Hamden Bridge

Hamden Bridge
Hamden Covered Bridge, May 2006
Coordinates42°11′46″N 74°59′20″W / 42.196°N 74.989°W / 42.196; -74.989
CrossesWest Branch of the Delaware River
Hamden Covered Bridge
LocationBasin Clove Rd., Hamden, New York
Coordinates42°11′44″N 74°59′19″W / 42.19556°N 74.98861°W / 42.19556; -74.98861
Arealess than one acre
Built1859 (1859)
Built byMurray, Robert
NRHP reference No.99000502
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1999
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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.:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The bridge was designated as a New York Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2001.