Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Bridgeville, NY

Bridgeville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York, southeast of the county seat of Monticello in the southern Catskill Mountains.

Bridgeville had a population of 149 at the 2020 census; it has no post office of its own and shares Monticello's ZIP code, 12701.

Bridgeville was the site of the first covered bridge in New York State, completed in 1807 over the Neversink River to carry the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike - and the bridge is what gave the hamlet its name.

The Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike, completed in 1810, was the first road connecting the Hudson River population centers with commerce on the Delaware River, and Bridgeville grew into a thriving community of lumber mills, tanneries, a chair factory, a Methodist church, a school, taverns and hotels.

The original 1807 covered bridge was demolished in the 1920s and replaced by the present span over the Neversink River, now on New York State Route 17, the future Interstate 86.

Bridgeville is the northern gateway to the Neversink River Gorge, and the Neversink - one of America's most famous fly-fishing rivers - makes the hamlet a popular spot for anglers.

Bridgeville is home to the Holiday Mountain ski area, which operates on the eastern bank of the Neversink River with about 400 feet of vertical drop.

Bridgeville faded after the railroad bypassed it - the hamlet of Rock Hill was carved from its southeast in 1885, its post office closed in 1931, and the Route 17 'Quickway,' completed in 1959, carried travelers high above the river past the hamlet.

Bridgeville stands at an elevation of 1,081 feet in hilly terrain at the edge of the Neversink Unique Area.