It is a bittersweet story for the 450-foot-long, 60-foot high timber Lake Matawan Trestle. NJT, who owns the ex-CNJ Freehold Branch planned on tearing down the trestle in 1998 to prevent lawsuits ... (more)

Dormant since 1984, the [first] Lake Matawan Trestle was originally built by the Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad in 1877 which later came under ownership of the CNJ and ultimately, Conrai... (more)

Although it has been abandoned since 1984 the Lake Matawan Trestle still stands [not exactly straight] but stands nonetheless, complete with ties, rails and spikes.