Hamden Bridge

Hamden Bridge
Hamden Covered Bridge, May 2006
Coordinates	42°11′46″N74°59′20″W / 42.196°N 74.989°W / 42.196; -74.989
Crosses	West Branch of the Delaware River
Hamden Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Basin Clove Rd., Hamden, New York
Coordinates	42°11′44″N74°59′19″W / 42.19556°N 74.98861°W / 42.19556; -74.98861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1859 (1859)
Built by	Murray, Robert
NRHP reference No.	99000502 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 29, 1999
Location

Hamden Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the West Branch of the Delaware River in the hamlet of Hamden in Delaware County, New York. It was built in 1859, and is a single span, timber and plan framed bridge. It measures 128 feet long and 18 feet wide. A supporting center pier was added in 1940. ^{[2] : 5}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1] The bridge was designated as a New York Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2001. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Raymond W. Smith (March 1999). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Hamden Covered Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 28, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
3. "Previous Award Recipients". ASCE New York State Council. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
4. "Hamden Covered Bridge 32-13-03 #2". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved April 6, 2025.

External links

Media related to Hamden Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

• Hamden Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society
• Hamden Bridge, at Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA, a website developed by Hank Brickel