{"nrhp_refnum":"78003457","name":"Buskirk Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Spans Hoosic River N of NY 67","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buskirk","county":"Washington County","state":"NY","lat":42.95828975000006,"lon":-73.43298503799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span covered highway bridge crossing the Hoosic River about 0.3 mile north of N.Y. Route 67, just north of the hamlet of Buskirk in Washington County, New York, built circa 1850.","why_significant":"The bridge is a Howe through truss with iron vertical rods, a type of wood-and-iron covered bridge construction. It carries a principal north-south connection between Washington and Rensselaer Counties. It was nominated as part of a group of covered bridges in Washington County. The surviving form text gives little detailed argument beyond these points.","narrative":"Spanning the Hoosic River just north of the hamlet of Buskirk, this covered bridge dates to about 1850 and still serves as a highway crossing. It is a single 160-foot span, about 16 feet wide, built as a Howe through truss. Laminated timber forms the top and bottom chords, paired timbers serve as diagonals, and triple iron rods act as vertical members, a combination of wood and iron typical of the Howe design. The sides are covered in vertical board siding, and the structure rests on concrete abutments. It forms a principal north-south link between Washington and Rensselaer Counties. The designer and builder are unknown. A 1977 inventory recorded its use as unchanged from its original purpose and noted that overloaded vehicles and ice jams posed risks to it. The bridge was included in a group nomination of covered bridges in Washington County, New York, and reviewers praised the quality of that group submission.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Howe through truss covered bridge with vertical board siding","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a highway bridge; interior open to traffic. Listed threats are overloaded vehicles and ice jams.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.66439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78003457.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003457/753d8fef11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003457/753d8fef11-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buskirk_Covered_Bridge_001.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buskirk_Covered_Bridge_001.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315435","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buskirk_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5001991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/washington-county/buskirk-covered-bridge-78003457/"}