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Salisbury Center Bridge

Coordinates: 43°8′26.97″N 74°47′16.83″W / 43.1408250°N 74.7880083°W / 43.1408250; -74.7880083
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Salisbury Center Bridge
Salisbury Covered Bridge, May 2008
Coordinates43°08′28″N 74°47′17″W / 43.141°N 74.788°W / 43.141; -74.788
CrossesSpruce Creek
Salisbury Center Covered Bridge
LocationFairview Rd. over Spruce Creek, Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York
Coordinates43°8′26.97″N 74°47′16.83″W / 43.1408250°N 74.7880083°W / 43.1408250; -74.7880083
Built1875
ArchitectTheodore Burr and Alvah Hopson
NRHP reference No.72000848
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1972 [1]
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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]

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  1. ^ a b "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
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