Walkway Over the Hudson

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Celebration opening the old railroad bridge as a trail.

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The Walkway Over the Hudson is the new incarnation of the historic Poughkeepsie-Highland railroad bridge. When first built in 1889, it was the second-longest bridge in the world. The walkway is the world's newest and longest bicycle-pedestrian bridge and New York State's newest State Park.

The bridge is 6,767 feet long (1.25 miles). The top of the bridge deck is 212 feet above the water. Its concrete deck is 24 feet wide over land, expanding to 34 feet at 3 viewing platforms over the Hudson River. Glass windows in the deck provide views down to the bridge structure and Hudson River below. It is a world-class, close-to-home rail trail that transforms a resource that history provided into a flagship for 21st-century health, recreation, and tourism.

The reconstruction of Walkway Over the Hudson is a Legacy Project of New York State's Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial. The walkway was open to the public on a regular event basis until deck reconstruction began in May 2008. Officially opened to unrestricted public access as a linear park under State Park management on October 2, 2009, the State's Quadricentennial celebration, attended by the Governor, a wide variety of Federal, State, and local officials, and thousands of members of the public.

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Patricia Ellis

Aug 7, 2024

Wonderful walk over the river

Great trail, wonderful views even on the rainy day I was there. Park staff patrol the walkway frequently. Clean bathrooms and drinking fountains at both ends. Lovely experience. August 7, 2024. Trish Ellis (formerly “Janie Walker”)

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• Certified as an NRT
  Sep 14, 2009