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Beaverkill Covered Bridge 32-53-02

Sullivan County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2010

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BH Photo #170421

Map 

Description 

The Beaverkill Bridge is a distinctive regional variation of a Town lattice truss with fanlike radiating planks in the end panels. It is the best preserved of three surviving examples of this type, all of which attributed to John Davidson, a local carpenter-builder.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Beaverkill River on Campsite Road (TH 30)
Location
Sullivan County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1865; rehabilitated 1991 and 2016
Design
Covered Lattice Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 116.8 ft.
Total length: 128.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.98139, -74.83611   (decimal degrees)
41°58'53" N, 74°50'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/513576/4647722 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Livingston Manor
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
196
Inventory numbers
NY 3357260 (New York State bridge identification number)
WGCB 32-53-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 26908 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (6,879)
Built 1865 (37)
Built during 1860s (453)
Covered (1,523)
Functionally obsolete (7,183)
Lattice through truss (484)
Lattice truss (517)
NR-eligible (4,015)
New York (3,838)
One-lane traffic (7,535)
Open (38,201)
 Othmar H Ammann Award winner (19)
Othmar H. Ammann Nominee (43)
Owned by county (20,045)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,228)
Sullivan County, New York (63)
Through truss (14,023)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,673)
Town lattice truss (227)
Truss (31,211)
Wooden deck (6,002)

Update Log 

  • July 24, 2017: New photos
  • January 22, 2017: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Added categories "Othmar H. Ammann Nominee", "Othmar H Ammann Award winner"
  • July 25, 2010: New photo from Brian McKee

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Beaverkill Covered Bridge 32-53-02
Posted July 24, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Well, it is an awesome bridge...

Beaverkill Covered Bridge 32-53-02
Posted July 24, 2017, by Anonymous

Othmar H Ammann nominations coming SOON!