Buskirk Bridge
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Buskirk Covered Bridge
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Buskirk Bridge from the Rensselaer County side of the Hoosic River
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| Nearest city | Buskirk, New York |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Howe truss |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington County TR / Buskirk, Rexleigh, Eagleville, and Shushan Covered Bridges[2] |
| NRHP Reference # | 78003457[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 08, 1978 |
Buskirk Bridge is a wooden covered bridge and is the name of the hamlet in which it is located. It is in the town of Hoosick. The bridge, which crosses the Hoosic River is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.
Town and Howe truss designs were patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and William Howe in 1840, respectively.[2] The Buskirk Bridge a Howe truss design, and was built to replace a previous Burr arch truss. It is perhaps the earliest Howe truss bridge that survives in New York State.[3]
A topographic map of its location appears in its individual inventory document prepared by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 1977.[4]
It is one of four Washington County covered bridges submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in a multiple property submission.[2] The others are the Rexleigh Bridge, the Eagleville Bridge, and Shushan Bridge. All four were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1972.[1]
The bridge continues in use for vehicles, and is maintained jointly by Washington County and Rensselaer County.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The MPS document at one point seems to contradict itself, saying the "Town truss type is represented...by the bridges at Buskirk and at Rexleigh" and also it "is the earliest Howe truss bridge surviving in New York State" (page 3), but elsewhere it is clear that the Buskirk and Rexleigh bridges are both of the Howe truss design.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
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- Buskirk Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society
- Buskirk Bridge, at Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA, a website developed by Hank Brickel
- Pages with broken file links
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Covered bridges in New York
- Bridges completed in 1850
- National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York
- Wooden bridges in New York
- Buildings and structures in Washington County, New York
- Visitor attractions in Washington County, New York
- Transportation in Washington County, New York
- Visitor attractions in Rensselaer County, New York
- Buildings and structures in Rensselaer County, New York
- Transportation in Rensselaer County, New York
- Road bridges in New York
- Howe truss bridges
