National Historic Landmark - Old Blenheim Bridge

National Historic Landmark - Old Blenheim Bridge

Appearing as if it belonged in a Currier and Ives print, this is one of the longest single-span wooden covered bridges in the world, stretching 210 feet across Schoharie Creek.

The bridge was constructed ...

Old Blenheim Bridge

Erected 1854 - 1855 by

Nicholas Montgomery Powers

Famous bridge builder

Born Pittsford, Vermont, August 30, 1817

Died Clarendon, Vermont, 1897

This bridge, 232 feet in length, the

longest covered single-span wooden

bridge in the world, was built for the

Blenheim Bridge Company, and was used

as a ...