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New Paltz Covered Bridge

Ulster County, New York

Photo 

New Paltz Covered Bridge

Photo from old postcard

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #480048

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost covered Bridge over Wallkill River on New Paltz-Minnewaska Road
Location
New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1850
Design
Lattice through truss with arches
Dimensions
Total length: 153.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.74644, -74.09041   (decimal degrees)
41°44'47" N, 74°05'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/575628/4622024 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 90390 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,634)
Built 1850 (83)
Built during 1850s (413)
Covered (1,670)
Lattice through truss (562)
Lattice truss (594)
Lost (25,029)
Lost 1891 (13)
Lost during 1890s (157)
 New Paltz, New York (4)
New York (4,447)
Owned privately (1,749)
Replaced by new bridge (16,818)
Through truss (15,202)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,942)
Truss (32,996)
Ulster County, New York (127)

Update Log 

  • August 26, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • August 26, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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