Salisbury Center Bridge

Salisbury Center Bridge
Salisbury Covered Bridge, May 2008
Coordinates	43°08′28″N 74°47′17″W
Crosses	Spruce Creek
Salisbury Center Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Fairview Rd. over Spruce Creek, Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York
Coordinates	43°8′26.97″N 74°47′16.83″W
Built	1875
Architect	Theodore Burr and Alvah Hopson
NRHP reference No.	72000848
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1972 [1]
Location

Salisbury Center Bridge is the only covered bridge in Herkimer County, New York State. It was built in 1875, and is a wood frame Burr Truss bridge measuring 42 feet (13 metres) long and 16 feet (5 metres) wide. The bridge has vertical board siding and is topped by a gable roof.^[2]: 4 The wooden bridge is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes T. Robins Brown (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Salisbury Center Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs

External links

Media related to Salisbury Center Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

• Salisbury Center Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society
• Salisbury Center Bridge, at Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA