Area less than one acre Built by Tompkins, Nelson NRHP Reference # 00000822 Body of water Esopus Creek | Built 1885 (1885) Architectural style covered bridge Opened 1885 Added to NRHP 20 July 2000 | |
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Location 477 Beaverkill Rd., Olivebridge, New York Similar Grants Mills Bridge, Perrine's Bridge, Beaverkill Bridge, Saugerties Light, Barclays Center | ||
Ashokan Bridge (also known as the Turnwood Bridge or New Paltz Campus Bridge) is a wooden covered bridge over Esopus Creek on the grounds of the Ashokan Center, in Ulster County. It was built in 1885, and is a single span, gable roofed, covered timber bridge. It measures 72 feet, 6 inches, long and 16 feet, 4 inches, wide. It was originally located at Turnwood and moved to its present location in 1939. It is situated in the Ashokan Center, which was formerly the Ashokan Field Campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
It is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State.
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