Area less than one acre Architectural style Lenticular Truss Opened 1885 Added to NRHP 7 September 1984 | Built 1885 NRHP Reference # 84002961 Body of water Raquette River Architect Berlin Iron Bridge Co. | |
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Location Grant Rd. over Raquette River, Raymondville, New York Similar Hadley Parabolic Bridge, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hotel Pennsylvania, Madison Square Garden | ||
Raymondville Parabolic Bridge is a historic lenticular truss bridge located at Raymondville in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was constructed in 1886 and spans the Raquette River. It was constructed by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut. It was closed to vehicular traffic in 1979 was used briefly as a pedestrian bridge. then closed completely to all traffic for safety reasons. There is now no public access to the bridge's actual deck, but both approaches are accessible on foot. There is a nearby similar but shorter version of this bridge also built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. still in use linking River Road and NY 56 at Yaleville, New York. In the late 50's tragedy struck on the parabolic bridge. A small boy while walking to school one morning lost his footing and slipped on some ice and fell under the railing into the Raquette River where he drowned.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.