Lafayette
A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating construction
of nine bridges of the Sussex-Branch Trail along the former (Erie)-Lackawanna
Railroad will be held August 7, 1999 at 10 A.M at Warbasse Junction.
Hosted by the state park Service, the event will
include a family hiking clinic and a 'rails-to-trails' history tour.
The wooden bridges, constructed in Andover, Lafayette
and Frankford, either replaced deteriorating spans or filled in
gaps in a nearly continuous 20-mile stretch of trail. The bridge
improvements were made with $250,000 in state funds and $1 million
in federal funds.
The Sussex Branch trail, which is part of Kittatinny
Valley State Park, disconnects in Newton where the former railroad
meandered {?} through town when it was in service from 1848 {1854
actually} to 1966.
The trail also intersects with the Paulinskill
Valley Trail and traverses through a portion of Allamuchy Mountain
State Park, offering access to Cranberry Lake and Waterloo Village
in Byram.