Ashokan Bridge
Appearance
Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridge | |
Location | 477 Beaverkill Rd., Olivebridge, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°55′35.69″N 74°11′57.62″W / 41.9265806°N 74.1993389°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1885 |
Built by | Tompkins, Nelson |
Architectural style | covered bridge |
NRHP reference No. | 00000822[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 20, 2000 |
Ashokan Bridge (also known as the Turnwood Bridge or New Paltz Campus Bridge) is a wooden covered bridge over Esopus Creek on the grounds of the Ashokan Center, in Ulster County. It was built in 1885, and is a single span, gable roofed, covered timber bridge. It measures 72 feet, 6 inches, long and 16 feet, 4 inches, wide. It was originally located at Turnwood and moved to its present location in 1939. It is situated in the Ashokan Center, which was formerly the Ashokan Field Campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
It is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01.[permanent dead link ] Note: This includes Raymond W. Smith (June 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying photographs
External links
Categories:
- State University of New York at New Paltz
- Bridges in Ulster County, New York
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York
- Covered bridges in New York
- Bridges completed in 1885
- Road bridges in New York (state)
- 1885 establishments in New York
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Ulster County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York (state) bridge (structure) stubs