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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
UNIQUE SITE NO. 103- it)-01101
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME:_Town of Southold/SPMA DATE: March 1986
Town Hall, Main Rd .
YOUR ADDRESS:Southold , L.I . , N.Y. TELEPHONE: 516 755-1892
1.1971
ORGANIZATION (if any):�Satithnl d Town Com7mini ty- T)evel nznment Off re
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Bridae Tja]3e Rnad 7Bridp_p over the LIRR...
2. COUNTY:_ Sillifolk TOWNICITY: 3032thold VILLAGE:: Cutchoai)p-
3. STREET LOCATION_6.41p�c �,A 'AT . LoA1ijcair0 f: fi _
4, OWNERSHIP: a. public M b. private ❑
5. PRESENT OWNER:L_ong Island Railroad ADDRESS: Jamaica, L.I .
G. USE: Original: Brid ge Present: Tari dge
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a, clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATFRIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:Wood plank and
wood beams
I)_ STRUCTURAL a, wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: h. wood 1dMXWXF1XMXK CX
(if kn(wn) C. masonry load bearing walls❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other wood trestle
10CONDITION: a. excellent ® b_ goad ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a, original site ❑ h. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Roll A, Neg. 19
12. PFIOTo: From South West 13. MAP: NYS DOT Southold Quad .
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14. TIIREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known Q b. zoning ❑ C. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. ether:
15. RELATLD OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ C. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features:
]. other:
16, SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ER b. woodland ❑
c. scattered buildings 0
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other: Farmland
17. INTFRRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
The "bridge" of Bridge Lane.
Open farmland surrounds the bridge. Bridge was
opened prior to 1858.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
This is a hump-back wooden bridge supported on wooden
beams , bearing adjacent to the track on a pair of
three-post trestle bents , braced by simple diagonals .
SIGNIFICANCE
Irl. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTIONFrior to 1858, and replaced at
20 to 60 year intervals.
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER: LIQ
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
A completely wooden bridge for a rural lane passing
over the railroad. One of the last of this type in
use in Suffolk County.
21. SOURCES: Chace , Map of Suffolk Count , 1858.
F.48, Long island eritage , September, 1984 .
22. TIiI_ME:
Form prepared by John E. Remsen 2nd , Research Assistant.
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The wooden bridge in 1952
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NUMBER 108 STEAMS under a wooden bridge in°Cutchoque in this 1952
photograph.Thou_�h the wooden bridges and steam power have long since disap-
peared the L�FtR is still going strong. Ron Ziel Collection.
From a piece "The Long Island Railroad,a most Unique
Early History" by Mildred H. Smith
in Long Island Heritage September 1984
page 48