Eagleville Bridge

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Infobox_nrhp | name =Eagleville Covered Bridge
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locmapin = New York


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location= Eagleville, New York
lat_degrees = 43 | lat_minutes = 4 | lat_seconds = 59.54 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 18 | long_seconds = 50.52 | long_direction = W
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built =1858
architect= Ephraim Clapp
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added = March 08, 1978 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Covered Bridges of Washington County TR
refnum=78003458

Eagleville Bridge is a covered bridge in Washington County, New York. The bridge, which crosses the Battenkill, is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.

It was built by local builder Ephraim Clapp in 1858.

Town and Howe truss designs were patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and William Howe (architect) in 1840, respectively. The Eagleville Bridge employs "the patented Town lattice truss, consisting of top and bottom chords of laminated wood plank, and a web of diagonal wood planks connected by wood trunnels at each point of intersection".

It is one of four Washington County covered bridges submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in one multiple property submission.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000546.pdf Covered Bridges of Washington County TR / Buskirk, Rexleigh, Eagleville, and Shushan Covered Bridges] |708 KiB |date=December, 1977 |author=Raymond W. Smith |publisher=National Park Service] The others are the Buskirk Bridge, the Rexleigh Bridge, and Shushan Bridge. All four were listed on the National Register on March 8, 1972.

The Eagleville bridge was damaged by a flood in 1977 but was "stabilized and returned to vehicular use".

References

External links

* [http://www.nycoveredbridges.org/page31.html Eagleville Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society]
* [http://www.coveredbridgesite.com/ny/eagleville.html Eagleville Bridge, at Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA]