Amenia Mystery Bridge

Dutchess County, New York

Photos

Looking at the south face

The line between the slab and rail leads me to suspect the rail is not structural.

Photo taken by Clark Vance in July 2021

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BH Photo #514913

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Description

Heavily overgrown. Historic Aerials going back to 1956 shows no road, topos back to 1902 show no crossing here although there is a slight ambiguity as to the location of the present road and this may have been an earlier alignment. Bridge and its twin, BH 95840 probably date to early 1900s when reinforced concrete in bridges became available. Only a guess, but site could have been an industrial complex with bridges providing access to separate buildings.

Facts

Overview: Abandoned slab bridge over Tributary of Wassaic Creek on abandoned road in Amenia.
Location: Amenia, Dutchess County, New York
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Design: Slab with possible concrete girder rails.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.84473, -73.55800 (decimal degrees)
41°50'41" N, 73°33'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/619714/4633541 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 95834 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 23, 2022: New photo from Clark Vance
January 25, 2022: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added to description
January 9, 2022: Added by Clark Vance

Related Bridges

Amenia Mystery Bridge 2 (Same project)

Sources

Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com