The Swing Bridge in

Keeseville, New York Keeseville is a hamlet (New York), hamlet (and census-designated place) in Clinton County, New York, Clinton and Essex County, New York, Essex counties, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,815 at the 2010 census. The ...

over the

Ausable River Au Sable, Ausable or Aux Sable may refer to a documentary film or various places: * Au Sable (documentary), a film about the Michigan river, canoe race and people Illinois * Aux Sable Township, Grundy County, Illinois Michigan *Au Sable Town ...

is not a

swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravit ...

. It is a pedestrian

suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

that happens to swing, disconcertingly. It was designed and manufactured by the

Berlin Iron Bridge Company The Berlin Iron Bridge Company was a Berlin, Connecticut, Berlin, Connecticut company that built Bridge, iron bridges and buildings that were supported by iron. It is credited as the architect of numerous bridges and buildings now listed on the U ...

in 1888 and it crosses from

Clinton County, New York Clinton County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 79,843. Its county seat is the city of Plattsburgh. The county lies just south of the border with the Cana ...

Essex County, New York Essex County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown (CDP), New York, Eliza ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1999.

References

Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Bridges completed in 1888 Bridges in Clinton County, New York Bridges in Essex County, New York Pedestrian bridges in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York Pedestrian bridges on the National Register of Historic Places Suspension bridges in New York (state) Ausable River (New York) {{NewYork-bridge-struct-stub