- Source: Sparkill Creek Drawbridge
- Sparkill Creek Drawbridge
- Sparkill Creek
- Piermont, New York
- History of Rockland County, New York (1798–1900)
- Rockland Road Bridge
- List of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York
- King Bridge Company
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York
The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge is a historic Pratt Pony Truss drawbridge located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1880 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a single-leaf movable metal bridge. Chains can lift the bridge when an operator turns a crank, helped by counterweights. It spans Sparkill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1994.
A complete dismantling and restoration for $900,000 was completed in 2009 and the bridge now serves as solely a pedestrian bridge. The Rockland County Highway Department was responsible for this historic restoration.
See also
Rockland Road Bridge
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
References
External links
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-289, "Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont, Rockland County, NY", 6 photos