridge
Delaware County
1870, rebuilt 2012[ 3]
38
Mill Brook
Jay Bridge
Essex County
1857
160
Ausable River
Salisbury Center Bridge
Herkimer County
1875
50
Spruce Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[ 2]
Hyde Hall Bridge
Otsego County
1825
53
Shadow Brook
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[ 2] Located in Glimmerglass State Park .
Copeland Bridge
Saratoga County
1879
35
Beecher Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[ 2]
Blenheim Bridge
Schoharie County
1855, rebuilt 2018[ 3]
232
Schoharie Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 and National Historic Landmark in 1964.[ 2] Destroyed on August 28, 2011, by Tropical Storm Irene .[ 4]
Beaverkill Bridge , also known as Conklin Bridge
Sullivan County
1865
98
Beaver Kill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[ 2]
Bendo Bridge , or Willowemoc Covered Bridge
Sullivan County
1860
48
Willowemoc Creek
Halls Mills Bridge
Sullivan County
1912
119
Neversink River
Van Tran Flat Bridge , formerly called the Mott's Flat Bridge and also known as the Livingston Manor Bridge
Sullivan County
1860
117
Willowemoc Creek
Newfield Bridge
Tompkins County
1853
115
Cayuga Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[ 2]
Ashokan Bridge , or New Paltz Campus Bridge or Turnwood Bridge
Ulster County
1889
62
Esopus Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[ 2]
Forge Bridge
Ulster County
1906
27
Dry Brook
Grants Mills Bridge
Ulster County
1902
66
Mill Brook
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[ 2]
Perrine's Bridge
Ulster County
1844
138
Wallkill River
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[ 2]
Tappan Bridge , or Kittle Bridge
Ulster County
1906
43
Dry Brook
Buskirk Bridge
Washington County
1857
164
Hoosic River
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[ 2]
Eagleville Bridge
Washington County
1858
101
Battenkill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[ 2]
Rexleigh Bridge
Washington County
1874
107
Battenkill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[ 2]
Shushan Bridge
Washington County
1858
161
Battenkill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[ 2]
18 identified by Peter Folk
More modern or otherwise not-as-authentic covered bridges in New York State also exist. Peter Folk lists the following 18 bridges:[ 5]
Waldbillig Bridge, in Albany County
Voorheesville School Bridge, in Albany County
Munson Bridge in Broome County
Thomas E. Kelly Bridge in Cattaraugus County
Erpf Bridge in Delaware County
Fort Ticonderoga / Kissing Bridge, in Essex County
Morehouse Bridge in Fulton County
Old Forge Bridge in Herkimer County
Frontenac or North Country Bridge, in Jefferson County
Americana Village Bridge, in Madison County
Roydhouse Bridge , in Oneida County, 42°53′43.74″N 75°18′2.45″W / 42.8954833°N 75.3006806°W / 42.8954833; -75.3006806 (Roydhouse Bridge )
Schoharie Bridge , in Schoharie County
Ludlow Greens Bridge, in Suffolk County 40°56.55′N 72°17.47′W / 40.94250°N 72.29117°W / 40.94250; -72.29117 (Ludlow Greens Bridge )
Grahamsville Bridge, in Sullivan County
Friendship Manor Bridge, in Ulster County
Myers Bridge, in Ulster County
Cambridge Bridge, in Washington County
Granville Bridge, in Washington County
Cannon Covered Bridge, in Wyoming County
References
^ New York Covered Bridge Society state map with locations, and a photo of each historic bridge
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . March 13, 2009.
^ a b Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. pp. 54–60. ISBN 978-0-578-30263-8 .
^ Eckholm, Erik (August 31, 2011). "Covered Bridges, Beloved Remnants of Another Era, Were Casualties, Too" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2011-09-02 .
^ "Covered Bridges of New York", by Peter Folk Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine includes non-historic examples as well.
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