A rehabilitated railway bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie will be, according to the promoters, the longest pedestrian bridge in the world.
Poughkeepsie Railway Bridge
“Workers this fall are clanking away at the metal and laying on concrete slabs for a high-altitude pedestrian bridge organizers say will be the longest in the world at 1.25 miles. When it opens Oct. 2, 2009 – a date coinciding with the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s exploration of the river that would bear his name – the $35 million bridge will link to fitness trails on both sides of the river and be operated by the state parks department.
“We think people will come from all over,” Fred Schaeffer said on a recent day as he watched the construction. “It’s the equivalent of the Eiffel Tower, or the Golden Gate Bridge.”
