{"nrhp_refnum":"87001100","name":"Salisbury Turnpike Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Old Turnpike Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinebeck","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.938936727000055,"lon":-73.87894753799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span fieldstone arch bridge carrying Old Turnpike Road over the Landsman Kill, about one and one-half miles east of the village of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1858.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare surviving mid-nineteenth-century engineering and transportation structure and a distinctive example of regional vernacular bridge design. It is one of two stone arch bridges built for the Rhinebeck-Salisbury Turnpike, and these are the earliest surviving bridges in the town. It also reflects traditional Hudson Valley fieldstone masonry and has been in continuous use as a crossing.","narrative":"Carrying Old Turnpike Road over the Landsman Kill east of Rhinebeck village, this single-span bridge is built of mortared random fieldstone with a segmental arch of dressed cut-stone voussoirs and no keystone. A date stone reads \"Built 1858.\" The bridge measures about 118 feet long and 23 feet wide, with a low bluestone-capped parapet and two surviving masonry endposts at the southwest end. It was built for the Rhinebeck-Salisbury Turnpike, a toll road linking eastern Dutchess County and western Connecticut with Rhinebeck. Much of its stone was salvaged from the Schuyler grist mill, demolished in 1858. Although timber and iron were common bridge materials by the 1850s, the builders used long-established Hudson Valley stone techniques, with timber falsework holding the arch until the mortar set. It and the nearby Pilgrim's Progress Road Bridge are the earliest surviving bridges in the town, and both remain in use as vehicle crossings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Regional vernacular stone arch bridge","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remains in limited use as a secondary highway bridge; condition rated good; owned by the Town of Rhinebeck.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.687694-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001100.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001100/850b7756b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001100/850b7756b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salisbury_Turnpike_Bridge,_Rhinebeck_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salisbury_Turnpike_Bridge,_Rhinebeck_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312717","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Turnpike_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404815"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/salisbury-turnpike-bridge-87001100/"}