Shushan is a

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in the

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of Salem in Washington County,

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, United States. It is in the eastern region of the state, located four miles west of the

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border. Its ZIP code is 12873. Among Shushan's attractions is the

Shushan Bridge Shushan Bridge is a covered bridge over the Batten Kill in the hamlet of Shushan in Washington County, New York, near Vermont. It is one of 29 surviving historic covered bridges in New York State, and one of 4 surviving in Washington County. ...

, constructed in 1858.Town of Salem Web Site

Notable people

*The classical saxophonist

Sigurd Raschèr Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (15 May 190725 February 2001) was an American saxophonist born in Germany. He became an important figure in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the classical saxophone. Early life ...

owned a farm in Shushan, and died there in 2001. * Grey Villet, a photojournalist with ''

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'' magazine, lived in Shushan in the second half of the 20th century and died there in 2000.

References

External links

Town of Salem, New York: Shushan Covered Bridge Museum
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