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Beaverkill Covered Bridge 32-53-02
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 TH 30
- Location
- Sullivan County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1865; rehabilitated 1991
- Design
- Covered Lattice Through truss
- Dimensions
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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
- 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 (as of 07/2015)
- Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 218
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
Sources
- Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- HAER NY-329 - Beaverkill Bridge, Spanning Beaver Kill, TR 30 (Craigie Claire Road), Roscoe, Sullivan County, NY
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Well, it is an awesome bridge...