Silk Street Bridge - Newark Valley, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 13.048 W 076° 11.614
18T E 401488 N 4674611
A Lenticular pony truss bridge from the Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, CT.
Waymark Code: WMP8HR
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2015
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This is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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""Like any surviving lenticular truss bridge, this bridge is nationally significant as an extremely rare and important type of metal truss bridge. The design was known for its graceful and distinctive lens-like shape. "
Date Built: 01/01/1888
Length of Span:
69 feet (21 meters)
www:
http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=newyork/silk/
Parking Coordinates:: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
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