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 

• View #1

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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