Walkway over the Hudson

My schedule has kept me local as of late so I decided to get out of the Showroom for a bit and meander over the bridge to check out the view from above as compared to my usual view from below.

I’ve paddled past the old Poughkeepsie Rail Bridge innumerable times and over the past year have observed the changes being wrought by the crews working above on the bridge to bring the Walkway Over the Hudson into existence. It officially opened on October 3rd, 2009 (although I still remember wandering out onto it as far back as high school)

I’m well aware of how popular of a park feature rail trails tend to be but I was quite impressed with the number of walkers, roller bladers, bicyclists, stroller pushers and dog walkers were using the bridge on a gray afternoon.  For the 45 minute walk I took across and back I would estimate there were at least 300 folks, total, using the Walkway from both the Poughkeepsie and Highland sides of the Bridge.

The total distance from end to end is 1.55 miles according to my gps app.

Follow this link for the gps track of the Walk;

http://maps.google.com/?t=p&z=15&ll=41.712501525878906,-73.92597961425781&q=http://api.motionxlive.com/motionx-remote/api/gps/host/0061a2f0-8b5e-4d86-a074-44aedf938a97

Here are some assorted views of the Walkway.

Walkway Entrance - Poughkeepsie, NY

Walkway Over the Hudson Looking Westward

Walkway Over the Hudson - Over Poughkeepsie

Mid-Span Looking Northward

Mid-Span Looking Southward

Walkway from the Water