Downsville Bridge

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Downsville Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the East Branch of the Delaware River in the hamlet of Downsville in Delaware County, New York. Designed by Scottish immigrant Robert Murray, the bridge was built in 1854, and is a single span, timber and plan framed bridge. The bridge measures 174 feet long and 19 feet wide. ()

Coordinates: 42°4'34"N, 74°59'27"W

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New YorkUnited States

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Downsville Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mud Pond, Cables Lake, Baxter Mountain, Stadel Mountain.

5.7 miS
Lake
Mud Pond
145 min walk • Mud Pond is a small lake northwest of Roscoe in Delaware County, New York. It drains south via an unnamed creek which flows into Russell Brook.
5.2 miSE
Lake
Cables Lake
133 min walk • Cables Lake is a small lake north-northwest of Roscoe in Delaware County, New York. It drains south via an unnamed creek which flows into Russell Brook.
5 miSW
Mountain
Baxter Mountain
128 min walk • Baxter Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southwest of Downsville. Big Fork Mountain is located southwest, Fuller Hill is located northeast and Stadel Mountain is located east-southeast of Baxter Mountain.
5.5 miS
Mountain
Stadel Mountain
140 min walk • Stadel Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of Gregorytown. Morton Hill is located east, and Baxter Mountain is located west-northwest of Stadel Mountain.
4.9 miS
Lake
Edwards Pond
125 min walk • Edwards Pond is a small lake north-northeast of Horton in Delaware County, New York. Little Fuller Brook enters the lake from the northeast. It then drains west via Little Fuller Brook which flows into Horton Brook.
4.8 miE
Mountain
Brock Mountain
122 min walk • Brock Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York southeast of Downsville, New York. Sugarloaf Mountain is located northwest of Brock Mountain and Mary Smith Hill is located east.
3.9 miS
Mountain
Fuller Hill
99 min walk • Fuller Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northwest of Roscoe. Morton Hill is located east-southeast of Fuller Hill and Baxter Mountain is located west-southwest.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Pepacton Reservoir, Catskill Park
105 min walk • The Pepacton Reservoir, also known as the Downsville Reservoir, is a reservoir in Delaware County, New York on the East Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
4.7 miE
Tunnel
East Delaware Tunnel
121 min walk • The East Delaware Tunnel is a 25-mile aqueduct in the New York City water supply system. Located in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, it was constructed within a six-year period between 1949 and 1955 to transport drinking water from the Pepacton Reservoir to the Rondout Reservoir.