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Crosses
  
Ausable River

Body of water
  
Ausable River

Opened
  
1857

Construction end
  
1857

Jay Bridge

Similar
  
Adirondack Mountains, Rexleigh Bridge, Buskirk Bridge, Old Blenheim Bridge, Whiteface Mountain

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Jay Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that spans the east branch of the Ausable River in Jay, Essex County, New York, USA. It is eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Of the 29 covered bridges in New York State, it and the Copeland Bridge in the town of Edinburg, Saratoga County are the only two situated in the Adirondacks.

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History

The first bridge in this location was destroyed by flooding in 1856. The bridge was rebuilt in 1857 using a Howe truss design.

In 1953, a heavy truck fell through the floor of the bridge; repair required the replacement of 80 feet (24 m) of the damaged end of the bridge. In 1997, traffic was rerouted to a new steel bridge just downstream. The original has since been restored for pedestrians and bicycles.

References

Jay Bridge Wikipedia