List of covered bridges in New York explained

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.

Nameclass=unsortable ImageLocation
Year BuiltLength (ft)SpansDesign and
Historical Notes
Downsville BridgeDelaware County1854174East Branch of the Delaware RiverListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Fitches BridgeDelaware County1870100West Branch of the Delaware RiverListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Hamden BridgeDelaware County1859125West Branch of the Delaware RiverListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Lower Shavertown Bridge, or Campbell Bridge or Old Roscoe BridgeDelaware County187732Trout CreekListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Tuscarora Club BridgeDelaware County1870, rebuilt 2012[2] 38Mill Brook
Jay BridgeEssex County1857160Ausable River
Salisbury Center BridgeHerkimer County187550Spruce CreekListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Hyde Hall BridgeOtsego County1825 53Shadow BrookListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Located in Glimmerglass State Park.
Copeland BridgeSaratoga County187935Beecher CreekListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Blenheim BridgeSchoharie County1855, rebuilt 2018232 Schoharie CreekListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 and National Historic Landmark in 1964. Destroyed on August 28, 2011, by Tropical Storm Irene.[3]
Beaverkill Bridge, also known as Conklin BridgeSullivan County186598Beaver KillListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Bendo Bridge, or Willowemoc Covered BridgeSullivan County186048Willowemoc Creek
Halls Mills BridgeSullivan County1912119Neversink River
Van Tran Flat Bridge, formerly called the Mott's Flat Bridge and also known as the Livingston Manor BridgeSullivan County1860117Willowemoc Creek
Newfield BridgeTompkins County1853115Cayuga CreekListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Ashokan Bridge, or New Paltz Campus Bridge or Turnwood BridgeUlster County188962Esopus CreekListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Forge BridgeUlster County190627Dry Brook
Grants Mills BridgeUlster County190266Mill BrookListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Perrine's BridgeUlster County1844138Wallkill RiverListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Tappan Bridge, or Kittle BridgeUlster County190643Dry Brook
Buskirk BridgeWashington County1857164Hoosic RiverListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Eagleville BridgeWashington County1858101BattenkillListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Rexleigh BridgeWashington County1874107BattenkillListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Washington County1858161BattenkillListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nycoveredbridges.org/ New York Covered Bridge Society
  2. Book: Caswell . William S. . World Guide to Covered Bridges . National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges . Concord, New Hampshire . 978-0-578-30263-8 . 2021 . 54–60.
  3. Web site: Covered Bridges, Beloved Remnants of Another Era, Were Casualties, Too . Eckholm, Erik . August 31, 2011 . . 2011-09-02.
  4. http://www.bridges-covered.com/new_york.html "Covered Bridges of New York", by Peter Folk

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