| Bridge name | Newfield Bridge | ||||||||||
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| Crosses | Cayuga Inlet west branch | ||||||||||
| Locale | Newfield, New York | ||||||||||
| Design | Town lattice covered bridge | ||||||||||
| Length | 115 feet (35 m) | ||||||||||
| Cost | $800 | ||||||||||
| Width | 16 feet (4.9 m) | ||||||||||
| Clearance | 9 feet 5 inches (2.87 m) | ||||||||||
| Begin | 1851 | ||||||||||
| Complete | 1853
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Newfield Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the Cayuga Inlet west branch. It is in Newfield, Tompkins County, New York. It is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State[2] and the oldest covered bridge in New York that continues to carry motor vehicle traffic.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
References
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- ^ Raymond W. Smith (December 1999). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Newfield Covered Bridge (none). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 30, 2025. ()