Old Blenheim Bridge
Old Blenheim Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that spanned Schoharie Creek in North Blenheim, New York, United States. With an open span of 210 feet, it had the second longest span of any surviving single-span covered bridge in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: wooden covered bridge that spanned Schoharie Creek in North Blenheim, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Blenheim Covered Bridge” and “Old Blenheim Covered Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blenheim–Gilboa Hydroelectric Power Station.
Blenheim–Gilboa Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
The Blenheim–Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. The plant is part of the New York Power Authority, and can generate over 1,100 megawatts of electricity. Blenheim–Gilboa Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 2 miles south of Old Blenheim Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Blenheim and Gilboa.
North Blenheim
Hamlet
North Blenheim is a hamlet in the town of Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York, United States. It had the longest wooden, single-span covered bridge in the United States, the Old Blenheim Bridge.
Gilboa
Village
Gilboa is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,111 at the 2020 census. The Town of Gilboa is in the southern part of the county and is southwest of Albany. Gilboa is situated 5 miles south of Old Blenheim Bridge.
Old Blenheim Bridge
- Categories: covered bridge, bridge, and tourism
- Location: Blenheim, Schoharie, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.47179° or 42° 28′ 18″ northLongitude
-74.44151° or 74° 26′ 29″ westElevation
768 feet (234 metres)Open location code
87J7FHC5+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 708474213OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6350306Wikidata ID
Q7083481
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Old Blenheim Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “舊白蘭軒大橋”
- German: “Blenheim Bridge”
- Japanese: “オールド・ブレンヘイム橋”
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