Rexleigh Bridge

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Infobox_nrhp | name =Rexleigh Covered Bridge
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locmapin = New York


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location= Jackson, NY
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 14 | lat_seconds = 3.2 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 22 | long_seconds = 46.55 | long_direction = W
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built =1874
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
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=78003459

Rexleigh Bridge is a covered bridge over the Batten Kill in Washington County, New York. It is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.

Town and Howe truss designs were patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and William Howe (architect) in 1840, respectively. The Rexleigh Bridge employs "the patented Howe truss, with paired diagonal timbers, single timber counters, and multiple vertical iron rods defining each truss panel. The diagonals and verticals are connected tot he upper and lower chords by means of cast-iron bearing blocks." Those bearing blocks are "embossed with the name of their manufacturer, 'R. Comins, Troy, N.Y.,'" and, although the timber used is local, the bridge "appears to be a rare surviving example of this type of prefabricated nineteenth-century bridge construction."

It was individually inventoried by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 1977.cite web|last=Smith|first=R.W.|title=Building/Structure Inventory: Rexleigh Covered Bridge |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10040 |date=November, 1977|accessdate=2008-02-08|publisher=Division of Historic Preservation, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]

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 Eagleville Bridge, and Shushan Bridge. All four were listed on the National Register on March 8, 1972.

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External links

* [http://www.nycoveredbridges.org/page33.html Rexleigh Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society]
* [http://www.coveredbridgesite.com/ny/rexleigh.html Rexleigh Bridge, at Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA, a website developed by Hank Brickel]