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Mystery Overpass

Ulster County, New York

Photos 

Hudson Valley Rail Trail

Panoramio user Adam Elmquist

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BH Photo #290795

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Hudson Vally Rail Trail
Location
Highland, Ulster County, New York
Railroads
- Central New England Railway (CNE)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Pratt pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.73435, -73.97582   (decimal degrees)
41°44'04" N, 73°58'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/585172/4620788 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Poughkeepsie
Elevation
316 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 62334 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Central New England Railway (15)
Conrail (859)
Highland, New York (4)
Mystery (85)
New York (3,390)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (418)
Pin-connected (3,488)
 Pony truss (15,157)
Pratt pony truss (3,222)
Pratt truss (8,162)
Truss (29,807)
Ulster County, New York (100)
Unknown status (1,467)
Wooden deck (5,884)

Update Log 

  • August 6, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added categories "New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad", "Central New England Railway"
  • August 6, 2014: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "New York & New Haven Railroad ", "mystery"
  • August 6, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 5, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Mystery Overpass
Posted August 6, 2014, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

The 1957 and 1936 quads show the road as a driveway and not at all a former alignment of Paltz Road, so I reclassified it a mystery. "New Paltz" is actually a town to the west.

The 1892 quad shows "Electric R.R." along the alignment that appears on the google map as the "Maybrook Line old alignment". It may be that when the new alignment was made the cut required a bridge to allow farm access. The bridge may have been relocated or it may have built new at the time of the realignment.

Mystery Overpass
Posted August 6, 2014, by Dave King (DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com)

According to the photographer, the line was built around 1889, he said he had no information on the bridge itself.

Old Paltz Road Overpass
Posted August 6, 2014, by Dave King (DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This may have just been a farmers field access bridge as opposed to the old alignment of Paltz Road. On the trail brochure it has a steel bridge used for farmers access, but no photo.