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Blenheim Bridge, Spanning Schoharie Creek, River Road (now bypassed), North Blenheim, Schoharie County, NY

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Blenheim Bridge, Spanning Schoharie Creek, River Road (now bypassed), North Blenheim, Schoharie County, NY

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Summary

See HABS No. NY-359, Blenheim Covered Bridge for further information 3 drawings, 2 photos, 5 data pages.
Significance: The Blenheim Bridge has one of the longest clear spans of any surviving covered bridge in the world. It is the only covered bridge with a single central arch, and one of only six surviving double-barrel covered bridges in the United States.

Survey number: HAER NY-331
Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1869 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1887 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1997 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000570

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Powers, Nichols M
Long, Stephen H
Blenheim Bridge Company
Hubert, Moses
Schoharie County Board of Supervisors
Graton Associates
Earth Tech Inc
Burr, Theodore
Patchin, Freegift
Dickman, Hezekiah
Martin, George
Waite, Charles
Graton, Milton
Long, Stephen Harriman
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
place

Location

North Blenheim42.47091, -74.44542
Google Map of 42.4709109, -74.4454234
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Source

Library of Congress
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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

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