Walden Veterans' Memorial Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name=Walden Veterans' Memorial Bridge

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caption=The Walden Veterans' Memorial Bridge, known informally as the Walden High Bridge
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carries=Two lanes of NY 52
crosses=Wallkill River
locale=Walden, New York
maint=New York State Department of Transportation
id=000000001026680
design=Open spandrel concrete arch
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length=225 feet (69 m)
width=43 feet (13 m)
height=
load=
clearance=
below=
traffic=10,929record #000000001026680 at National Bridge Inventory, retrieved July 7, 2007 from nationalbridges.com.]
open=2005
closed=
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map_text=Location of bridge within Walden.
map_width=300px
coordinates=coor dms|41|33|40|N|74|11|41|W
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long=The Walden Veterans' Memorial Bridge, sometimes referred as the Walden High BridgeNewman, Marc; "Images of America: Walden and Maybrook", Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, SC, 2001, ISBN 0738509566, 16. Retrieved online via Google Book Search at [http://books.google.com/books?id=A_77jlpePqwC&pg=PA16&dq=Wallkill%2Bhigh%2BBridge&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=b2BN_VXhqjoD2IhRfPQdTnucOGQ] June 24, 2007.] cite web |url=http://www.gribblenation.net/nypics/roadtrip/shawangunk.html |title=Gribblenation.com Roadtrips - New York's Shawangunk Mountains |accessdate=2007-06-28 |last=Prince |first=Adam |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=March 3, 2007|year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=gribblenation.com |pages= |language=English |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=The next stop was to check out the then under construction NY 52 High Bridge in Walden.] , from its predecessor, carries NY 52 over the Wallkill River in the Orange County village of Walden, New York, USA. It is the more heavily used of the two bridges in the village.

The current bridge was built between 2003 and 2005 when its predecessor, a steel truss bridge built in the 1920s, had to be completely torn down due to severe deterioration of the support foundations. While construction was underway, traffic on Route 52 was diverted down Oak Street to the Walden Low Bridge. The new bridge features some architectural improvements, such as lighting and wide sidewalks on both sides.

The bridge was officially renamed in honor of the village's war veterans under state law passed in 2004.Chapter 490 of the Laws of New York, 2004; cited at New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs; [http://www.veterans.state.ny.us/legislation/legislation2004.htm 2004 Veterans Legislation Update] ; retrieved June 24, 2007.] Banners naming individual residents and commemorating their service flutter from the decorative lampposts along the bridge.

References

External links

* [https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/structures/recent-bridges/wallkill Route 52 over the Wallkill River] . NYSDOT page.

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Wallkill River
bridge = Walden Veterans' Memorial Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Ward's Bridge
upstream signs =
downstream = Walden Low Bridge
downstream signs = Oak Street