Rosendale Trestle facts for kids

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The trestle, photographed in April 2011
Carries	Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, formerly Wallkill Valley Railroad
Crosses	Rondout Creek New York State Route 213 Formerly the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Locale	Rosendale, New York, United States
Characteristics
Design	Post truss
Material	Steel
Total length	940 feet (290 m)
Width	6 ft (1,829 mm) (broad gauge)
Number of spans	9
Clearance below	150 feet (46 m) above the water
History
Constructed by	A. L. Dolby & Company Waston Manufacturing Company King Bridge Company
Fabrication by	Carnegie Steel Company
Construction begin	1870
Construction end	1872
Inaugurated	April 6, 1872

The Rosendale Trestle is a bridge in Ulster County, New York. It was completed in 1872. It also was a railroad. It is 940 feet.

Images for kids

The original Wallkill Valley rail line, stretching from Montgomery to Kingston
The railroad bridge as it was originally built, prior to its 1895 reconstruction
The trestle, spanning the former Delaware and Hudson Canal, as well as Rondout Creek
Hikers on the re-opened trestle
View from the trestle of Joppenbergh Mountain (left), NY 213 (center), and Rondout Creek (right)
An engineer from Bergmann Associates surveying the trestle in late 2010

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