Hyde Hall Bridge

Covered bridge · Otsego County, New York

West view of the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge within Glimmerglass State Park, East Springfield, New York · Waz8 / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Hyde Hall Bridge is a covered bridge in Otsego County, New York. New York has 30 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 1825, in the first half of the 19th century, making it the oldest of the 18 in New York with a recorded construction date; it crosses Shadow Brook; it is about 53 feet long (8th longest of 11 measured in New York).

Status check, 2026-11: This Burr-arch bridge is called the oldest surviving covered bridge in the US (Pennsylvania's Hassenplug Bridge may also date to 1825); it has carried only pedestrians since 1965 and turned 200 in October 2025. Hyde Hall Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 42.7902° N, 74.8638° W.

Key facts

Current structure built	1825
Crosses	Shadow Brook
Length	53 ft
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place
National Register	Listed
Coordinates	42.79020, -74.86383

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Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
National Register of Historic Places — National Register of Historic Places record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.