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Avon Five Arch Bridge

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Built
  
1856 (1856)-1857

NRHP Reference #
  
11001001

Added to NRHP
  
4 January 2012

Architectural style
  
Stone arch bridge

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Avon Five Arch Bridge

Location
  
2078 Avon Geneseo Rd., Avon, New York

Area
  
Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)

Built by
  
Phelps, Mattoon, and Barnes

Address
  
Avon Geneseo Rd, Avon, NY 14414, USA

Similar
  
Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountain, Finger Lakes, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Avon Five Arch Bridge is a historic railroad arch bridge located at Avon in Livingston County, New York. It was built in 1856–1857 by the Rochester-Avon-Geneseo-Mount Morris Railroad (later Erie Railroad). The bridge measures 200 feet long, 12 feet wide, and approximately 30 feet high. It consist of five elliptical arches built of ashlar on limestone piers. The rail line was abandoned in 1941, and the bridge stabilized in 1992. It is located in a public park.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Avon Five Arch Bridge Wikipedia