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 A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...

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as historic, but these are not all listed on the

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New York Society of Covered Bridges
lists 24 historic covered bridges. One of the NRHPs,

Old Blenheim Bridge Old Blenheim Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that spanned Schoharie Creek in North Blenheim, New York, United States. With an open span of , it had the second longest span of any surviving single-span covered bridge in the world. The 1862 Br ...

, has further been declared to be a

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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.

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:"Covered Bridges of New York", by Peter Folk
includes non-historic examples as well. * 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, * Schoharie Bridge, in

Schoharie County Schoharie County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,714, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is Schoharie. "Schoharie" comes from a Mohawk word meaning "f ...

* Ludlow Greens Bridge, in Suffolk County * 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

References

External links

* * Dale J. Travis Covered Bridges
NYSCB Credits
Retrieved May 20, 2013. * Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA

Retrieved May 20, 2013.

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Covered bridges A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...

Lists of covered bridges in the United States

Bridges A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whic ...