Old Blenheim Bridge | |
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 HAER photo in 2004 | |
| Coordinates | 42°28′23″N 74°26′28″W / 42.473°N 74.441°W |
| Carried | Vehicles (1855–1936) Pedestrians (1936–2011) |
| Crossed | Schoharie Creek |
| Locale | North Blenheim, NY |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | double-barreled long truss with center arch covered bridge[1][2] |
| Total length | 232 ft 0 in (70.7 m)[3] |
| Width | 26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)[3] |
| Height | 30 feet (9.1 m)[3] |
| Longest span | 210 feet (64 m)[3] |
| History | |
| Designer | Nichols M. Powers[4][3] |
| Opened | 1855[1] |
| Collapsed | August 28, 2011 |
Old Blenheim Bridge | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | North Blenheim, NY |
| Coordinates | 42°28′19″N 74°26′31″W / 42.471847°N 74.441906°W |
| Area | Schoharie County |
| Built | 1854–1855 |
| Architect | Nichols Montgomery Powers |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000570 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[5] |
| Designated NHL | January 29, 1964[6] |
| Removed from NRHP | July 21, 2015 |
| Delisted NHL | July 21, 2015 |
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Old Blenheim Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that spanned Schoharie Creek in North Blenheim, New York, United States. With an open span of 210 feet (64 m), it had the second longest span of any surviving single-span covered bridge in the world. The 1862 Bridgeport Covered Bridge in Nevada County, California, currently undergoing repairs due to 1986 flooding (rebuild started in 2019) is longer overall at 233 feet (71 m) but is argued to have a 208 feet (63 m) clear span.[1] The bridge, opened in 1855, was also one of the oldest of its type in the United States. It was destroyed by flooding resulting from Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Rebuilding of the bridge commenced in 2017 and was completed in 2018.
- ^ a b c Jackson, Donald C. (1988). Great American Bridges and Dams. Wiley. pp. 140. ISBN 0-471-14385-5.
- ^ "Blenheim Bridge". Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA.
- ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference
NY-331was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jeffords, Jim (Winter 2004). "Common Ground, volume 9, number 4" (PDF). Common Ground: Preserving Our Nation's Heritage. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior: 2. ISSN 1087-9889. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
In 1837, the people of Pittsford, Vermont, contracted 19-year-old Nichols Powers to build a bridge over Otter Creek.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Blenheim Covered Bridge". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 18, 2007.