It’s a small bridge, rebuilt in 1941, but it carries a massive load of vehicular and cycling traffic across the north-flowing Wallkill River. It is the “gateway” to the Village of New Paltz and the sole east-west (vehicular) connection from the village to a large residential section of the Town of New Paltz, the Shawangunk Ridge, the Mohonk Preserve, Minnewaska State Park, the Ulster County Pool, the Field of Dreams, Mohonk Mountain House, the Wallkill View Farm Market and a host of eco-tourism, passive and active recreation destinations. Yet, some fear that the bridge is, at the least, in need of a serious paint job and at the worst, could have structural strain that will only get worse if there is not preemptive action by local and county officials.