Eagleville Bridge is a

covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...

located at Eagleville in the towns of

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and Salem,

Washington County, New York Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,302. The county seat is Fort Edward. The county was named for U.S. President George Washington. Washington County is part of the Gl ...

. The bridge, which crosses the Battenkill, is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State. It was built by local builder Ephraim Clapp in 1858. Town and

Howe truss A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression. The Howe truss was invented by William Howe in 1840, and was widely used as a bridg ...

designs were patented by

Ithiel Town Ithiel Town (October 3, 1784 – June 13, 1844) was an American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in the United States, Town made significant contributions to American architecture in the f ...

in 1820 and

William Howe (architect) William Howe (May 12, 1803 – September 9, 1852) was an American architect and bridge builder famous for patenting the Howe truss design for bridges in 1840. Life and career William Howe was born on May 12, 1803, in Spencer, Massachusetts, to ...

in 1840, respectively. The Eagleville Bridge employs "the patented Town lattice truss, consisting of top and bottom chords of laminated wood plank, and a web of diagonal wood planks connected by wood trunnels at each point of intersection". It is one of four Washington County covered bridges submitted for listing in the

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in one multiple property submission. The others are the Buskirk Bridge, the Rexleigh Bridge, and

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. ...

. All four were listed on the

on March 8, 1972. The Eagleville bridge was damaged by a flood in 1977 but was "stabilized and returned to vehicular use".

References

External links

Eagleville Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society

Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Bridges completed in 1858 Wooden bridges in New York (state) Tourist attractions in Washington County, New York Bridges in Washington County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, New York Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Lattice truss bridges in the United States {{NewYork-bridge-struct-stub