Newfield Covered Bridge, Newfield, NY
Out of the 29 covered bridges in the state of New York, the one in Newfield is the oldest, having been built sometime around 1853. The bridge connects across the finger lakes wine region, which perfectly compliments the bridge’s dark wine-red color.
Even though a fire in 1875 destroyed most of Newfield’s records, it is known that stonemasons Benjamin Starr and Dick Russell laid the bridge in the very early 1850s. As you can imagine, mother nature intervened with time.
Still, by 1998, a large-scale restoration included abutment and bank stabilization, new decking and roofing, a pedestrian bridge, the Musser overlook, and a quaint picnic area.
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Thank you. Excellent photography!
Absolutely awesome. I don’t live very far from the covered bridge in Newfield, NY. I have been through often.
A beautiful covered bridge with old mill next to it in Bridgeton, Ind. This is in Parke County Indiana.
Wow so many covered bridges in West Virginia such as Staats Mill in Ripley or the historical Phillipi covered bridge the first land bsttle of the Civil War etc put some of these to shame what a one person view of beautiful covered bridges
You totally left out all of the beautiful covered bridges of Parke County in Indiana. They are the home of the Covered Bridge Festival held every year in October over a 10 day period.