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Jay Covered Bridge 32-16-01
Description
The Jay Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered timber bridge in the Adirondack-Champlain region and is the longest in New York State.-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Covered Howe Truss bridge over East Branch Ausable River on CR 22
- Location
- Essex County, New York
- Status
- Closed to traffic
- History
- Built 1857 by George Burt; Bypassed 1997; Rehabilitated 2007
- Builder
- - George Burt
- Design
- Covered Howe Truss Bridge
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 169.0 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.37278, -73.72500 (decimal degrees)
44°22'22" N, 73°43'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/601579/4914068 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jay Mountain
- Inventory numbers
- NY 3302060 (New York State bridge identification number)
WGCB 32-16-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 26048 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 58.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1983)
- 1,300
Update Log
- April 9, 2017: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added pictures; Noted Builder
- August 20, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- September 1, 2015: New photos from John Loxton
Sources
- Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- John Loxton
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- HAER NY-170 - Jay Covered Bridge, Count Route 22, spans East Branch of AuSable River, Jay, Essex County, NY
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This single span, Howe truss bridge is also known as the Jay Covered Bridge. It was built in 1857 by George M. Burt and measures 175 feet. It is listed on the NY State Register of Historic Places and will soon be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The World Guide to Covered Bridges has assigned the following number to this bridge: NY 32-16-01. This bridge was restored and moved back across the East Branch of the AuSable River in 2006. Photos submitted by Bob and Trish Kane, Sherburne, NY.