The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge is a historic

Pratt Pony Truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

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located at Piermont in

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. It was built in 1880 by the

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of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a single-leaf movable metal bridge. Chains can lift the bridge when an operator turns a crank, helped by counterweights. It spans Sparkill Creek, a tributary of the

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. ''See also:'' The bridge was listed on the

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in 1985 and documented by the

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in 1994. A complete dismantling and restoration for $900,000 was completed in 2009 and the bridge now serves as solely a pedestrian bridge. The Rockland County Highway Department was responsible for this historic restoration. File:King Iron Bridge Marker.JPG, King Iron Bridge Historic Marker File:Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont (Rockland County, New York).jpg, The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge in 1994

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