List_of_covered_bridges_in_New_York Knowpia

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 edit

(ordered by counties):

The following is a list of 24 of the historic New York State covered bridges.

Name	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 edit

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 edit

^ 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.