Uncle Sam Bridge, County Route 385, spanning Catskill Creek, Catskill, Greene County, NY

Significance: Catskill Creek was once navigable upstream from this crossing and required the construction of a bascule bridge. Although this bridge does not possess engineering significance, it is unusual to see a bascule bridge on a small stream this far up the Hudson River. The maintenance of a bascule bridge over Catskill Creek until the 1950's testifies to the commercial and industrial use of the creek in the years before the bridge was fixed in the closed position.
Survey number: HAER NY-172
Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work