North Blenheim, New York
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North Blenheim is a hamlet in the town of Blenheim, New York
. It has the longest wooden, single-span covered bridge
in the United States, the Old Blenheim Bridge
. The "Blenheim Gilboa Power Project Visitors Center" is also located there.
Blenheim, New York
Blenheim is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 330 at the 2000 census. The town was named after a land patent, which itself was named after the Battle of Blenheim....
. It has the longest wooden, single-span covered bridge
Covered bridge
A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...
in the United States, the Old Blenheim Bridge
Old Blenheim Bridge
Old Blenheim Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that spanned Schoharie Creek in North Blenheim, New York. With an open span of , it had the longest span of any surviving covered bridge in the world; although the structure's total length, made it second in that respect to the Bridgeport Covered Bridge...
. The "Blenheim Gilboa Power Project Visitors Center" is also located there.