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Rosendale Trestle
The trestle, photographed in April 2011
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

  • WVRR 1899

    The original Wallkill Valley rail line, stretching from Montgomery to Kingston

  • Rosendale trestle cropped

    The railroad bridge as it was originally built, prior to its 1895 reconstruction

  • Rosendale trestle postcard

    The trestle, spanning the former Delaware and Hudson Canal, as well as Rondout Creek

  • Rainy walk over the Rosendale Trestle

    Hikers on the re-opened trestle

  • Rosendale NY

    View from the trestle of Joppenbergh Mountain (left), NY 213 (center), and Rondout Creek (right)

  • Close up of engineer on Rosendale trestle

    An engineer from Bergmann Associates surveying the trestle in late 2010

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