Ashokan Bridge Explained

Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridge
Location:477 Beaverkill Rd., Olivebridge, New York
Coordinates:41.9266°N -74.1993°W
Builder:Tompkins, Nelson
Architecture:covered bridge
Added:July 20, 2000
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:00000822

Ashokan Bridge (also known as the Turnwood Bridge or New Paltz Campus Bridge) is a wooden covered bridge over Esopus Creek on the grounds of the Ashokan Center, in Ulster County, New York, United States. It was built in 1885, and is a single span, gable roofed, covered timber bridge. It measures 72 feet, 6 inches, long and 16 feet, 4 inches, wide. It was originally located at Turnwood and moved to its present location in 1939. It is situated in the Ashokan Center, which was formerly the Ashokan Field Campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

It is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . July 1, 2015 . . Searchable database . 2016-03-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridge . 2016-03-01 . Raymond W. Smith . PDF . June 2000 . and Accompanying photographs