List of covered bridges in New York

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. 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.

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 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 1823 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 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.[3]
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:[4]

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References

  1. ↑ New York Covered Bridge Society state map with locations, and a photo of each historic bridge
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Eckholm, Erik (August 31, 2011). "Covered Bridges, Beloved Remnants of Another Era, Were Casualties, Too". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Covered Bridges of New York", by Peter Folk includes non-historic examples as well.

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