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Wallkill Valley Rail Trail - Rosendale Trestle

Ulster County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by George Foster in April 2011

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BH Photo #215456

Map 

Street View 

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
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 

19th Century (7,560)
A. L. Dolby & Co. (2)
Built 1895 (278)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
Carnegie Steel Co. (47)
Conrail (1,554)
Deck girder (5,742)
Deck truss (1,731)
Delaware & Hudson Railway (137)
Girder (10,231)
Have street view (26,931)
King Bridge Co. (360)
New York (4,396)
New York Central Railroad (874)
Open to equestrians (20)
Open to pedestrians (4,208)
 Owned privately (1,721)
Penn Central Railroad (1,348)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Plate girder (7,920)
Pratt deck truss (357)
Pratt truss (9,293)
Rail-to-trail (1,536)
Railroad (15,410)
Rondout Creek (11)
Rosendale, New York (3)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,219)
Tall Bridges (324)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Truss (32,772)
Ulster County, New York (125)
Wallkill Valley Railroad (5)

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

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Jacob P. Bernard
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Josh Schmid
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Wallkill Valley Rail Trail - Rosendale Trestle
Posted October 11, 2014, by Anthony Casamassima (drsmith1966 [at] earthlink [dot] net)

This is such a great bridge to walk over. was up there 5 years ago