Spengler Bridge, named after Henry Cones Spengler (26 Feb 1847 - 25 Aug 1911), Chatham County Highway Commissioner, is a historic Pratt

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located at Chatham in

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. It was built in 1880 by the Morse Bridge Company of

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. It is composed of two Pratt trusses with counters, each 138 feet in length. It measures 16 feet wide and crosses the

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. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 1973.

References

Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Bridges completed in 1896 Transportation buildings and structures in Columbia County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, New York Pratt truss bridges in the United States 1896 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-bridge-struct-stub