Wallkill Valley Rail Trail - Rosendale Trestle

Photos 

Photo taken by George Foster in April 2011

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BH Photo #215456

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over Rondout Creek and Main Street on Railroad

Location

Rosendale, Ulster County, New York

Status

Open to pedestrians

History

Built 1895; closed to traffic in 1977; Rehabilitated and reopened to pedestrians 2013

Builders

- A. L. Dolby & Co.
- Carnegie Steel Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Iron/Steel Manufacturer)
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio

Railroads

- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Rail-to-trail
- Wallkill Valley Railroad (WKVY)

Design

Pratt deck truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 940.0 ft.
Deck width: 6.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.84330, -74.08820   (decimal degrees)
41°50'36" N, 74°05'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/575698/4632780 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Rosendale

Inventory numbers

NY 7041170 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 49747 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 2, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
• March 31, 2018: Updated by Josh Schmid: Added reopening date
• May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• January 15, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• September 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builders & rail-to-trail category
• September 29, 2011: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

Related Bridges 

• Wallkill Valley - Rosendale Trestle (Old) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Jacob P. Bernard
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
• Luke
• Josh Schmid - schmij5 [at] rpi [dot] edu

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