Cemetery Road Bridge, Cemetery Road, spans Black Creek, 2 miles Southwest of Salem, Salem, Washington County, NY
Summary
Significance: The oldest know wrought iron truss, and the only surviving lenticular (parabolic) arch truss, bridge in Washington County, New York. A more detailed discussion of the lenticular truss and history of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company may be found in HAER NY-166, Ouaquaga, Dutchtown Road Bridge.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43
Survey number: HAER NY-186
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1964 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Douglas, William O
Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Location
new york, 43.17230, -73.32761
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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