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 |
Year Built | Length (ft) | Spans | Design and Historical Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downsville Bridge | Delaware County | 1854 | East Branch of the Delaware River | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. | ||
Fitches Bridge | Delaware County | 1870 | West Branch of the Delaware River | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. | ||
Hamden Bridge | Delaware County | 1859 | 128 | West Branch of the Delaware River | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. | |
Lower Shavertown Bridge | Delaware County | 1877 | 32 | Trout Creek | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. | |
Tuscarora Club Bridge | Delaware County | 1870 | Mill Brook | |||
Jay Bridge | Essex County | 1857 | Ausable River | |||
Salisbury Center Bridge | Herkimer County | 1875 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. | |||
Hyde Hall Bridge | Otsego County | 1823 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Located in Glimmerglass State Park. | |||
Blenheim Bridge | Schoharie County | 1855 | 232 | Schoharie Creek | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 and National Historic Landmark in 1964. Destroyed on August 28, 2011, by Tropical Storm Irene. | |
Beaverkill Bridge, also known as Conklin Bridge | Sullivan County | 1865 | 98 | Beaver Kill | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. | |
Bendo Bridge, or Willowemoc Covered Bridge | Sullivan County | 1860 | Willowemoc Creek | |||
Halls Mills Bridge | Sullivan County | 1912 | Neversink River | |||
Van Tran Flat Bridge | Sullivan County | 1860 | Willowemoc Creek | |||
Newfield Bridge | Tompkins County | Cayuga Creek | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. | |||
Ashokan Bridge, or New Paltz Campus Bridge or Turnwood Bridge | Ulster County | 1885 | Esopus Creek | |||
Forge Bridge | Ulster County | 1906 | 27 | Dry Brook | ||
Grants Mills Bridge | Ulster County | 69.5 | Mill Brook | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. | ||
Perrine's Bridge | Ulster County | 1844 | 138 | Wallkill River | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. | |
Tappan Bridge, or Kittle Bridge | Ulster County | 1906 | Dry Brook | |||
Buskirk Bridge | Washington County | 1850 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. | |||
Eagleville Bridge | Washington County | 1858 | Battenkill | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. | ||
Rexleigh Bridge | Washington County | 1874 | Battenkill | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. | ||
Shushan Bridge | Washington County | 1858 | Battenkill | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. |
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