Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over East Branch Ausable Rive on CR 22
- Location
- Essex County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1857; rehabilitated 1997
- Design
- Pony truss
- 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)
- USGS topographic map
- Jay Mountain
- Inventory numbers
- NY 3302060 (New York State bridge identification 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
Comments
East Branch AuSable River Bridge
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.
