Halls Mills Bridge (New York)

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Halls Mills Bridge
Halls Mills Bridge Apr 11.jpg
Halls Mills Bridge in April 2011
Coordinates 41°53′24″N74°35′23″W / 41.890122°N 74.589851°W / 41.890122; -74.589851
Carries0
Crosses Neversink River
Locale Claryville, New York
Official nameHalls Mills Covered Bridge
Characteristics
DesignLattice Truss
History
Construction start1906
Construction end1912
Openedto pedestrians only
Closedin 1963
Statistics
Daily traffic 0
Location
Halls Mills Bridge (New York)

Halls Mills Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the Neversink River. It is in the town of Neversink, in Sullivan County, New York, on Hunter Road. Construction began in 1906 and was completed in 1912, built by David Benton and James Knight. It is a single span of town lattice truss design. The bridge was retired from vehicle use in 1963, and was accessible to pedestrians only. It is now posted as being closed to pedestrian traffic.

One of the dry stacked stone abutments was damaged heavily during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in August 2011.

It is one of 22 covered bridges in New York State.

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