Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over West Branch Delaware River on Basin Clove Road
- Location
- Delaware County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1859 by Robert Murray
- Design
- Covered Long through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 58.7 ft.
Total length: 130.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 6.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.19556, -74.98806 (decimal degrees)
42°11'44" N, 74°59'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/500986/4671489 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Hamden
- Inventory numbers
- NY 3352500 (New York State bridge identification number)
NRHP 99000502 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 32-13-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 25925 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 21.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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Comments
Basin Clove Road Bridge
This single span, Long truss bridge is also known as the Hamden Covered Bridge. It was built in 1859 by Robert Murray and measures 128 feet. It was listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places on April 29, 1999. The World Guide to Covered Bridges has assigned the following number to this bridge: NY 32-13-03. Photos submitted by Bob and Trish Kane, Sherburne, NY.
