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Tappan or Walter Kittle or John Crooks, Ulster County

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Inventory Number: NY/32-56-03
County: Ulster County
Township: Hardenburgh
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Tappan or Walter Kittle or John Crooks
Crosses: Dry Brook
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 43'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1906
Builder: Salem Jerome Moot
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N42 04.126
Longitude: W074 32.876
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Directions: 1.6 miles west of CR38 and Arkville on NY28, then 8.5 miles left on Dry Brook Rd. and just right on Erickson Rd. North of Seager.

Tappan or Kittle Bridge, Hardenbergh, Ulster County, NY Built 1906
Todd Clark Collection

Tappan or Kittle Bridge, Hardenbergh, Ulster County, NY Built 1906
Trish Kane/Richard Donovan Collection

Tappan or Kittle Bridge, Hardenbergh, Ulster County, NY Built 1906
Trish Kane Photo (October 9, 2004)

Tappan or Kittle Bridge, Hardenbergh, Ulster County, NY Built 1906
Bill Caswell Photo, July 30, 2017

Comments:
The bridge is owned and maintained by the Town of Hardenbergh. Like other covered bridges in the Catskill region, it features buttresses providing lateral support. This bridge has three on each side. The Tappan name comes from a nearby road and Kittle was an adjacent landowner. It is said that the builder, Salem Jerome Moot, who is credited with building a number of bridges and barns in the area, never prepared plans, but had the design in his head. In the summer of 1976, poles were added underneath to provide additional support. The bridge was rebuilt in 1985 and is now supported by steel I-beams. Only part of the Kingpost framing is from the original bridge.

Sources:
Information received from Todd Clark in March 2010
Anderson, Stott. Ulster County's Old Timbered Crossings, 1964, page 37
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 59

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