Raymondville Parabolic Bridge

	Raymondville Parabolic Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Grant Rd. over Raquette River, Raymondville, New York
Coordinates	44°50′23″N 74°58′46″W / 44.83972°N 74.97944°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1885
Architect	Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Lenticular Truss
NRHP reference No.	84002961
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1984

Raymondville Parabolic Bridge is a historic lenticular truss bridge located at Raymondville in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was constructed in 1886 and spans the Raquette River. It was constructed by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut. It was closed to vehicular traffic in 1979 was used briefly as a pedestrian bridge.^[2] then closed completely to all traffic for safety reasons. There is now no public access to the bridge's actual deck, but both approaches are accessible on foot. There is a nearby similar but shorter version of this bridge also built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. still in use linking River Road and NY 56 at Yaleville, New York. In the late 1950s tragedy struck on the parabolic bridge. A small boy while walking to school one morning lost his footing and slipped on some ice and fell under the railing into the Raquette River where he drowned.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Raymond W. Smith (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Raymondville Parabolic Bridge". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-01. See also: "Accompanying five photos".

External links

Media related to Raymondville Parabolic Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-293, "Grant Road Bridge, Spanning Raquette River at Grant Road, Raymondville, St. Lawrence County, NY", 11 photos, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Raymond W. Smith (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Raymondville Parabolic Bridge". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-01. See also: "Accompanying five photos".

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