Walkway Over the Hudson

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former railroad bridge linear park pedestrian bridge rail trail tourist attraction

Walkway Over the Hudson is a former railroad bridge transformed into one of the world’s longest elevated pedestrian parks, offering expansive views over the Hudson River in New York.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former railroad bridge ⓘ linear park ⓘ pedestrian bridge ⓘ rail trail ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge ⓘ surface form: Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge
cityServed	Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ surface form: Poughkeepsie
conversionPurpose	public park ⓘ
convertedFrom	railroad bridge ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Hudson River ⓘ
design	steel cantilever bridge ⓘ
feature	elevated pedestrian park ⓘ interpretive signage ⓘ scenic overlooks ⓘ viewpoints over the Hudson River ⓘ
hasAccessPoint	Highland trailhead ⓘ Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ surface form: Poughkeepsie waterfront
hasSurface	paved deck ⓘ
heritageStatus	state historic park ⓘ
length	about 1.28 miles ⓘ about 2.06 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Highland, New York ⓘ Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ
maintainedBy	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ⓘ Walkway Over the Hudson nonprofit organization ⓘ
material	steel ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	New York City ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the world’s longest elevated pedestrian bridges ⓘ panoramic views of the Hudson River ⓘ
openedAsPedestrianBridge	2009 ⓘ
openedAsStateHistoricPark	October 2009 ⓘ
openedToRailTraffic	1889 ⓘ
originalName	Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge ⓘ surface form: Poughkeepsie Bridge
owner	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ⓘ
partOf	Empire State Trail ⓘ Hudson Valley Rail Trail network ⓘ Walkway Over the Hudson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
railServiceEnded	1974 ⓘ
region	Hudson Valley ⓘ
safetyFeature	fencing ⓘ guard rails ⓘ
spansBetween	Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ surface form: City of Poughkeepsie Town of Lloyd ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
usage	bicycle traffic ⓘ pedestrian traffic ⓘ recreational trail ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hudson Valley → containsHistoricSite → Walkway Over the Hudson ⓘ

Poughkeepsie, New York → hasBridgeAccess → Walkway Over the Hudson ⓘ

Poughkeepsie, New York → hasConvertedRailTrail → Walkway Over the Hudson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park

New York State Bridge Authority → maintains → Walkway Over the Hudson ⓘ

New York State Bridge Authority → operates → Walkway Over the Hudson ⓘ

Walkway Over the Hudson → partOf → Walkway Over the Hudson self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park