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A community organization wants to awaken a sleeping giant in Dutchess County.
The group, Walkway over the Hudson, wants to turn the abandoned railroad bridge that runs from the City of Poughkeepsie, over the Hudson River to the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County, into a structure everybody can use and enjoy.
The bridge burned in a fire in 1974, and has not been used since. The group wants to convert the railroad bridge into a thoroughfare for pedestrians and bicyclists.
According to Bill Keating, a Millbrook resident, and Walkway over the Hudson board member, the railroad bridge is 212 feet high and 6,767 feet long.
The not-for-profit organization owns the bridge, Keating said, and it commands a magnificent view of the Hudson River and Hudson River Valley.
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A community organization wants to awaken a sleeping giant in Dutchess County.
The group, Walkway over the Hudson, wants to turn the abandoned railroad bridge that runs from the City of Poughkeepsie, over the Hudson River to the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County, into a structure everybody can use and enjoy.
The bridge burned in a fire in 1974, and has not been used since. The group wants to convert the railroad bridge into a thoroughfare for pedestrians and bicyclists.
According to Bill Keating, a Millbrook resident, and Walkway over the Hudson board member, the railroad bridge is 212 feet high and 6,767 feet long.
The not-for-profit organization owns the bridge, Keating said, and it commands a magnificent view of the Hudson River and Hudson River Valley.
http://www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/ne ... 1705&rfi=6