Rexleigh Bridge is a wooden
covered bridge over the
Batten Kill in
Washington County, New York. It is one of 29 historic
covered bridges in New York State.
Town and Howe truss designs were patented by
Ithiel Town in 1820 and
William Howe (architect) in 1840, respectively.
The Rexleigh Bridge employs "the patented Howe truss, with paired diagonal timbers, single timber counters, and multiple vertical iron rods defining each truss panel. The diagonals and verticals are connected to the upper and lower chords by means of cast-iron bearing blocks."
Those bearing blocks are "embossed with the name of their manufacturer, 'R. Comins, Troy, N.Y.,'" and, although the timber used is local, the bridge "appears to be a rare surviving example of this type of prefabricated nineteenth-century bridge construction."
It was individually inventoried by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 1977.
It is one of four Washington County covered bridges submitted for listing in the
National Register of Historic Places in one multiple property submission.
The others are the
Buskirk Bridge, the
Eagleville Bridge, and
Shushan Bridge. All four were listed on the National Register on March 8, 1972.
