Jay Covered Bridge, Count Route 22, spans East Branch of AuSable River, Jay, Essex County, NY
Summary
New York State Historic Bridges Recording Project
Significance: The Jay Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered timber bridge in the Adirondack-Champlain region and is the longest in New York State.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39
Survey number: HAER NY-170
Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1858
Subsequent Work
Tags
covered bridges
vehicular bridges
transportation
howe trusses
north jay
jay
bridge
count
count route
east branch
ausable
ausable river
essex
essex county
george m burt
reuben comins
eric delony
historic american engineering record
william howe
nathaniel mallory
new york state department of transportation
charles scott
photo
jay covered bridge
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Burt, George M
Howe, William
Mallory, Nathaniel
Comins, Reuben
New York State Department of Transportation, sponsor
Scott, Charles, researcher
Delony, Eric, program manager
Location
North Jay
,
44.36760, -73.63046
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html