Rating:
49747
{80}%
5 votes
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail - Rosendale Trestle
Photos
Photo taken by George Foster in April 2011
Enlarge
BH Photo #215456
Description
Replaced a previous trestle constructed 1870-72. After closure as railroad bridge, briefly used for bungee jumping.
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)
- Delaware & Hudson Railway (DH)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Wallkill Valley Railroad (WKVY)
- Design
- Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
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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)
Update Log
- January 18, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
- September 7, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- August 24, 2020: New photos from Chester Gehman
- November 2, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
- 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
Sources
- Jacob P. Bernard
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
- Luke
- Josh Schmid
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
This is such a great bridge to walk over. was up there 5 years ago