Facts
- Overview
- Wooden arch bridge over West Branch Cayuga Inlet on Covered Bridge Street in Newfield Hamlet
- Location
- Tompkins County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1853; rehabilitated 1972
- Design
- Through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 92.9 ft.
Total length: 115.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.4 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.36278, -76.59028 (decimal degrees)
42°21'46" N, 76°35'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/369046/4691281 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- West Danby
- Inventory numbers
- NY 3210210 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26948 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 18.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 398
Comments
Covered Bridge Street Bridge
This single span, Town (Laminated Arch was added in 1972) bridge is known as the Newfield Covered Bridge and was built in 1853 by Samuel Hamm and sons; David Dassance and Patchen Parsons (carpenters); Benjamin Starr and Richard Russell (masons) and measures 115 feet. It was listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2000. The World Guide to Covered Bridges has assigned the following number to this bridge: NY 32-55-01. This bridge was rehabilitated in 1998. The Newfield Covered Bridge is the oldest covered bridge in daily use in New York State. Photos submitted by Bob and Trish Kane, Sherburne, NY.
