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Lower Shavertown Bridge

Coordinates: 41°55′24″N 75°0′49″W / 41.92333°N 75.01361°W / 41.92333; -75.01361
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Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge
Lower Shavertown Bridge is located in New York
Lower Shavertown Bridge
Lower Shavertown Bridge is located in the United States
Lower Shavertown Bridge
Location682 Methol Rd., Methol, New York
Coordinates41°55′24″N 75°0′49″W / 41.92333°N 75.01361°W / 41.92333; -75.01361
Arealess than one acre
Built1877
ArchitectJenkins, Anson; Neidig, Augustus
NRHP reference No.99000504[1]
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1999

Lower Shavertown Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over Trout Creek in the town of Hancock in Delaware County, New York, USA. It was originally erected in the hamlet of Shaverton in 1877 as a crossing of Lower Beech Hill Brook, and moved to its present location at Methol in 1954. It is 32 feet long and is a wood-plank-framed, gable-roofed, single-span bridge. It is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State.[2]

Front of the bridge

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Raymond W. Smith (March 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-14. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
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