High Bridge is a former hamlet located in the town of
Manlius, New York
Manlius is a town in Onondaga County, east of the city of Syracuse, New York, United States. The population was 33,712 at the 2020 census, making it the third largest suburb in metropolitan Syracuse. In 2005, the town was ranked 98th on CNN's ...
in
Onondaga County
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Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
The name ''Onondaga'' derives from ...
, just east of the city of
Syracuse
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. High Bridge was founded around 1833 but was defunct less than a century later.
History
The village was founded around 1833 and became known as High Bridge after the adjacent bridge over Limestone Creek.
[''The Post Standard'', Syracuse, NY, 29 Oct 1933] A school was built in 1849, and a double arch bridge in 1856. High Bridge was renamed to Elk Horn in 1880 in anticipation of the building of a post office; however, it was not built until 1895 and lasted just two years. The name then reverted to High Bridge.
High Bridge began to decline even as early as 1856 when many residents moved to the Midwest. However, the village lasted until the nearby lime mines gave out in the early 1900s. The hotel burned in 1913, and the union church was abandoned in 1925. By 1933, High Bridge had ceased to exist as such.
Highbridge Road, now
New York Route 92, runs from
NY-5
The 5th congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks. The district is located in Queens. A plurality of the district's population is Africa ...
at Lyndon Corners to
NY-257 in Manlius. The arch bridges have been replaced with a modern steel and concrete span. Highbridge Street runs as
New York Route 109 for a short distance and continues as a local road to NY-5.
References
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Former populated places in Onondaga County, New York
Manlius, New York